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New York, Ny, Us

Greater New York City Area

Advanced to this role to define the organization’s technological vision and strategy, ensuring consistent alignment with business goals and objectives. Oversee the development and implementation of IT systems to improve operational efficiency and productivity. Manage the $3M technology budget, optimizing technology investments. Migrated on-prem infrastructure and services to cloud-based, IaaS, and SaaS solutions, decreasing annual technology spending by 45% and realizing a 20% cost reduction from improved visibility for resource utilization. Designed a robust Cybersecurity Program, minimizing risks related to data, vendors, business continuity, cybersecurity, and incident response, resulting in zero security events or data loss and encouraging capital inflows. Streamlined investment processes by utilizing a system to aggregate data, improving investment decision making, increasing M&A investment process efficiency by 50%, and minimizing key-man risk. Virtualized the server infrastructure, reducing the cost per server by 75% and infrastructure cost by $100K. Leveraged and regulated Generative AI to perform investment due diligence, saving Analysts 2-3 hours daily. Revamped the vendor payment approval process, strengthening accountability and achieving an overall cost savings of 10-20% YoY.

New York, United States

Strategically guided technical operations for three office locations, overseeing all aspects of the firm’s infrastructure including business operations, file and application servers, helpdesk operations, project planning, budgeting, and portfolio reporting. Supported and maintained 40+ servers for production, trading, accounting, and disaster recovery systems. Saved $185K per year in extended warranty costs and 30% on MSP professional services and fees by upgrading infrastructure and optimizing technical operations. Reduced support incidents by 35% by implementing a ticketing system to track support incidents and realigning support teams to provide dedicated support to the trading floor.