SUMMARY:

• With a consistent 20+ year track record of envisioning and delivering profitable low - cost technology
• Senior Technology executive with a blend of business and IT expertise leading multi-million dollar technology-centric growth and revenue initiatives generating spectacular business value at minimal costs.
• Deep experience managing and motivating global cross-functional teams in a high-pressure environment to consistently deliver innovative high-quality products within timelines.
• Impressive management career with a proven ability to understand rapidly changing business drivers, proactively resolve issues, and build strategic partnerships to deliver win-win solutions to stakeholders at all levels.
• Expert in managing a wide variety of technologies in traditional and start-up environments.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Global IT/Data Strategy and Execution Applications Development IT and Data Architecture Capital Markets Process Improvement and Innovation Team Building Business Analysis and Development Cost Benefit Analysis Product Development Project and Program Management (PMO) Agile Methodology Lean Enterprise Systems Risk Management P&L Management Change Control Strategic Partnerships Vendor Negotiation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Senior Technology Strategy and Solutions Architect, Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Brought in as a non-employee to analyze the data and technology landscape of the legacy settlement processing platform within the SPS (Securities Processing Solutions) division.
• Tasked with designing a new reference data and trade processing solution to improve throughput and save costs via adoption of best data and technology practices, and sunset of legacy settlement and clearing systems for domestic Equities, Fixed Income and International settlements.
• Also tasked with ensuring that the new solution aligns with the long-term enterprise data and technology vision of the company.

Confidential, New York, NY

Vice President, IT and (Big) Data Strategy

Technology stack: PHP, JavaScript, Big Data, MySQL, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, SSIS, SSAS, Tableau, EZPublish CMS, Semaphore, NetSuite, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Saved over $3 million by selecting technology wisely and data content optimization that eliminated redundancies.
• Effected faster work delivery of strategic and tactical initiatives by reorganizing data and technology departments.
• Streamlined and simplified project tracking and execution via unified task lists. Reduced meeting durations by 30%.
• Revamped legacy IT silos with cutting-edge technology for better productivity across IT properties like 220 websites, back-end applications, etc. Led all IT aspects including but not limited to operational efficiencies, budgets, vendors, SDLC, BPO, IT standards, architecture and non-functional aspects like performance, resiliency, etc.
• Implemented best data practices that shortened data life cycle and enriched user experience. Led all data aspects including analytics, governance, mining, semantic modeling, machine learning, visualization, warehousing and KPO.
• Transformed Organization by leveraging IT and Data skill sets. Managed a cross-functional team with 4 levels of matrix reports including Directors, VPs, etc. Oversaw PMOs, Data Architects, Development, BA, QA, Engineering, Support, Operations teams, Vendors, etc. Interfaced with peers like Heads of Finance, Research and Marketing.

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Technology Manager, Forex and Risk IT

Technology stack: Java 7, C++, C, Google Web Toolkit (GWT), Erlang, AIX, Linux, MQ, Pegasus governance, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Effected potential $2 million cost savings via sunset of legacy systems and reducing dependency on vendor systems due to implementation of new FX and Risk technology with richer features and better performance.
• Enhanced user experience via closer business interaction, faster technology turnaround, better communication between various IT functions and smart use of SDLC governance frameworks.
• Achieved organizational effectiveness by strategically aligning a global technology team including the following functions: PMO, BA, QA, Infrastructure, IT Development, IT Architecture, Application Support, etc.

Confidential, New York, NY

Technical Architect Lead

Technology Stack: Java 6, C++, C, Perl, J2EE, JDBC, EJB, JMX, ASP.NET, XML, Corba, Shell, Sybase 11, MS SQL Server, IBM MQ, TIB EMS 5.2, Cloud, Sun Solaris, Linux, Windows, FIX 4.x, Planview, CVS, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Pioneered design and development of company-first global market connectivity technology in US, Europe and Asia.
• Cut IT operating expenses by $10 million via innovative technology use and subcontractor/vendor negotiations. Saved additional $1 million by developing a subset of a SOA horizontal that replaced legacy front-office Equities technology. Generated $1 million profit for business by deploying cutting-edge trading technology in Asia.
• Increased global team productivity by 30% via innovative operating models and other IT best practices. Improved global project tracking efficiency by 40% by unifying task lists. Pioneered an innovative hybrid methodology that combined the SDLC Waterfall and Agile model. Saved cycles via an automated test harness to speed QA and UAT.
• Achieved unparalleled product stability: only 1 issue a year, via cohesive technology development and testing.
• Improved infrastructure utilization by 50% through hot-hot operation of DR machines. Reduced hardware footprint of technology by 84% via process colocation.
• Maximized technology return by revamping technology and consolidating legacy silos from legacy C/C++ to J2EE and then to Core Java on Linux to achieve improved performance, reduced latency and hops, and hence easier support.