Kamal Thakar

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| Principal Analyst | Compliance and Regulatory | Advance Analytics | User Acceptance / QA Lead | Product Management | @ FINRA CAT
Kamal Thakar's Location
New York, New York, United States, United States
About Kamal Thakar

I am passionate about ensuring Product Quality for the best end-users / client's experiences. My diverse industry experience helped me to put customer expectations first, working in collaboration with various teams. I have traveled to London, Frankfurt, and Hong-Kong several times to ensure that Product Quality exceeds client expectations. I am a people's person and love to collaborate with different teams distributed globally. I led teams by example, motivate employees, and building strong relationships to achieve common goals. My focus is on ensuring Product Quality, Product Manager, Client Account Manager, Implementation Manager. I am always learning new skills, Automation tools, and technology to further expand my skillset and potential. Specialties: • Front, Middle, and back-office E2E testing for cross-asset Global Equities, Derivative, Fixed income, SWAPs, Convertible bonds, Risk Management Trading Platforms.• Compliance and Regulatory Rules and Regulations for NAM, EU, and APAC. - OATS/CAT (Consolidated Audit Trail) migration - Regulation NMS (National Market System), Regulation SHO, - TRF (Trade Reporting Facility) / ORF (Over-the-Counter Reporting Facility) - MiFID II, BREXIT - Legal Entity Identifier, System Internalizer changes• Client workflow integration and Certifications with 40+ major NAM, EU, and APAC Trading exchanges, include. - NYSE, ARCA, ICE, BATS, NASDAQ, CME, CBOE, USFE, Direct Edge, OTC BB, PinkSheets, TSX - BOVESPA, Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, BMV - LSE, EURONEXT - Paris, Brussels, Amesterdam, TradeEcho- APA, Deutsche-Borse APA - Deutsche Borse- Xetra, Frankfurt, Berlin, Borsen AG (Hamburg, Hannover), Düsseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart, Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (BME) - (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia), Borsa Italiana - The Swiss Exchange (SIX), On book, off book Trade reporting - Hong-Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx), China Connect (Shanghai, Shenzhen), Phillipines Stock Exchange (PSE), Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX), Bursa Malayasia (MYS),

Kamal Thakar's Current Company Details
FINRA CAT

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| Principal Analyst | Compliance and Regulatory | Advance Analytics | User Acceptance / QA Lead | Product Management |
Kamal Thakar Work Experience Details
  • Finra Cat
    Principal Analyst
    Finra Cat Feb 2021 - Present
    Rockville, Maryland, Us
    FINRA CAT Compliance and Surveillance
  • Rbc Capital Markets
    Sr. Business Analyst - Consultant
    Rbc Capital Markets 2019 - 2020
    Toronto, Ontario, Ca
    • OATS / CAT (Consolidated Audit Trail) project.• Liaison with third party OMS/EMS service providers. • Industry-wide testing
  • Bloomberg Lp
    Enterprise Products
    Bloomberg Lp 2014 - 2019
    New York, Ny, Us
    Enterprise solutions - Buy-side and Sell-side Products and Services offering, Global Equities, Derivatives, Fixed Income, Sales and Trading Platforms, Risk Management Systems, Orders and Executions Management Systems (OMS / EMS) includes, • Algorithmic Trading Platform • Compliance and Regulatory implementations in NAM, EU and APAC regions OATS / CAT (Consolidated Audit Trail) ORF / TRF (Trade Reporting) Regulation NMS Regulation SHO EU / UK Trade Reporting LSE APA- TradeEcho, Deutsche-Borse APA EU- MiFID II BREXIT Investor ID • Clients workflows coverage for major NAM, EU, and APAC 40+ major trading exchanges worldwide. - NYSE, ARCA, ICE, NASDAQ, BATS, CBOE, CME, Direct Edge, OTC BB, PinkSheets, TSX BOVESPA, Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, BMV - EURONEXT - Paris, Brussels, Amesterdam, LSE TradeEcho- APA, Deutsche-Borse APA - Deutsche Borse- Xetra, Frankfurt, Berlin, Borsen AG (Hamburg, Hannover), Düsseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart, - The Swiss Exchange (SIX), On book, off book Trade reporting - Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (BME) - (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia), Borsa Italiana - Hong-Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx), - China Connect (Shanghai, Shenzhen), - Phillipines Stock Exchange (PSE), - Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX), - Bursa Malayasia (MYS),
  • Citi
    Assitant Vice President
    Citi 2005 - 2014
    New York, New York, Us
    • Led and Managed UAT Team for multi-asset Sales and Trading Platforms, Risk Management Systems, Algorithmic trading platform used in NAM, EMEA, and APAC markets. • Regulatory and Compliance related projects to comply with various regulatory FINRA / SEC rules such as NASDAQ symbology, RegNMS, RegSho 201, Trading halts, OATS reports remediation, Trace reporting, Trade management, and system controls.• Complete Order / Trade life cycle management (front office-back office) for all global Equities, Algorithmic Trading, Derivative Risk and Position Management, Fix Income applications.• Developing system Test plan, scripts, Test cases optimization, Manual and automated test scripts for Business-critical product releases following SDLC. • Automate QA processes that reduce release delivery timelines, optimized test case execution.
  • At&T
    Test Engineer
    At&T 2000 - 2005
    Dallas, Tx, Us
    • QA Team Lead in developing and integrating systems for sales order management systems, CRM following structured Waterfall, CMMI SDLC methodologies. • Key contribution in firm-wide Quality Improvement Processes and Integrated into One Platform initiative.• Tested complete end-to-end system/service releases feature interactions, customer configurations.• Performed Inter System Testing (IST/JST) and Interface PairWise Test (IPWT) for customer-centric platforms interfacing external business clients/systems.
  • Ibm
    Sr. Qa Analyst- Consultant
    Ibm 1999 - 2000
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    • Verified user requirements and design specifications confirming test plan. • Executed software validation test plan, providing customized solutions for leading financial firms. • Documented test cases, software defects, and test results using Automated Testing tools.

Kamal Thakar Education Details

  • Government Engineering College, Modasa
    Government Engineering College, Modasa
    Microprocess Applications
  • Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University
    Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University
    Electrical And Electronics Engineering

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Kamal Thakar works for Finra Cat

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Kamal Thakar's current role is | Principal Analyst | Compliance and Regulatory | Advance Analytics | User Acceptance / QA Lead | Product Management |.

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Kamal Thakar attended Government Engineering College, Modasa, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University.

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