Brooks Benson Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Working with Nasdaq Calypso clients on implementation projects, focusing on capital markets front office business.

London, Gb

Working with Adenza clients directing their Calypso implementations, focusing on front office business requirements.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Calypso is an application software provider offering a suite of applications for trade pricing and capture, risk management, clearing, treasury, collateral management, operations and settlement across multiple asset classes.• Provide leadership and management to a team of business analysts and engineers responsible for development of the Calypso Front Office solution.• Devise product strategy and vision for the Calypso Front Office solution, in collaboration with product management.• Provide leadership and guidance to both buy and sell side clients, ensuring successful implementation of Calypso projects.• Provide leadership, guidance and training to Calypso professional services and sales departments for issues involving the Calypso Front Office solution.• Provide guidance to business development and partnership activities.

New York, Ny, Us

• Managed a portfolio of projects and application teams focused on foreign exchange eCommerce and cash sales and trading businesses.• Managed global team of 23 staff and $13M budget.• Provided technical leadership and management in delivery of a foreign exchange order management system. System functions included order entry, order aggregation, monitoring, and order execution.• Provided leadership and management of foreign exchange eCommerce team through efforts to resolve latency issues.

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• Managed team of 14 staff with $8M budget and project portfolio.• Provided technical leadership and management in FX eCommerce project, with focus on requirements and platform selection for pricing and trading engine, dealer and marketer tools, client channels servicing a diversified customer base, with integration services for credit, risk management, settlement and external trading platforms.• Managed Bank One staff through merger activities with JPMorgan Chase

TransactPlus provides customers highly available, guaranteed transactional messaging, public key security and administration services. • Designed and developed J2EE/JMS software adapters, which enabled messaging products (MQSeries, WebLogic, webMethods, etc.) to integrate with TransactPlus. • Partnered with sales account executives in pre-sales activities to win client business. Educated customers on the capabilities of the service and demonstrated usage through pilot projects. Developed and authored proposals. Worked to devise the architectural integration of customer systems with the service.• Analyzed and prioritized product enhancement requests, created technical specifications for use by software engineering team, and coordinated the activities of other TransactPlus groups towards successful product releases.

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A professional services firm focused on providing business-to-business integration and Internet application solutions to Fortune 500 companies and emerging digital businesses.• Delivered client engagements on time, within budget and with high customer satisfaction. Managed multiple engagements, ensuring strong delivery quality, customer loyalty and repeat business.• Worked with clients to define and prioritize application requirements. Acted as the primary interface between Inventa and clients on project status and business issues. Built and maintained strong relationships with executives and managers. • Partnered with sales account executive in pre-sales activities to win client business. Engaged the prospective client in problem solutioning. Developed and authored proposals.

Zurich, Ch

Manage a portfolio of projects and application teams focused on foreign exchange cash and derivatives sales and trading businesses.

Manage a portfolio of projects and application teams focused on foreign exchange cash and derivatives sales and trading businesses.

Senior member of a team responsible for the design, development and enhancement of foreign exchange option pricing and portfolio management systems.