Lawrence Cohen Email & Phone Number

President of the global nonprofit FIRST, a robotics community preparing young people for the future by inspiring them to become science and technology leaders and innovators. FIRST programs engage more than 650,000 students and 350,000 educators, mentors, and volunteers in 110 countries.

Senior Technology and Operations executive responsible for strategic planning, governance, and management of technology programs, business operations, enterprise infrastructure, application development, information security, data management, client services, and business continuity.Executive Vice President / Partner, Global Head of Technology and Chief Technology Officer from 2004 to 2011. In 2012 assumed additional leadership responsibility for Investment Operations, Fund Services, Wealth Management Operations, and Brokerage Operations. Launched an Operational Excellence initiative that leverages data analytics to deliver outstanding client service, drive business process transformation, and invest in proactive risk management contributing to AB’s recognition as Asset Manager of the Year at the Operational Risk Awards.Implemented an innovative business aligned organizational model and governance structure that fostered collaboration to reengineer business processes and platforms, optimize the efficiency of shared services, strengthen the partnership with business units, substantially reduce costs, and align infrastructure programs with strategic goals and business priorities.Retired legacy platforms and leveraged virtualization, cloud services, and a global enterprise architecture to provide scalability and resiliency, support mobility, accelerate application deployment, automate infrastructure management, and implement a comprehensive information security framework.Developed a sustainable talent pipeline by focusing on internal mobility, talent development, succession planning, workforce development, and employee engagement.Highly engaged in AB’s Corporate Responsibility activities establishing a partnership with FIRST to sponsor and mentor high school robotics teams and a partnership with Year Up to provide training and career opportunities leading to AB’s recognition as an Outstanding Employer by the New York City Employment and Training Coalition.

Boston, Massachusetts

New York, Tokyo, And London

Principal, Global Head of Technology for Asset ManagementPrincipal, EMEA Regional Head of Technology Infrastructure (London)Principal, Global Head of Networking and TelecommunicationsVP, Global Head of Finance SystemsVP, APAC Regional Head of Technology Infrastructure (Tokyo)Technology Manager for the launch of Prime Correspondent ServicesApplication Development Manager for Global Trade Processing, Program Trading, Order Management, Brokerage Operations, Exchange Floor Operations