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New York, New York, United States

New York, Ny

* Steadily increased responsibilities, from bringing the Equity Synthetics business into compliance with the rapidly changing regulatory climate of Dodd Frank and EMIR, to managing the Equity Synthetics Product Management team and overall agenda, and, most recently, adding the oversight of the Cash Equity Finance Product Management team.* Responsible for evolving the current technology platforms and business processes to grow the business through new products, improve client experience, improve controls and automation and comply with changing regulations* Own the agenda end to end and work with traders, sales people, legal and regulatory teams to interpret new rules, set priorities, and translate them into IT development and business re-engineering plans.* Built new real-time trade reporting system that enabled processing more than 70,000 position and activity messages daily and reporting trades to regulators within 15 minutes of execution. * Reduced time from confirmation process to final client trade from 30 days to 2.

New York, Ny

* Partnered with global business head to set strategic objectives and action plans, establish and manage governance frameworks, derive performance metrics, ensure proper controls and risk management, and define product development priorities following acquisition of Lehman Brothers. * Designed and instituted operational risk framework that strengthened risk posture and improved infrastructure stability.* Grew revenues from $100M to $600M, improved wallet share from <1% to >5%, and expanded client base almost 4X.

New York, Ny

* Leveraged expertise in complex global business transactions, integrations, and operational startup honed during 10 years at IBM to guide newly formed Prime Brokerage Division, combining Fixed Income and Equities Capital Markets business lines.* Instrumental in growing division from $1.4B to $2B annual revenue and 650 staff. * Designed and orchestrated week-long, deep-dive training curriculum for new recruits, an innovative, hands-on course recognized as best-in-class across the capital markets businesses.* Produced, hosted, and addressed 650-member staff in weekly divisional meetings.

Somers, Ny

* Administered $200M new initiative investment budget in overseeing global strategic and financial planning.* Worked with IT and Accounting to restructure financial systems and restate results for prior 3 years.* Prepared Global Services CFO/Managing Partner for annual business planning reviews with the IBM Controller and CEO.

Somers, Ny

* Member of core negotiating team that structured $2B 5-year agreement with Sprint for call center outsourcing services to PCS division. * Also structured $405M 10-year agreement with Proctor & Gamble for HR outsourcing services in 80 countries.

Somers, Ny

* Managed finance portion of transition service agreements between PwC and IBM, negotiating quarterly settlements and working with IBM auditors to resolve complex issues including allocations of the $3.5B acquisition purchase price.

Somers, Ny

* Led $3.5M divestiture of plant floor software application, from drafting offering memorandum to negotiation and close.* Led financial analysis for $3.5B acquisition of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting.* Led financial analysis for the $83M acquisition of Mainspring, Inc., a Cambridge, MA based e-business.

Somers, Ny

* Designed pricing models for IBM's launch of a web hosting service and complex follow-on client transactions.

Needham, Ma

*One of original staff members of new startup that developed technology for purifying minerals and coal combustion byproducts for industrial applications. * Wore many hats in planning, building, and growing the organization to 35 staff and $13M revenue. * Played key role in research, marketing, prototype construction/testing, and commercialization of beta test site at the Salem Harbor (MA) Power Plant.* The company continued to grow and was acquired in 2002.

Mba, Finance, Beta Gamma Sigma, Dean'S List

Ba, Geology

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