Personal Information
Kapermoen 6B, Kongsberg 3612, NORWAY | + (47) 413 27 174 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilligandavid/ | Born 21 April 1973 | Divorced, One Child | United States and Norwegian Citizenship
Profile
Strong educational and professional experience internationally. I am enthusiastic about information technology and applying innovative ideas to create innovative solutions to problems faced. Studied various disciplines, including finance, management, communications, information technology, and systems engineering.
Education
• Master of Science in Innovation and Technology Management/Specialization in Systems Engineering | Universitet i Sørøst Norge | Master Thesis: Accounting of Scope 3 Carbon Emissions (in conjunction with TechnipFMC) | Kongsberg, NORWAY | 2022 - Scheduled Graduation 2024
• Master of Arts in European Studies | Uniwersyet Jagielloński | Kraków, POLAND | 2 of 4 Semesters Completed | 2011 - 2012
• Master of International Business Administration (MIBS/IMBA) | Specialization in French Language and European Business | Internship: Zurich France | University of South Carolina – Columbia/L'école Supérieure de Commerce de Paris | Columbia, South Carolina – UNITED STATES/Paris, FRANCE | 1997 – 1999 Graduation
• Master of Business Administration | European University | Brussels, BELGIUM | 2 of 3 Semesters Completed – Transferred 1996
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration | Major in Finance – Minor in Communication Arts | Cum Laude Honors | Villanova University | Villanova, Pennsylvania, UNITED STATES | 1991 – 1995 Graduation
Experience
• Independent Consultant/Founder Gilligan Tech | Various | UNITED STATES and NORWAY | 2008 - 2022
· Provided consulting services in IT, in networking, programming, and internet services.
· Collaborated closely with clients to provide data analysis services.
• Technical Consultant | Kværner AS | Fornebu, NORWAY | 2013 - 2016
· IT and Finance Technical Consultant reporting to the Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance
· Founding member of a new Cost Estimating Model project which modernized Kværner’s tendering process.
• Assistant Vice President – Risk Management | Ariel Re | Hamilton, BERMUDA | 2006 - 2007
· Assisted in creating the hardware, software, and virtualization infrastructure to meet the requirements of over a dozen underwriters, risk analysts, and our bespoke risk management software team.
· Ran detailed catastrophe analysis on property treaty contracts using stochastic methods.
• Assistant Secretary/Underwriter – Risk Analysis/Property Treaty Underwriter | FolksAmerica/White Mountains | New York, New York, UNITED STATES | 2001 – 2006
· Worked closely with the IT department to design and maintain the necessary technologies to support our worldwide risk management teams.
· Analyzed property treaty and facultative risk models to assist in the pricing of reinsurance contracts.
· Charged with training and mentoring our risk analysis teams in New York and Chicago.
· As property treaty underwriter, analyzed using both objective and subjective criteria to determine the proper pricing based on our exposure.
· Performed post-event risk assessments and assisted on mitigating and controlling our aggregate and regional exposures to catastrophes.
• Intern – Euro Conversion & Year 2000 Compliance | Zurich France | Paris, FRANCE | 1998 – 1999
· Intern to the Chief Financial Officer of Zurich France.
· Created "Euro 1999" sub-website for clients and business partners in Lotus Notes.
Information Technology
• Advanced: Catastrophe Modeling Software (AIR & RMS suites), Microsoft Excel, SQL, HTML
• Intermediate: PHP, C#, Promineo, Networking, Hardware Maintenance, CMS (WordPress, Joomla), Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Project, Teams, Visio), Objective C, ColdFusion
• IWorking Knowledge: Python, R, QlikView, AstahML, IBM SPSS
• Coursera: The Data Scientist's Toolbox, Managing Data Analysis, A Crash Course in Data Science, Building a Data Science Team
Languages
· English – Native
· French – Working Proficiency
· Norwegian – Limited Working Proficiency
Skills, Abilities & Miscellany
· Cross-cultural education and professional experience
· Project Management
· Interned in Paris for the CFO of Zurich France in the Euro conversion project, 1999
· Associate of Reinsurance (Are) Designation
· Stakeholder analysis
· Mentoring and Training
· Cross-cultural education and professional experience
· Stakeholder analysis
· Designed and Programmed iStout, for Apple's AppStore. Approved by Apple in 2010
· Mentoring and Training
· Cross-cultural education and professional experience
Activities and Interests
Chess, information technology, French literature/music, cooking, and travel.