Author, "Understanding the Financial Industry Through Linguistics: How Applied Linguistics Can Prevent Financial Crisis." https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Financial-Industry-Through-Linguistics-ebook-dp-B092G68535/dp/B092G68535Currently exploring the intersection of applied linguistics, data, and different language groups within the financial services industry.I am a senior business executive with more than 25 years of experience in the financial industry, with a rare perspective that spans working in operations and technology positions at global custodial banks, international brokers, investment managers as well as core industry utilities.I firmly believe that data is at the core of our industry - we exchange products with entities. Yet we struggle to preserve the key linkages across the lifecyle; internally across silos and functional areas, and externally across counterparties, regulators and geographies. Data is not a technology issue or a business issue - it transcends both and weaves throughout an organization.As an industry we need to come together and work towards open solutions that allow all firms to refocus on their core competencies. Standards are created to enable a community, should serve a specific purpose and need, be freely open and available, and not compete with other standards.Marrying hands-on subject matter expertise in core operations from all perspectives of the transaction, I have a healthy discipline in Data Management, IT, reference data, program and project management, risk and efficiency issues, problem solving and finding smart solutions.Specialties: Data, data management, data quality, STP, business analysis, opportunity assessment, operations management, technology solutions, strategy, full trade lifecycle, problem solving, reference data, client solutions, standards, equity, cash, fixed income, FX, derivatives, risk management, standards development, open dataI publish things occasionally; they are my thoughts and opinions.