William Barber Email & Phone Number

• Responsible for all technology and analytics activities.
• Lead development and implementation of new modules for the technology platform, including incentive calculations and valuation analytics.
• Partner closely with business to set strategy and vision for entire technology platform.
• Optimize maintenance and support procedures to ensure full system stability with minimal effort.
• Systems are implemented in.NET, C#, C++, Java, SQL Server, SQL Server Analysis Services, and Rabbit MQ.

New York, NY, US

• Manage development, implementation and production of large global Investment Operations Security Reference and Pricing platforms. Responsible for blended Agile teams in the US and India. Asset classes include Equities.
• Lead transformation and re-engineering of the Security Master platform to a reliable micro-services architecture.
• Transform development process to fully Agile, resulting in predictable, low defect delivery.

• Manage strategy, development, implementation and production of large global Middle Office Trading, Back Office, Static Data, and Compliance Systems. Responsible for 50+ staff, including teams in NY, London, India and.
• Led turnaround and re-architecture of Global Middle Office Trading and Data platforms to ensure reliable delivery, system stability and scalable performance. o System issues reduced from more than one per day to less.
• Established Global Data Governance Model & Systems for Trading and Static Data. o Established single point of entry for static data. o Established real-time static data replication to update all static data systems.
• Led turnaround and rebuild of Global Compliance Data organization and platform.

Guildford, Surrey, GB

• Led all technical development staff for full lifecycle of large-scale software systems for major Financial Services companies (JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Thompson Reuters, etc.).
• Led turnaround of large (30+ staff) Project Portfolio Management System implementation using Java technology.
• Built US Financial Services technology consulting practice from the ground up.
• Served as global technical liaison with leading Market & Reference Data vendor.

Toronto, ON, CA

New York, NY, US

• Led all technology activities for fast growing 600+ employee proprietary education company with 16 locations nationwide. Supervised 25+ managers, employees and consultants. Negotiated vendor contracts and maintained.
• Developed IT strategy, advised senior management, and executed strategy in support of business goals and objectives.
• First ever internal ERP implementation realized $500k USD in savings.
• Architected and implemented.NET-based architecture and SDLC for operations support systems.

US

Led all development and IT activities for Pacific Coast office and products. Spearheaded design and implementation of new products and services for all markets using.NET, C# and ASP.NET.

• Managed all aspects of the development lifecycle with responsibility for projects with consulting budgets in excess of $13M, and staffing of 75+ resources, using Java & Microsoft technology.
• Led turnaround of Equities Research Distribution System implementation

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, DE

• Led multiple global technology development projects in Fixed Income and Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) Sales and Trading.
• Led turnaround of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Management Systems to go-live under tight timeframes with very high quality.

Bridgewater, New Jersey, US

Bridgewater, New Jersey, US

Msin, Information Networking

Mba, Finance

Bs, Bs, Ba, Computer Science, Math, History