Brooks Carr Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Program Manager Enterprise DataDevelop and lead programs and projects focused on ESG/DEI, PI and Public Fund Data collection, validation, and publication to the enterprise.Apply data mining, technical analysis, data sourcing best practices, and operational business architecture to deliver solutions. Responsible for several projects covering data acquisition, validation and process workflow employing an agile development process.

Providing technology consulting services to the Asset Management Industry. Currently on assignment with a large Asset Manager/Consultant developing Enterprise Data Solutions.Focus on harvesting value from enterprise data. Developing best in class cloud based data solutions to build quality and operational efficiency. Reduce risk and expense by rationalizing data flow and capturing value from enterprise data.PO Analyst and Agile Project Management skills that contribute to project delivery and broader enterprise effectiveness.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Managed the Legal and Compliance Technology team serving the Legal and Compliance department globally. Developed controls and best practices for firm operations to support regulators and auditors across investment practices and firm operations. Brought leadership and resiliency to clients and regulators by implementing agile development and dev-ops practices in the Legal and Compliance Technology team, improving delivery, transparency, responsiveness, and outcomes. I improved both the team's and our business partners' agility to meet evolving needs in the industry. I'm responsible for multiple custom-built and third-party services for investor surveillance, case management, MNPI (Material Non-Public Information), and Sanctions reporting and restrictions. These interfaced directly with portfolio management and trading systems to monitor investment levels and enforce restrictions. These initiatives demonstrate to both clients and regulators the firm's commitment to transparency and best practices.I designed and managed development of the surveillance testing engine that monitors investor activity in volatile names and creates cases for review to protect against the use of MNPI.I leveraged ServiceNow as a platform to manage and report on incidents and policy exceptions. I successfully negotiated vendor contracts for Code of Ethics monitoring and regulatory reporting systems.I worked closely with counsel and compliance staff globally to manage and address regulatory, audit, and legal matters.I'm responsible for budget and staff management for the department, hiring and staffing decisions, and staff reviews.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

I reduced client and firm risk by designing and managing the development of an investment limit monitoring and restriction tool that tracks investments across multiple instrument types directly and indirectly contributing to concentration in a name. The system also tracked investment limits in Commodities under CFTC and exchange rules.I improved client returns by designing and managing delivery of a system that presents traders with available brokers based on clients' legal agreements (ISDAs, GMRAs, MRAs, etc.) and status under Dodd-Frank. I designed and built reporting systems to identify which client-broker relationships would most improve derivative execution liquidity for client accounts. I managed firm risk and helped Wellington lead the industry by implementing regulatory reporting systems meeting the needs of global regulatory regime reporting including MiFID II, EMIR, MAS, ASIC, and EU Transparency Directive (TD-2) requirements.

Boston, Ma, Us

Responsible for the Asset Allocation trading and risk reporting systems. Leveraged BARRA analytics in risk reporting. Worked closely with off shore development teams to design and deliver features iteratively to meet asset allocation requirements driven by client and market metrics.Successfully managed features to erase tech-debt and improve outcome agility.Implemented information radiators and open global communication platforms allowing geographically diverse teams to have an always-open channel to foster collaboration.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Deployed numerous client reporting platforms used by clients as well as product managers to analyze asset mix and investment metrics. Deployed Oracle BI solutions across EQ and Fixed Income products allowing staff to self-serve reporting on client accounts and on products to show advanced analyitcs like CTD (contribution to duration) and other risk statistics. Developed marketing Factsheets describing investment products for clients and prospects for both separate and well as fund clients.Developed a suite of fixed income reporting for the Insurance client management and business development teams that focused on ALM (Asset Liability Matching), Credit, and Liquidity analysis.Managed a Datamart hosting information used in investor, client and product management reporting. Improved uptime and reduced errors through quantitative and qualitative monitoring. Responsible for operational management of data feeds and batch processing.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Product Manager for FX Connect, a global FX trading system. Responsible for the life-cycle of the system including design, specification, development, QA, deployment, and operation. Product Manager for Bond Connect, a Fixed Income trade matching and execution systems based on a dutch-auction. Responsible for the full life-cycle of implementation including initial deployment and subsequent releases.

Product Manager for Precision, a structured product (CMO, ABS, etc.) analytics system that modeled and calculated risk metrics on structured deals. Leveraged a proprietary model for estimating amortization and risk calculations (Option Adjusted Spread) to deliver a PC based solution for ad-hoc analysis. Developed and managed the operation of data updates reflecting the most up-to-date yield curve and amortization data. Managed the data operations and computer systems for the company.Global Advanced Technology (GAT) developed the system and was purchased by Barra, Inc. Following the purchase, I was the local COO of the merged companies in NYC, managing the office, office build-out, and merging the two organizations.