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Served on a four-person Executive Committee and reported to the CEO, supporting business strategy, program oversight, product and geographic expansion, and regulatory programs as business unit COO/CIO.Led Technology and Operations for MUFG’s US and Canadian broker-dealers, comprised of 6 teams (~ 140 staff) across App Dev, IT Ops, IT Security and Middle Office/Settlements.I. Modern Platform & Workforce:- Modernized two data centers for enhanced reliability, scale and proximity to exchanges - Completed a $23m trading floor construction to modernize workspace- Established a PMO; restructured AppDev, IT operations, IT risk/security around service delivery- Adopted agile practices, data collection and increased reporting for rapid feedback- Promoted personal learning as a pilot customer of Amazon’s Audible for Business - Virtualized ~50% of the platform with a cloud-first biasII. Data & Application Strategy:- Led a data platform transformation ($12m spend for a 3x ROI) for front office, risk, finance- Designed and led a reporting integration, at a 70% savings vs. competing EPS/CCAR proposals- Automated 100's of semi-manual reports/filings by breaking down data silos- Drove data quality improvements and BCBS 239 compliance- Improved the time to market for new products, new geographies, new reg solutions- Extended platform to Canadian dealer, and consolidated USD ops ($5m+ savings)III. Security & Controls:- Reported quarterly to board and CEO on cyber, data governance and vendor risk programs- Closed cross-dept. controls gaps as chair of firm's Operational Controls Committees- Led cyber program that achieved FFIEC (reg) targets by closing 75+ legacy control gaps - Drove adoption and testing of robust ITSM and BCP policies to meet OCC/FRB deadlines- Formalized asset mgmt., incident mgmt., change mgmt., vulnerability mgmt.- Implemented vendor management controls to reduce costs, address regulations

Part of a business transformation that grew to ~50% of JEF's equities revenues:- Managed 28 US and UK staff (business, IT, middle office) during rapid product expansion- Expanded derivatives, converts, e-trading, prime brokerage, ETFs (c. $200m+ revs)- Added capabilities in swaps, OTC options, portfolio margining and loans (c. $15m+ revs)- Obtained adv model approvals from Finra and FSA (US/UK) for derivatives and lending

Architected and executed an asset sale from BofA to Societe Generale:- Transitioned multi-$bn lending / derivatives portfolio acquired from BofA for 2x net revs- Transferred fund custody, collateral, loan and deriv. servicing onto SG platform- Structured and managed complex client migration with nearly 100% retention rate

Sales & Business Development – launched new products and platforms, closed transactions:- Designed and launched a structured note program (expanded to $20m+ annual revenues)- Designed and launched a fund-linked program (expanded to $70m+ of annual revenues)- Structured and negotiated complex transactions with Corps and FIs ($5m+ ann revs)- Created and ran models for risk, pricing and funding to support new product approvals- Automated operational/middle office and treasury processes to scale new businesses

Quant and junior salesperson for equities, options, swaps, futures, converts, program trading:- Data Scientist (coding in R) - using data and stats to model financial markets- Derivatives Sales to large financial institutions (insurance, pensions, HFs, mutual funds)