SUMMARY:

• Highly Motivated Hands - on Information Technology Expert with financial industry experience, strong project management, IT and Capital markets business skills. Experienced in extreme pressure Production environment, high volume mission critical trading systems on 7 x 24 basis. Excellent communicator coupled with the ability to actively manage changes.
• Solid technical skills with significant experience managing systems in complex heterogeneous mission critical trading environments.
• Project Management * ITIL Service Management Productivity Improvement * Quality Assurance Business Analysis * Staff & Development Strategic and Tactical Development * Process improvement Problem resolution and troubleshooting * Production, QA and UAT Environment Automation Vendor Relationship Management * Service Level Management and SLA preparation Analysis and Reporting of Production KPIs * Root Cause Analysis

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems/Databases: SYBASE ASE, ORACLE, SQL Server, TimesTen in-memory database, UNIX - Solaris, LINUX, Red Hat Linux, Windows.

Software: UNIX System Administration, Shell programming, PERL programming, Python, OOP Python, Python Data Analysis Modules NymPy, Pandas, XML, PERL CGI, Sybase Adaptive Server, Sybase Transact-SQL programming, ORACLE, SQL, SQR/ BRIO, Awk, SQL Stored procedures, Veritas Cluster, Netapp filers, Perforce, ClearCase, TransactTool, ITRS Geneos, VeriFix, TIbco Hawk, Autosys.

System Architecture and Protocols: Extensive Knowledge of distributed computing in a real time trading system environment. Extensive knowledge of messaging protocols TCP/IP, UDP and TIBCO Rendezvous Publish/Subscribe, Request/Reply, TIBEMS, MQ, IP multicasting, broadcasting, Market data WOMBAT-MAMA & SuperBook, 29West UME, FIX 4.0-4.4.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Vice President

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• included Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, and Release Management for BNP in-house smart order router, Algorithmic strategies, DMA Exchange Connectivity, managing Vendor based OMS applications including FlexTrade, Trading Technologies, Ullink, Heavy Automation of routine jobs, reconciliation scripts, commission reports, scripting for EOD regulatory reporting and P&L reports using Python programming.
• Extensive automation of client and exchange fix /QA process which was used for regression testing of BAU changes and releases.
• Implementation of centralized configuration management and automation of release management.
• Automation of numerous DST related changes, Automated Syncing and configuration building of DR and UAT environments.
• Trading data analysis and reporting for FINRA/SEC/Compliance related violations using PYTHON data analysis modules NumPy, Pandas.

Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Level II Support for BNP Paribas High Frequency trading EMS and market data systems in Exchange Co-locations using High-speed multicast and Radio networks.
• This included and implementation for proprietary and FIX exchange protocols including BATS binary, NYSE UTP, ARCA Direct, Nasdaq OUCH, DirectEdge MEP, Canada ChiX, Canada Alpha, Montreal, TSX, Bovespa, FX, CME etc.
• Automation of monitoring on proprietary system using Orbix, HFT latency monitoring using Corvil, PERL, Python scripting for statistics generation, latency reports, order/execution reconciliation, End of day regulatory reporting & booking.

Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project manager for integration of various front office in-house and third party vendor applications for Equities, Equity Derivatives and Equity Finance. Helped Equities Desk with Merger Arbitrage Data Extraction, Analysis, Database creation and Statistical Reporting. Requirement gathering, Business Analysis and Implementation of Derivation application. Solutions Architect for Trade Capturing from Swapswire/Marketwire into in-house P&L/Risk Application.

Vice President

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed a PERL/Python/Shell/Web based application infrastructure management system to centralize application configuration, standardize directory structure and automated deployment/rollback of software. This application is being deployed across all the JP Morgan Cash Equities systems in NA, EMEA and APAC. Since deployment of this tool, software deployment time has been cut by at least 75% in most cases.
• Developed automation tools for software deployment/rollback, Database management and releases, FIX and client onboarding, FIX to FIX, FIX to CMS/CSV reconciliation, End to End QA/UAT environment Build and configuration management, system monitoring via ITRS Geneos.
• Managed and controlled Production, QA, UAT environments. Spear headed development for automated regression testing for BAU changes.
• Built and Managed Global Equities Level2 team based in NY, Mumbai and Glasgow to support Equity, Derivatives and Market Data applications . Responsibilities included Automated Release process, Configuration Management, System Maintenance & Checkout etc. Created web infrastructure for Equities to simplify daily tasks, reports delivery etc. Setup global equities monitoring system based on Tibco hawk. Created tons of tools to simply system troubleshooting, Automated system checkout. Established efficient communications and coordination procedures .
• Implemented and Supported Bear Stearns Market Data infrastructure using Wombat market data management solutions. Maintained feed handlers, exchange connectivity, entitlement server, MAMA internal publishers and market data backbone thru TIBRV and LBM .
• Helped built EAST Securities master database by normalizing data and it’s attributes.

