Anand Krishnakumar, Cfa Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Responsible for Technology Strategy, Delivery and Support for all Front Office and Middle Office functions including Research, Portfolio Management, Portfolio Implementation, Trading, Portfolio Accounting and Performance & Attribution.

Chicago, Il, Us

Investment Management Systematic Strategies & Quantitative Research- Designed, developed and managed quantitative research for portfolio construction, quantitative risk management & analytics supporting all active Institutional Asset Management across Equity & Emerging Debt asset classes- Developed the platform for Systematic Strategies, a new line of business in Investment Management that managed three fully quantitative strategies targeting Institutional clients seeking quantitative exposure- Oversaw design & development for our new in-house data platform for large-scale data ETL from vended platforms & internal sources, with data quality control and governance built-in- Lead the exploratory effort to redesigning our platforms to use a Docker-based architecture & leverage Azure cloud platforms such as Container Instances, Key Vault and Data Lake Storage- Built in-house Performance Attribution system replacing an expensive vendor product for significant savings- Conducted business-wide R training for analysts, quants, portfolio managers & members of our R-user group- Active contributor to internal and open-source packages for Portfolio construction, analytics & attribution

Chicago, Il, Us

Investment Management Technology- Managed and lead 11 professionals across two teams responsible for the front-office platforms used by Investment, Research, Marketing & Client Service teams- Pioneered the complete redesign & rewrite of our internally developed, proprietary research platform used by Portfolio Managers, Analysts & Quants for portfolio management, institutional research & analytics- Managed the institutional on-boarding platforms, client service & marketing systemsMy overall responsibilities as Director included expertise in supported business areas, architecture design, technical reviews, execution, technological innovation, vendor selection, capacity & resiliency planning, personnel management, mentoring & career development, budgeting and strategic investment.

Chicago, Il, Us

Architect, Global Quantitative Research:- I was responsible for defining, managing & supporting the architecture & infrastructure for the quantitative research group. - I partnered with teammates to devise & implement quantitative models for various research ideas.- I managed the assets in a Conviction Long strategy for a $2.5 million proprietary portfolio, its methodology implementation and trading.- Key products include quantitative equity & fund ratings, fundamental risk model and quantitative style ratingsSenior Technology Manager, Products Division:- I managed and lead the team for the development of the next generation mobile-friendly web platform for delivery of real-time market data, investment data, research, analytics and content to institutional clients. This was one of the firm's top initiatives aimed at consolidating several of Morningstar's products into one platform.- I managed multiple development teams across our offices in Chicago and Mumbai, India. Responsibilities as manager included expertise in supported business areas, architecture design, technical review, execution, technological innovation, vendor relationships, capacity & resiliency planning, personnel management, mentoring & career development, and strategic investment.I was also a key participant in technical recruiting & leadership initiatives at the firm such as process enhancements, business transparency and standardization.

New York, Ny, Us

I was an Applications Development Manager in Retirement Plan Services division, part of J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Managed team of 18 IT professionals across three global locations engaged in active technology product development & support.My responsibilities as manager included architectural design, technological innovation & expertise, strategic business partnership, domain expertise in supported business areas, vendor relationships, project estimation, management & execution, personnel management, coaching for results, mentoring and career development.

New York, Ny, Us

In my last position at Morgan Stanley, I led & managed the team of six IT professionals in the Retail Marketing team for Van Kampen, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. We owned and supported external public facing websites providing public and secure access to data & content and which captured trades for Unit Investment Trusts. I led the initiative to launch new external facing Van Kampen retail website in March, 2009 with a content management system, custom rich UI components, SEO structuring, user analytics and advanced content search capabilities.Prior to that, I worked on a team of seven individuals serving the technology needs of the Institutional and Retail marketing business units of Morgan Stanley. We developed and supported an external web application portal with a content-management system, support for internationalization, translation and role-based content delivery. When I first joined Morgan Stanley out of college, I worked on the Institutional Customer Resource Management system as a developer in a four-person team, supporting the needs of the Institutional Sales teams to keep track of their business interactions.

Master'S Degree, Financial Mathematics

Master’S Degree, Computer Science

Bachelor’S Degree, Electronics & Instrumentation