1. Manana Manacherova
SKILLS
• VP, Trade Surveillance Senior Development Manager
• Proven expertise in managing, developing and delivering Retail, Institutional Trade Surveillance & AML
Systems including Sales Practices, out of box and customized models.
• SME in Actimize development project life-cycle and Actimize Architecture
• Hands on Actimize AIS, DART, RCM Designer, Actimize, FINRA, Pershing, iNautix, Exzac
• Excellent markets knowledge with the ability to discuss front office trade flows, understand the differences
between the various products and the data elements required to support regulatory trade surveillance.
• Ability to produce accurate estimates for workload and deliver to agreed deadlines.
• Flexible approach to work and working hours.
• Ability to manage and work closely with off shore development, support and business teams.
• Excellent communication and analytical Skills.
• Sybase, DB2, Oracle and SQL server databases, Java technology based applications
EXPERIENCE HSBC Securities Inc., New York, NY
11/00 – PR Vice President, Senior Development Manager (01/07 – Present)
Retail and Institutional Trade Surveillance (US & Canada)
• As a leader for the Regulatory Compliance IT US Projects, manage the development of all phases of
implementation and support of US GMS, BRITS, Cyfeon, Block List, and Canada AML & GMS.
• Manage the development, enhancements, analysis, production releases and bug fixes of the US GMS,
BRITS, Cyfeon and Block List BOW.
• As a result, the number of production incidents requiring 3rd line investigations on US GMS, Canada AML
& GMS and Brits have been reduced to the minimum and all production incidents are investigated
immediately by the Compliance IT Production support team to make sure that all systems are stable, having
no performance issues and are functional as expected by the business.
• Complete assignments in a thorough, accurate, and timely manner that achieves expected outcomes; handle
multiple responsibilities in an effective manner; use work time productively.
• Stayed always Customer Focused: dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal
customers; establish and maintain effective relationships with business and gain their trust and respect
• Go above and beyond to anticipate business needs and respond accordingly.
• Identify and analyze problems; formulate alternative solutions; recommend appropriate actions; follow up to
ensure problems were resolved.
• Provide high level estimates for all requirements and prioritizing BOW on regular basis as requested by the
business.
• Initiate process to hire new resources to speed up and help schedule work across the team.
• Manage handover of the Retail Canada AML to Global AML team.
• Manage release of Block List application and train Brazil resources for Block List and BRITS.
• Contribute as a BA and hands on developer to help team to progress on critical deliverables as requested by
the business and prioritized on BOW.
• Use diplomacy and tact to maintain harmonious and effective work relationships with co-workers and
constituents; adapt to changing priorities and demands; share information and resources with others to
promote positive and collaborative work relationships; support diversity initiatives by demonstrating respect
for all individuals.
• Support business in the implementation of Global Standards. Achieved Ever greening targets - all servers

2. were upgraded and migrated to new Avalon Infrastructure environments as required. Achieve Service target
for critical systems
• Manage Analysis and implementation and upgrades of Actimize Retail Sales Practices Package (Trade
Review, Account Review, Daily Account Review and Trade Blotter) and Retail MUPR, Structured Products,
Blue Sky, ITC Watch Restricted List Models
• Manage Analysis and implementation and upgrades of Actimize Institutional ADT, RGT, MUP and ITC
Watch Restricted List Models; Actimize Oracle ETL Package, Actimize RCM, RCM Designer, AIS Modeler,
DART; Actimize Custom Models
• Manage WAS, Sybase, MS SQL, Oracle Upgrades
• Manage Analysis and upgrades of multiple AIS, RCM Version Upgrades
• Interact with Pershing, FINRA and Actimize Vendors, manage all business requests according to their
ongoing requirements
• Coach and mentor other members of the Compliance IT team to build a Centre of excellence in the off-shore
team
Precious Metals Trading VP, Senior Developer (Nov 2000- Jan 2007)
• Started as a PowerBuilder software developer and implemented and supported Precious Metals FO Trading
Application.
• Worked closely with Precious Metals Traders, was relocated to Trading Floor to fix all performance related
issues and Worked closely with BO business and Finance to restore all customer balances and as a result
received HSBC Distinguished Service Award.
• Responsible for the Migration, implementation, development and enhancement of a Front Office and
BackOffice Precious Metals Trading System (Calypso PM) using Calypso Framework and Sybase. The
Calypso PM BackOffice system perform full real time Settlement Functionality of different trading
contracts: Spot/Forward, FX/Forward, Swap and Cash Lease/Metal Lease.
• Responsibilities also included analysis, design and development of automated process Straight through
Processing (STP) which include the Real Time Payment/Confirmation messaging process. The process
generates, send and process acknowledgement files for Payments and Confirmation messages in
SWIFT/HTML formats (MT202, MT600, MT604, and MT605).
• Designed, developed and support the real time trading confirmation matching process using Calypso API,
XML, and JAVA SE. Trades confirmation sent via https protocol to Intercontinental Exchange (ICE,
Confirm) system in XML format for trade matching.
• Migrated from old Vax system, designed, developed and supported the PM Safekeeping CoreIMS Vendor
Application.
• Responsibilities also included: Troubleshooting and debugging the applications, Coordinate and plan
production releases, Create and enhance the functionality of complex reports, supporting of critical
production jobs on a 24 X 7 basis, supporting and documenting DR procedures.
01/97 – 11/00 Huntington Learning Center, Senior Developer
• Started as a PowerBuilder software developer and implemented and supported various applications. Worked
closely with Business owner to understand the requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Started as a PowerBuilder software developer and Implemented and supported Huntington Learning Center
Business Applications.
• Worked closely with business to analyze, implement and support subject test applications.
• Worked closely with business to analyze, implement and support accounting applications.
• Consecutive top review rating for the past few years
• Distinguished Service Award for the excellent work done for Precious Metals FO business

3. EDUCATION
Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Technical University of Georgia. Tbilisi, Georgia
George Washington University Business School Certificates in Managing IT Projects; IT Risk Management; IT
Scheduling and Cost Control.