Vice President, Global Markets & Investment Banking

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Support team lead DSA (Algorithmic trading), DMA, Cash Equities and Market Data Middleware for Confidential Global Markets & Investment Banking division . Provided highly value added level II support for algorithmic strategies VWAP, TWAP, Implementation Shortfall etc., Equities and Options Smart order router, direct Exchange and ECN connections including RegNMS regional exchanges with a team of 18 support people including onshore and offshore ( Confidential India ) . Support for DSA in US ( National & local exchanges and most ECNs ) and Canadian Markets . DMA in US, Canadian and Latin American
• Markets. Worked very closely with development teams to provide strategic and tactical solutions for operational excellence in areas of production tools, Application monitoring, Systems architecture. Implemented complete automated cycle for incident management, problem management, configuration management and release management. Extensive participation in Confidential DSA clients Algo/smartRouting strategy offerings through FIX protocol . Supported 15 instances of WOMBAT Superbooks using MAMA (Middleware Agnostic Messaging API from WOMBAT ) API to publish Market Data for Equities & Options smart order routing and Kx kdb+ historical database. Worked extensively on load balancing, fault tolerance and speed efficiency of Market Data Superbook servers.

Associate Director

Confidential, Stamford, CT

Responsibilities:

• Held various roles with in Confidential as Production Support Team Lead in Fixed Income, Equity and Credit Derivatives, Program trading, IXT ( Equities order routing system ), OXT (options order routing system ) . Managing a team of 12 technology professionals responsible for any technical problems related to front line trader using Confidential Equities, Fixed Income and Derivatives applications .
• High Frequency Trading engine: Managed and supported Confidential Internal market maker high frequency trading engine . This engine traded with a frequency of less than a minute in closing positions.
• Program and Algorithmic trading - Managed Order management system used for pre-trade, post-trade analysis, allocations and booking. Managed Order Execution System having different program trading strategies for example VWAP, TWAP, INLINE, HIDDEN, AUCTION, PIN, Implementation Shortfall etc. Supported Customer Facilitation system used for flip trades, Non T+3 settlements . Managed Index arbitrage system. Managed position keeping and risk calculation system ( using barra data ) . Team supported Gltrade infrastructure for futures trading on CME .
• Smart Order Router for Options - Supported Confidential Proprietary options smart order routing system for basic options, straddles, combinations and index options . Supported connectivity to 6 US listed options exchanges CBOE, PHLX, BOX, AMEX, ISE and PSX . Supported OPRA feed handlers for option market data feed . Prepared 11Ac-5,11Ac-6, speed statistics reports for Confidential options trading.
• Regulatory Reporting Support - Developed DPTR, OATS and OTS reports for Program Trading, Prop Trading and Confidential Internet Crossing Engine.
• Settlement and Risk Management - Developed scripting for ADP booking and Confidential Risk management system . Team dealt with troubleshooting any problem with back office settlement processing, street side settlement etc.

Director of Technology Solutions

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Supported 200+ traders, 100+ brokerage customers FIX/CMS connections, first and second level trading system support, monitoring system, testing and configuring customers on direct connections or through service providers. Supported NASDAQ SuperMontage, CTCI / ACT, CTCI/ SuperMontage/SOES, ACES, SDP - API. Implementation and testing of Schwab Capital proprietary Limit Order Display System (based on NASDAQ SuperMontage order display rules) . Supported and tested NASDAQ Market Data feeds including NQDS, UQDF, UTDF, OMDF, ADAP, Prime, Level 1 on MCI MDN networks. Supported Schwab Capital Markets OTC and Listed securities trading systems for retail as well as institutional customers. Supported and tested NQB feed from PinkSheets.com (NQB), tradebook feeds from REDI, ARCA, Instinet and Island ECN. Supported FIX connections with ECN’s, Service Providers like
• Developed algorithms for various complex reports including traders net profit reports for traders, Profit /Loss report for different trading accounts in the system, customer commission reports, Soft dollar reports for institutional customers using SQL, SQR/BRIO, open order reconciliation reports. Support for Program trading, VWAP, end-to-end customer testing through service providers, Institutional trading Support, blockdesk-trading support, IOIs and Advertised Trades to Autex, Bridge IOI etc. Complete system support for Schwab Capital markets proprietary trading system MASTERS (marketing making and execution system) and VISTA (order management and order routing system). End of day Batch operation supervision and troubleshooting. Extended Hour Trading System Support, OPTCO (options trading) system support. Provided Support to traders, compliance, P&S, accounting Departments for their reports and data requirements. Helped production staff in resolving complex system and business problems that are Confidential other’s reach in production. Support for proprietary Black box technology (Automatic Trader), Smartx system
• Implementation of VERITAS cluster solution on SUN Servers running fix-servers for automatic recovery. Developed Tools to monitor system Queues, FIX connections. Sybase recovery using proprietary tools. Data modeling for Data warehouse for operational use, compliance analysis, strategic business processes and decision support. Data Transformation, Extraction, normalization/denormalization for data warehousing for running complex canned reports, operational reports and adhoc reports. Producing effective project communication via road maps and regular updates to sponsors and other key stakeholders . Networking with key users, sponsors and Equities Technology counterparts to ensure efficient Project Management . Producing test cases and managing full end-to-end user acceptance testing.