It Projects And Services Manager
CurrentDeliver effective technology solutions to the broker dealer business unit specializing in equity, fixed income, and exchange-traded derivatives.Managed the implementation of third party trading systems like Fidessa and Bloomberg, and established FIX connectivity with clients and exchanges. Developed interfaces to middle office for trade confirmation. Implemented straight-through processing to back office for settlement and bookkeeping.Led a multi-asset class, cross-department project team to perform a complex business process transition to a new clearing agent. This high risk project was successfully implemented within a short period of time, preventing disruption of US trading operations that comprise about 50% of the company’s business.Developed a web-based OMS that connected various Santander offices in the US, Europe, and Latin America for order execution. This implementation enabled the firm’s customers to access emerging markets, growing client order volume by 60% annually in the first two years of its implementation.Effectively implemented a trade consolidation system for booking trades that reduced per-trade processing charges without undermining data accuracy in trade settlement and bookkeeping. This enabled the firm to save over $2 million annually in ticket charges.Introduced cloud-based solutions by successfully implementing Salesforce CRM used by equity sales. Designed the interface from the data warehouse to integrate trading analytics.Expanded application development methods by introducing agile frameworks like Scrum and Kanban.Currently leading the effort in implementing data quality solutions for both tactical and strategic initiatives of the CDO.