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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

I’m commercially responsible for ensuring successful engagement of exchanges and ecosystem providers in the Financial Service Industry. Working directly with exchanges ecosystems, our team enables global data distribution, AI/ML based risk management, and cloud based trading fabrics improving access, scale, and efficiencies for all capital markets participants. Through my engagement with industry groups and regulators, I ensure strategic outcomes that improve the industry ability to innovate and provide tighter interactions between participants. Client strategic enablement via the following Google Cloud enabled approaches:BigQuery and BigQuery Omni supporting data residency in multi-cloud deployments‘Spotify’ of Market DataOpen source tools for Derived Data creation like Indexes, Benchmarks, and other industry specific calculationsUltra Low Latency Trading Fabrics

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

TL;DR; I do real time streaming data product in cloud native formats driving customer engagement utilization of CME Market DataResponsible for CME Group Data Platforms Product Management and Business Intelligence, including strategy, customer engagement, execution, and all commercial aspects of multimillion-dollar (~500M) revenue enablers. Solutions include high-speed data redistribution via CME Group Market Data Platform, historical data redistribution via CME DataMine, and Data Licensing, Billing, and Business Intelligence via CME Data Services Platform.Partnered with Google to launch the industry’s first global market data distribution solution on GCP using native cloud servicesPrior Responsibilities In Role:New data product development, including requirements, competitive analysis, commercial licensing approach, pricing, and execution.Data storage strategy enabling seamless commercialization and licensing of CME Group intellectual data products. Managing third party relationships using CME Distribution technologies: S&P DJIA Indexes, ERIS, B^3, Dubai Mercantile Exchange, KRX, MGEX, and Bursa MalaysiaInbound data acquisition, budgeting, licensing and purchasing in support of the entire CME Group global enterprise. Includes large data vendors like Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg, index providers like LBMA, and brokerages such as ICAP, Tullet Prebon, and Tradition Financial Services (TFS)

Greater New York City Area

Responsible for creating, refining, and ultimately driving customer-centric products and solutions as they relate to Pricing of all asset types, Data Repositories supporting Data Science and Market Data solutions for CME Group.Work with Executive Management teams providing consistent and complete visions for internal development and support teams who will be expected to deliver the required solutions.Solutions are broad in application, fit into industry best practices and align to future technological abilities.Require extensive data modeling from big data technologies including Hadoop and Spark, data analysis in Python, R and Alteryx as well as the presentation of complex information via Tableau.Lead transformational initiatives and process improvements including the application of Lean UX principles to create immediately usable solutions. Currently leading a team on a complete rewrite of dated option valuation tools leveraging Lean UX design and offshore development teams in collaboration with onshore resources.

Greater New York City Area

As Senior Director of Settlements at CME Group, I'm was responsible for the team, software, workflow, and models used in pricing over 1000 OTC Energy & Metal Products on a daily basis. My team was task with building the strategy and the execution of advanced pricing approaches to achieve the CME Group’s daily price discovery objective for both liquid and illiquid products. Current key interests include the application of ‘Big Data’ and Data Science utilizing a number of advanced data management and programming technologies.Innovative Projects:Hadoop Front End SolutionTableau Data Visualization ApproachesDomestic Power and Nat Gas with Weather ModelingIntraday OTC Energy Pricing Via Machine Learning Techniques

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for delivery of crucial enterprise business and technology programs across multiple business and technology divisionsAccurately delivered in coordination with outside legal, business, and technology teams for the Financial Services Authority (FSA) Registered Clearing House designation for CME Europe Clearing.Successfully delivered major CME and NYMEX merger activities to capture merger-related synergies. Oversaw all aspects of the Global Operations division integration including NYMEX trading floor consolidation, price reporting, and wallboard migration to Tandem system, Trading floor fee changes, monthly membership notices, and ITC feed migration. Delivered entire 1-year merger project on the original timeline, under budget, and with no change controls

Greater Chicago Area

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Worked with C levels, developers, QA, and clients to create award-winning and industry-leading software products.Requirement gathering, analysis, execution path, and final user acceptance testing for high-speed equity, future, option and forex trading platform.

Greater San Diego Area

Technology Consultant to current and prospect institutional investors in Pacific Region. Provided in-office training, integration and integration of various software.March to July 2004 closed three large accounts worth over $150 Million in assets.Held various other roles prior including equity trading platform Product Manager and Supervisor of Technology Support Services.

Master Of Science (Ms), Predictive Analysis

Msba, Business Information Systems

Bba, Finance

Activities and Societies: Cume Laude