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New York, Ny, Us

Owner of enterprise communications and public cloud integration products for the financial services industry.Lead cross-functional team of programmers, data analysts, and designers to deliver intranet portal, document management, and enterprise directory integration. Responsible for product lifecycle from requirements analysis through development, testing, implementation, and end-user training.Led migration of asset management client to Office 365 cloud platform. Scope included email & document migration, mobile device security, communication surveillance, and cybersecurity strategy.Created standard configurations for open source tools providing file storage (Ceph), text extraction (Tika), flexible search (Elasticsearch), and email services (Exim) for Mezocliq's cloud platform.

New York, Ny, Us

Led a diverse team of professionals responsible for user-facing technology company-wide.Led key deployments including Microsoft Exchange 2010, Windows 7, Citrix XenApp, Exceed onDemand, VoIP PBX, and Active Directory forest migration.Built IT support organization, establishing policies, standards, and procedures while leading a team of junior professionals. User satisfaction increased from 50% to 90% in 6 months.Managed user technology relocation to new headquarters and Hong Kong offices, including desktop systems, telephones, and AV infrastructure.Led team through Hurricane Sandy business continuity preparations and recovery, resulting in no trading downtime, a 4-fold increase in the scale of remote access, and 24x7 phone support.

New York, Ny, Us

Led global engineering & architecture team delivering cohesive solutions to internal and external clients of the Aladdin enterprise platform.Increased scale of Aladdin portfolio reporting by building internal clouds and information barriers. Solution increased throughput by 40% and avoided $2mm conversion cost by leveraging DR hardware.Created service management processes for Aladdin enterprise infrastructure. Implementation reduced availability & performance incidents by 50% within 3 months.Led user technology deployment for 700-seat offshore joint venture. Remote virtual desktop solution delivered consistent global business process in under 4 months at a cost 30% below budget.

New York, Ny, Us

Led global team responsible for 3 petabytes of internal and external Aladdin client data.Consistently met financial targets while delivering predictable service. Reduced OpEx by 30% through in-sourcing, consolidation, contract renegotiation, and self-maintenance.Consolidated 4 pre-merger teams responsible for supporting 18 distinct global platforms following 3 strategic acquisitions.Developed the firm's eDiscovery practice, ensuring predictable response and cost transparency. Reduced costs by 60% and delivery lead times by 50%.Led upgrade of Aladdin's core Unix file storage platform. Solution reduced replication latency by 75%, quadrupled data throughput, and decreased costs by 25%.

New York, Ny, Us

Led team responsible for designing and implementing new Unix, Windows, and Storage solutions.Managed 12-month project to replace Aladdin's core Unix database system. Solution supported $5 trillion of internal and client AUM for 4 years.Led design & deployment of electronic communications retention & surveillance solution to ensure regulatory compliance at half the cost of leading alternatives.Led global backup infrastructure upgrade serving Aladdin clients and internal systems. Solution enabled sub-1-hour data restoration, reduced backup incidents by 95%, and reduced TCO by 30%.Developed solution to support offshore expansion of investment accounting business. Solution supported offshore operations for over 5 years and scaled to over 50 employees.

New York, Ny, Us

Recruited and led the storage team responsible for managing over 100TB of capacity.Led day-to-day operations of the Solaris database and file service platforms supporting the Aladdin enterprise platform for internal and external clients.

Bachelor Of Arts, Physics

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