Christopher Sauer Email & Phone Number

Product Manager – Compute Hosting Platform, VPResponsible for strategic vendor management, product strategy, product roadmaps, platform TCO, voice of the customer, customer priorities and partnering with engineering to deliver compute products engineered to support IaaS & PaaS offerings on the Credit Suisse internal Compute Hosting & Cloud Platforms. The Credit Suisse hosting platforms are comprised primarily of internal compute capabilities that support a wide array of business critical systems and applications serving front and back office business areas in addition to risk. Work closely with customers and external providers to understand customer needs, represent the capabilities that are currently available and prioritize new solutions.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Project Leader, AVP (2000-2008)Managed technology initiative for the fixed income business. Chaired project meetings, scheduled work, and tracked progress through timely project completion. Interfaced with senior management regarding project deliverables and changes to scope. Reported on total costs of projects and actual vs. budgeted spend.• Ensured a seamless migration of 1,500 Unix workstations to Solaris 8 on the trading floor.• Led the implementation of new DST rules for more than 200 applications across the fixed income technology stack.• Created a reference data application for the use of foreign exchange (FX) technology.