- Analyze, develop and implement data and workflow processes using Virtus, SS&C, Bloomberg, Black Mountain, Skyroad Motion/Tempo, Geneva, Oracle SQL Developer and MS SQL Server Management Studio.- System selection and migration to IVP’s EDM, Security Master, Polaris Treasury and Cash Management modules.- Develop interactive Tableau Dashboard/Prep incorporating hierarchies, clusters, groups, set actions, parameter actions, filters, LoD, tables, dynamic calculation and advanced formatting..

Advisor at Leichter Ellison Advisors LLC, a management consulting firm providing executive search, capital formation and advisory services to real estate and financial institutions worldwide.We partner with our clients to attract and retain transformational leaders, acquire teams and business platforms, raise institutional capital and provide market intelligence. Our clients include leading real estate, investment management, hedge fund, private equity and investment banking firms in the US, Europe and Asia.

Director – North America Regulatory and Debt Operations (2012-2016)- Results driven senior manager with strong oral and written communication skills. Responsible for the establishment and development of operational organizations which supervise and govern day to day (trade processing, settlements, documentation, transaction and financial regulatory reporting), project management and business analyst of front to back OTC and securities straight through processing and reporting. Solid hands on experience with mergers, system selection, integration, testing and implementation. Works well with all departments, levels of management and staff.- Significant improvement in control and efficiency via the development and implementation of enhanced MIS and a global location strategy. Developed and obtained consensus of target architecture and principals. Work with cross functional team to develop plans to drive vision. Create and lead various initiatives to train, motivate and leverage staff.Director – Global Credit, Rates and Securitized Product Middle Office (2010-2012)- Managed a global staff responsible primarily for trade capture, risk, P&L analysis and reporting of local and global books traded 24/5. Day to day business relationship manager for all downstream operational processing.- Senior operations face to regulators, internal and external audit.- Created Monthly Control Review – a cross functional forum where key controls are reported, discussed and tracked. Drove various reference data projects (book hierarchy, counterpart and security clean up). Developed controlled paradigm/process for between Middle Office and Finance. Developed and implemented various daily P&L attribute systems and processes. Active member of various Steering Committees.- Drive cultural change through inspiration of FTB analysis and process improvement.

President of consultant and staffing company - Major Investment Bank: Established PMO for Credit Trading. Perform global review of controls, identify, track and report gaps until closure. Work with a team of Operations and Technology personnel to develop and implement operational and system workflow for CDS MarkitServ broker trades, C=C, ICE and CME Client Clearing. Point person responsible for the ensuring Fed confirmation targets were met for CDS business. Developed and analyzed MIS to identify and manage issues. Traveled to Mumbai, analyzed process, led system and process enhancements. - Major Investment Bank: Business analyst and project manager responsible for the upload and reconciliation of a 15,000 OTC IR swap and option portfolio from an in-house system to Murex. Worked closely with technology, CRM, MRM, front, middle and back office to create and obtain mutual approval for the Business Requirement Document (BRD), test plans, UAT and go live.Hedge Fund Start Up: Designed, built and implemented a P&L system using Imagine and Wall Street Office which reconciled with Citadel Solutions internal P&L system for a multi-strategy start-up hedge fund.- Hedge Fund Start Up: Coordinate all operational aspects for the launch of an USD 130MM hedge fund focusing on bank debt and CDS.- Multi Billion Hedge Fund: Work with business, operations and technology to build new and re-engineer existing processes and systems for a 2.7 billion multi strategy hedge fund. Projects include: consolidate user needs and establish a forum to discuss, prioritize, develop, test and release system enhancements; review and recommend system component decisions; reengineer OTC trade capture process; establish and cleanse reference entity and obligation data; establish and manage process for DTCC payment netting, cash and position reconciliations; develop and implement multi-currency swap option risk management and P&L tool.

Vice President – Business Manager for America’s Credit Trading (2004-2005)- Represented trading floor for new product/process, hierarchy, P&L and risk reporting decisions. Communicated and advised on various legal matters. Interacted with market risk and valuation control groups during their monthly reviews. Product and process subject matter expert.Vice President – Head of Middle Office for America’s Credit Derivatives and Structured Finance (1999-2004)- Developed and managed a group of 55 professionals in a rapidly expanding environment, responsible for NPA coordination, trade capture, GL substantiation and review (including intra-bank reconciliation), the production and analysis of risk, P&L, quarterly regulatory reporting, FAS133 calculations, confirmation drafting and review. Products include default swaps, risky swaps, portfolio swaps, basket swaps as well as various underlying hedge transactions (cash and derivative fixed income, currency and equity products).- Significantly improved control and efficiency of the GL, reference and market data, confirmations (DTCC), trade capture, P&L and risk processes through the development of workflows, periodic independent valuations and counterpart valuation statements, system enhancements, automation and MIS. Created “centers of excellence” for centralized processing of confirmations, accounting and the new product/business process. Managed team responsible for system suite selection. Ensured a seamless integration of trades for front office, credit and risk management and operations.

Director – Head of North America Core Operations Group (1998-1999)- Managed five operation groups, consisting of 65 professional and clerical staff, responsible for proof and control, money management, collateral management, static data and trade support.Special projects included the design and development of a dynamic accounting and reconciliation MIS system, redesign and automation of a multi-entity box reconciliation and automation of various cash to ledger reconciliations.Director – Head of Global Assets and North America Derivatives (1996-1998)- Re-engineered and managed four (4) product control groups, consisting of eighteen professionals, responsible for producing and analyzing risk, P&L, model valuations, counterpart valuation statements and the accuracy of the banks GL for an array of OTC and exchange traded securities (including emerging markets, high yield, credit and securitized instruments).- Planned, interacted and directed legal, compliance, operations and technology departments to ensure that new and existing products meet the needs of the front office, are properly controlled and satisfy regulatory requirements.- Created a group training program consisting of bi-weekly presentations followed by written examinations.