Bob is an Information Technology with a deep understanding of business objectives, with a proven track record in Technical Leadership, Market Data, Vendor Management and Technology procurement experience in the financial services and investment banking industries. He has developed, implemented, and supported market data services solutions with complete Product Support Management responsibility for CIBC World Markets leading to substantial cost savings and synergies. He has excellent communication skills with 40 years experience in market data and technology sourcing, analysis and management. Results driven with proven track record in Contract Negotiations - Contract Management; Vendor Management at Senior Executive Levels; Strong supervisory skills and responsible for all negotiations with in-house and vendor legal departments with excellent working relationships at senior levels in all departments requiring market data services. Coordinator of all Market Data Regulatory & Compliance Governance for key divisions of the firm (Investment Banking, Broker-Dealer Services, Asset Management, Treasuries & Securities Services etc.).I have worked with and managed relationships and contracts with the following vendors. Bloomberg, Reuters, Thomson Financial, Standard & Poors, Moody's Services, Markit Partners, Murex, Monis, Marketwatch, Microage, Microsoft, Multex, Dow Jones, Gartner, GL Trade, ADP, Broaderidge, Informa, IBM, EDS, IPC, Interactive Tech, Informatica, Sybase, Golden Source, Forrester Research, Future Source, CGI, NYSE, NASDAQ, BEA Systems, TSX, UPS, Capco, Berra Software, Royalblue, Fidessa, Sun Microsystems, Sungard, Xerox, AT&T, Bear Sterns, Merrill Lynch, Advent Software, Boise Cascade.Specialties: Negotiations, Contracts, Contract Management, Market Data, Software Contracts, Software Licensing, Enterprise Licenses, Consulting Agreements, Nearshoring, Exchange Relationships, Vendor Management, Service Level Agreements, SLA, Global Agreements, Services Agreements