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New York, New York, Us

· Directed oversight and management of group’s strategies, operations, processes, global projects, technology testing initiatives, and training solutions to ensure the timely and successful achievement of group’s operational metrics & performance goals. · Led business transformation initiatives; Achieved 23% global operational efficiency by implementing new treasury liquidity reporting processes, procedures, metrics, and technology solutions; Communicated with stakeholders, and orchestrated global training.

New York, New York, Us

· Directed (PMO) global business transformations, process re-engineering, standardization & automation efforts, risks assessments, data management analysis, large-scale technology solutions and report/metrics projects across Regulatory and Liquidity Reporting operations, Risk and Control programs, Financial Risk Shared Services (FRSS), and other cross-functional, global operations teams.· Facilitated elimination of $1B+ reporting errors and reduced operational errors by 36% by conducting gap/root cause analysis, data management, and operational reporting and process reviews; implemented remediation and corrective action plans, and standardized global business frameworks, operations, and procedures to address Citigroup’s federally mandated regulatory Consent Order requirements.· Led program management efforts to design new Citibank Data Governance Policy (CDGP; Stakeholder and PM for Data Operations Model (DOM) project to design, develop, and deploy new, global Treasury, Regulatory, and Financial reporting solutions.· Orchestrated global training, metric dashboards/reports, and transformation solutions to improve sales, operational processes and client approval scorecards; implemented financial controls, reduced operational tracking errors, and ensured regulatory compliance.· Achieved 23% global sales growth across banking products using focused, data-driven product adoptions and segmentation metrics.

· Engineered global consulting initiatives across Banking / Capital Markets / Insurance / Consumer Goods, and Healthcare industries. Drove 35% efficiency gain transforming 3rd Party and Custody operations for hedge fund, repo & structured finance businesses.· Optimized operations, sales and integrated vendor solutions; Led global projects regarding business transformations, technology solutions, process improvements, risk programs, financial analysis, business analytics/metrics, business development and growth initiatives; Managed vendor relationships, (negotiations, contract terms, service level agreements, controls, and integrated solutions).· Leveraged data science, AI and machine learning techniques for specific projects to include pricing, forecasting, predictive models, customer retention, optimization, product strategies, customer and product segmentation, product adoption, risk analysis, business and data analytics, scorecards, dashboards, focused sales strategies, and improved client services/customer satisfaction scores.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

RBC Capital Markets is a global investment bank providing services and investment products in banking, finance and capital markets to corporations, institutional investors, asset managers, private equity and governments globally.· Led sales, finance and business operations within $1.2B Central Funding Group to include revenue/sales forecasting, cost analysis, pricing models, risk, governance, P&L management, technology solutions, data analytics, metrics, and dashboards for 200+ group.· Integrated sales, CRM, and investment management platforms to include client onboarding, trade support, revenue and cost bookings, payments, reconciliation processes, regulatory & liquidity reporting; negotiated contracts and managed vendor solutions.· Highlights: Captured $120M in cost savings by transitioning US Structured Products businesses to offshore entities; Generated $250M+ revenue growth in investments and new client sales agreements; Led investor services and alternative assets operations.

· Strategic and tactical partner; Directed launch and daily operations for a systematic, global quantitative hedge fund focused on highly liquid global assets (equity, currency, fixed income, commodities, futures); YoY investment rate return ranged 14% to 40%.· Reduced operational costs by 42% via due diligence, data analytics, cost analysis, and implementation of scalable, comprehensive solutions integrated with vendor networks to manage trading operations, asset performance, risk, regulatory and liquidity reporting; · Led operations, sales/CRM, investor services, financial reporting, technology integrations, risk, regulatory reporting, compliance, legal, identity access management, and information security protections, contract negotiations, and vendor management.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

· Directed trading operations of institutional sales team, business development, investor services, equity executions, and reporting; standardized operations processes, designed pricing models & portfolio algorithms, reduced costs, and achieved 2.8x margin growth. · Delivered customized trading solutions integrated with order management, financial reconciliations, and regulatory reporting systems; Performed business analysis, requirements assessment, design, software/vendor selection, contract negotiations, and implementation.· Traded equity portfolios and single-name equities using customized algorithms to improve execution results and minimize price slippage; Directed operations of sales trading, risk, compliance, and financial reconciliations teams.

New York, Ny, Us

· Directed equity trading group operations to include sales, technology solutions, trading executions, client services, regulatory reporting, risk, compliance, and data analytics.· Built and led $175M+ Equity Institutional Sales & Trading Group of 92, grew sales 28% YoY, and executed equity trades while leading teams, due diligence efforts, pricing model initiatives, technology solutions, and trading operations; led contract negotiations, vendor management, and risk management; collaborative leader and pivotal contributor for successful GFI Group IPO. · Improved performance metrics ~18% via algorithmic trading strategies with dynamic pricing models and real-time data analysis; reduced market impacts and increased client & business profit margins. Drove business development initiatives.· Directed design, development & integration of industry-recognized custom trading platform with order management and back-office PnL reconciliations, risk, and regulatory and compliance agencies; base solution adopted by banks/brokers within finance industry.

Dublin 2, Ie

· Led (PMO) global management consulting engagements, technology services, outsourcing initiatives, and projects regarding sales, business development, e-commerce, growth strategies, large-scale technology/software development/integration implementations, start-ups, M&A, organization design, risk, governance, business transformations, process re-engineering, and change management. · Awarded ‘Outstanding Executive’ for success in selling multi-million-dollar engagements with new ventures to Fortune 500 / Global 100 companies within Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, Media, eLearning, Entertainment, Communications, & Technology industries.Sample Engagements:• Led up to 65 team members on Operations and Technology initiatives for CTB/McGraw-Hill, managing budgets and timelines to deliver $8M online assessment technology system with improved processes that reduced operational costs 50% while doubling production/delivery of multimedia online courses.• Managed Operations, Business Development, and Metrics for Electronic Arts’ launch of EA.com (~$50M revenue-add); structured joint venture strategy and negotiated vendor contracts.• Orchestrated acquisition of Sun Microsystem’s SunU, including financial and operations analysis, hiring staff & purchasing 25 global training facilities. Solution launched global Accenture eLearning platform. which rolled SunU, Avaya and other corporate and k-12 learning/training capabilities together.

Post Graduate Program, Data Science & Business Analytics

Business Analytics

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management And Operations

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering