Naresh H. Singh, Cissp Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

• Direct the firms’ enterprise IT systems and data management including infrastructure architecture, engineering and operations covering 5 domestic locations.• Member of Operating Committee, IT / Risk Governance Committee as well as BCP / DR Committee. • Manage the portfolio of active and planned IT infrastructure projects including VMware / SAN implementation, MS Server 2008/2012 migration, File and SQL server upgrades, Enterprise monitoring enhancements, Avaya IP telephony / SIP migration, In-house CRM system development and colocation migration. • Ensure the execution of strategies and key projects by providing hands-on leadership for day-to-day activities of the IT organization. • Build out firm’s disaster recovery site at SunGard with full real-time replication of all mission critical data and established recovery site with workstations and back office support to mitigate business risk.• Develop the IT organization's structure, strategic growth plans, and operational policies.• Maintain multi-million dollar project and operational budgets. • Achieve cost savings and improved productivity by utilizing IaaS and SaaS to scale efficiently. • Partner with colleagues across all business lines to help drive a culture of risk awareness and proactive risk identification and assessment within the business. • Serve as the firm’s Information Security Officer. Oversee Enterprise Risk Management.• Ensure that all information systems and networks operate according to internal standards, external accrediting agency standards, regulatory agencies and legal requirements, including HIPAA. • Institute change management process following ITIL framework in order to improve alignment and add value to business.• Validate and enforce processes for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance including SSAE-16 report reviews. • Oversee all new infrastructure build-outs, including needs analysis, business case, vendor selection, contract negotiations, and fulfillment.

New York, New York, Us

The NFP DEIB Committee includes executives, senior leaders, and employees worldwide, who act on behalf of the company to launch and support the diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) process. The committee is a critical driver in fostering real organizational change, establishing a dedicated focus on diversity and inclusion priorities, and promoting the DEIB program. The committee works closely with senior leadership to ensure tight alignment with the firm’s overall business strategy and to accelerate NFP’s DEIB objectives.

New York, Us

Responsible for managing the overall corporate technology strategy and infrastructure including managing all networks, desktop/server support, information security and software applications for Fifth Avenue Financial, one of MassMutual's largest agencies.

HFTC is a community of technology professionals in the Alternative Finance space. Some of us are the sole technology professional in our organization while others lead large IT organizations. However, all of us are personally boots-on-the-ground technologists familiar with the joys and sorrows that come with running tech in this industry. By sharing our knowledge and experiences, we each become better at what we do. A main focus of HFTC is giving back to our community with peer mentorship and supporting charities each quarter with fundraising.

Nascent Consulting is an IT Management consultancy focused on providing solutions to small and medium enterprises (SME). We provide a combination of Cloud, SaaS, IaaS and on-prem solutions to meet the needs of our clients. Our clients have included hedge funds, broker-dealers, and law firms.

• Directed Artio’s enterprise IT systems and data management including infrastructure architecture, engineering and operations covering 2 domestic and 3 international locations.• Provided leadership for the department heads of the following teams; data center and helpdesk operations, network engineering, server engineering and operations, telecommunications, service management, facilities and mailroom.• Managed portfolio of active and planned IT infrastructure projects including VMware 4.x upgrade, MS Server 2008 migration, SAN upgrades, File and SQL server upgrades, Enterprise monitoring enhancements, Cisco IP telephony and videoconferencing migration, Exchange 2010 planning and migration.• Supervised 3 data centers, over 300 servers and 22 staff members with 4 direct reports.• Partnered with CIO to develop IT organization's structure, strategic growth plans, and operational policies.• Maintained multi-million dollar project and operational budgets. • Ensured change management process followed ITIL framework in order to improve alignment and add more value to business. Ensured adequate cross training was implemented in order to minimize operational risks. • Oversaw all new infrastructure build-outs, including needs analysis, business case, vendor selection, contract negotiations, and fulfillment.

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• Managed all facets of firm’s enterprise IT systems and data management including infrastructure architecture, engineering, information security and operations covering 8 domestic and 3 international locations.• Served as the in-house CTO for Pali’s 20 hedge-fund hotel clients, providing turn-key technology infrastructure to start-up hedge-funds including full infrastructure stack, market data, OMS and execution platforms.• Developed organization's structure, strategic growth plans, and all operational policies and procedures including DR / BCP• Delivered extensive transformations in technology landscape encompassing most IT systems due to firm’s rapid growth and ran its operations with full accountability. (200% percent increase in employees from 2005 to 2008.)• Planned, developed and maintained program policies and procedures to protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems, network and data. • Maintained and forecasted multi-million dollar IT budget and managed cost center allocations.• Managed due diligence, review and selection of all vendors and systems including MAS500 General Ledger, Postini, and Iron Mountain Digital. Reviewed SAS 70 reports of all outsourced service providers.• Built out firm’s disaster recovery site at SunGard with full real-time replication of all mission critical data and established recovery site with trader workstations and back office support to mitigate business risk.

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Managed exceptional team of system engineers whose primary mission was to provide first and second level technical assistance both in hardware and software to all internal staff and customers. Implemented ITIL processes to standardize procedures, increase efficiency and enhance service delivery. Collaborated with CIO to develop Disaster recovery procedures to maintain business operations during disruptions

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Built, managed and maintained 60+ production servers running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000/2003 including domain controllers, DHCP, DNS, Citrix, File, BES, and SQL servers. Managed Checkpoint Firewalls, VPN and Citrix servers.

Amsterdam, Nl

Served as the MS Exchange Administrator for Prime Brokerage NA business unit. Performed system backups and recovery including disaster recovery planning and systems migration. Provided top tier Level III technical support and resolved all escalated technical support issues.

Amsterdam Zuidoost, Nl

Provided technical support for clients, traders, and employees. Tested, installed, and supported ING Barings' trading software. Identified, researched, and resolved technical problems. Maintained, supported, and upgraded servers, desktop PCs, hardware, software, operating systems, and distributed printers.

New York, Ny, Us

Provided technical support for Mathematics and Computer Science faculty members. Responsible for purchasing computers and other technical equipment for the Applied Mathematics Laboratory.

Ba, Liberal Arts

Mba - Master Of Business Administration (Honors)

Executive Certificate, Financial Management