Competency Development

Keeping competent and knowledgeable staff is critical to achieving high productivity in financial institutions. While vendor-specific training and certification offerings are abundant, there are few courses available that address more advanced topics. Business analysis, design, and architecture skills usually are obtained through experience rather than by instruction.

Catena Technologies addresses this gap by providing educational services that cover advanced topics in the context of the financial service industry. We help students understand the core principles, recognize the common patterns used by technology providers, and illustrate these concepts using practical examples. Technology concepts are presented in terms of how they support relevant business objectives.

Our professional short courses are targeted at mid-level and senior staff who can appreciate and apply higher-level concepts. Catena's education packages can be customized to address specific customer needs, such as by including examples relevant to current projects and providing in-depth coverage of specific technology products.

Course offerings:

BT01 Business Analysis Methods - Reviews business requirements analysis techniques and tools. Use cases, process modeling, and business rule management are covered.

BT02 Business Process Innovation - Presents strategies for creating new and optimizing existing business processes. Topics include business process management, Six Sigma, and application integration.

AR01 Enterprise Integration Architecture - Reviews key design principles and patterns used to address integration considerations such as resilience, scalability, performance, and security. Covers on both service oriented architecture (SOA) and peer-to-peer messaging.

AR02 High Performance Computing - Examines current techniques for building low latency and massively scalable systems. Topics covered include performance measurement, multi-threading optimization, grid computing, and data caching.

TR01 Trading Systems Technology - Reviews standard design patterns used for implementing market data and front-, middle-, and back-office systems. Foreign exchange and equity trading-related examples are presented.

TR02 Quantitative Modeling - Surveys techniques and tools available to develop quantitative models. Statistical programming environments, time-series databases, and Monte Carlo simulation tools are covered.

Catena Technologies provides technical architecture and design consultancy services to banks and stock exchanges around the world. Our goal is to help customers apply cutting edge technologies to generate major business benefits.

With over 15 years of experience, Catena's founders are well versed in the fundamental design principles that underlie banking systems. Catena has experience with many different vendor and open source products, enabling us to advise how best to leverage them in different environments. Our instructors have hands-on experience applying the topics covered in the financial services industry.

Catena Technologies' association with academic institutions helps link scholastic concerns - such as learning techniques and knowledge management - with practical business considerations. This combination enables us to provide unique educational services that address the ongoing demands of financial services customers.

To find out more about our educational services contact our Singapore office.