Alex Swann – Brief Biography
Professional experience
14 years experience in financial software
Last job title: Vice President Operations North America
Software development, implementation and testing experience
Canadian, US and UK payroll compliance
Education
Certified Fraud Examiner (ACFE) pending
Applied Data Analytics – computer science (BCIT) pending
BA in Political Science (McGill)
Hobbies and interests
Artist working in acrylic and watercolors
Studies the history of philosophy
Weight lifting and fitness
Recent Projects
Materials linked to AI malware distribution investigation and Microsoft Security Reporting for VULN-193527. Contains video demonstration of malware and a report describing digital evidence, possible intellectual property theft and a description of how the suspect’s information was secured while protecting their rights.
Public loss macroeconomic data analysis. During the Data Analytics diploma, I concentrated on analyzing one data set from the Federal Government’s Open Data Portal in a variety of platforms. This is a summary of that analysis using Tableau and Databricks.
Cybersecurity compliance report example from my BCIT classwork. The report is a fictional Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security standard compliance review for the City of Kelowna. My experience in payroll software compliance assists in analyzing technical specifications.
I study the history of philosophy as a hobby, in particular virtue ethics, the history of empiricism and Buddhist philosophy. This presentation is from a lecture on Thomas Hobbes, the history of technology and natural law
Artwork Gallery
