Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr · Chicago, Illinois, United States · On-site

• Global client partner & portfolio head leading teams managing all sales, business development, account management, strategy, operations, delivery, and relationship management across NA, EMEA, and APAC for Tier 1 client Northern Trust.
• Led all Midwest business development and portfolio growth.
• Act as lead solution architect, enterprise architect, negotiator, delivery leader, deal closer, strategist, and innovation enabler. Leadership of and responsibility/protection/support for over 800+ people. Ownership of all CXO relationships across all LOB’s and Geo’s.
• Full PnL ownership. Grew account revenue over 40%+ YoY to $70mm+.
• Actively managed and grew relationships with key vendors across cloud and financial services including Microsoft (Azure, Copilot, M365), ServiceNow (ITSM, CMDB, HAM, SAM, et al), Boomi, Appian, IBM, and others. Led growth across all practices including AI, LLM, Digital Assets, Data Management, Cloud, Mainframe, Industry Consulting, more.

Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr · Napa, California

• Spent time pursuing one of my passions, a PhD in Organizational Design and Innovation full-time, while supporting my sons’ transitions to college (UCLA and Middlebury)… while generally cherishing life.
• Active start-up advisor and mentor.

Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 · 0 mo · Seattle, Washington, United States · Remote

• Interim COO leading operationalization while providing executive leadership support and subject-matter expertise. Directly reported to CEO. Member of Executive Committee, PMO, Strategy Committee, and Enterprise Architecture Review Board.
• Established enterprise project & operational risk management, enterprise architecture & business strategies, vendor negotiations, and bank core & business operations system implementation planning.
• Led implementation planning & re-oriented target operating model design across Oracle PaaS & SaaS products: FlexCube Universal Banking System, OBDX, FCCM, CX CRM, and ERP/EPM.
• The only crypto-inclusive bank in the United States with a national charter directly incorporating USD fiat currency, digital assets, cryptocurrencies, and 'data'. (*Conditional OCC charter conversion approval) and a focus on institutional custody and trust banking.

Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 · 4 yrs · Mountain View, CA

• Led Blockchain Practice in North America with specialties in system+process design, interoperability, supply chain, operational optimization, and enterprise architecture. Closely worked with Fortune 500 companies across all industry verticals with leadership for Banking & Financial Services, Manufacturing, and Technology, innovating and designing with Blockchain.
• Group evangelist ("face of the business") representing the Wipro brand in various industry forums as related to thought leadership, PR, and speaking events; business development leadership with DLT protocol & smart contract providers (Hyperleder, EEA, ConsenSys, R3, QLDB, DAML, Symbiont), BaaS partners (Oracle, SAP, AWS, Salesforce), and Cloud partners (AWS, IBM, and MS Azure).
• Provide support for Financial Services and Open Banking.
• Advisory, Client Service, Strategy, Creation, Incubation, Innovation, Partnerships, Ideation, Enterprise Architecture, Innovation Design, and Strategic Investments.
• Hyperledger Governing Board Member

Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Co-founded and led Emerging Technologies Practice; strategy & advisory across Blockchain, data analytics & visualization, IoT, machine learning, AI, CX, UX, IPA/RPA, robo-advisory, predictive analytics, augmented & cognitive intelligence, cloud, and deep learning. Led development of Blockchain & distributed ledger services, partnerships, & GTM strategy across industry verticals. Global practice oversight and client support.
• Senior client advisor to key GAM's ($1T+) in Capital Markets, Banks, and other Investment companies transforming trade support, derivatives operations, marketing operations, OMS management, & operating models. TOM/TAM/TIM specialist.
• Active speaker, author, and industry participant. ISDA, SIFMA AMF, ISITC, SWIFT, MBA, EDM, and more.
• Senior architect on the 1st US Federal Government Blockchain implementation (with the GSA).

Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr · Greater Chicago Area

• At the time and currently, one of the top 4 custodial banks in the world, the #2 private bank in the world, and one of the top 5 wealth management companies in the world.
• 1 of 2 Enterprise Business Architects tasked with interoperably leading Northern Trust's firm-wide Target Operating Model, business development strategy, and innovation across its' different business line's architectures with the goal of holistic framework creation.
• As North American Head of Market Advocacy & Research and a founding member of the Northern Trust Innovation Lab, led FinTech research and education around transformative concepts (what we dubbed '2020 disrupters') including the introduction and conceptualization company-wide of Blockchain, Robo Advisory, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Analytics, Neo-Banking, Crypto-Currencies, Payment Innovation, Digital Transformation, and more.
• Functional architect supporting/owning operating model design, functional architecture, product design, and/or vendor/contract negotiations across firm-wide derivative operations, valuations, asset management infrastructure, fund/institutional outsourced middle office services, and wealth management OMS.
• Support OTC/ETD/CCP derivatives strategic build-out, industry engagement, media relations, and marketing. operational & regulatory support leadership. Global client support across North America, EMEA, Asia, and Oceania. Active speaker and industry participant across SIFMA AMF, ISDA, and ISITC.
• Additionally:
• Northern Trust Corporation Transformation Leadership Team
• North American Head - Market Advocacy & Research
• Founding Member - Northern Trust Innovation Lab
• Active Mentor

Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 · 0 mo · Greater Chicago Area

• One of the top five providers in the world for asset management and hedge fund trade support, BPO, administration, and accounting services. Direct competitor with Bank of New York, State Street, JPMC, BBH, and Citibank.
• Led firm-wide derivatives services transformation of functional architecture, technical architecture, and target operating model bringing together 600+ people across Hedge Fund Services administration, IOO (Investment Operations Outsourcing) back & middle office support, and Custody including trade support operations, valuation & pricing, collateral management, reconciliations, and regulatory support (EMIR, Dodd-Frank, ASIC, MAS, HKMA, etc). ETD and OTC derivative products, cleared and bilateral, across Credit, Equity, Interest Rate, Energy, Commodity, FX, and bespoke.
• Led media relations, industry engagement, and marketing efforts. Global client support across North America, EMEA, Asia, and Oceania.
• Additionally:
• Derivatives Executive Leadership Team
• Board Member - Northern Trust Centennial Fund
• Member - Operations & Technology Diversity & Inclusion Council
• Active Mentor

Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 · 3 yrs · Greater Chicago Area

• (As of August 1, 2011, Omnium LLC was acquired in full from Citadel by Northern Trust and re-named Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services)
• Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services was and is a top five global fund administrator directly competing with SS&C GlobeOp and Citicorp.
• Manage all system design, industry relations, strategic operational and regulatory build-out (EMIR & Dodd-Frank), for outsourced trade booking, verification, reconciliation, documentation, and settlements services across OTC derivative products, cleared and bilateral, across Credit, Equity, Interest Rate, Energy, Commodity, FX, and bespoke including Weather, Emissions, and Life Insurance.
• Global group oversight of team of 80+ people across Chicago, New York, Bangalore, Hong Kong, and Dublin that I personally selected and grew from the original team of 35 people post-acquisition.
• Additionally:
• Hedge Fund Services Executive Leadership Team
• Co-Chair - Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services Culture Committee
• Chair - Corporate & Institutional Services Diversity & Inclusion Council
• Board Member - Northern Trust Centennial Fund
• Active Mentor
• One of the youngest senior vice president’s in Northern Trust’s history.

Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 · 1 yr · Greater Chicago Area

• Citadel’s operational unit was subsequently acquired in full (in-house and administered/3rd party) as a stand-alone fund administration business by Northern Trust and was subsequently renamed Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services. At the time, it was the #1 hedge fund in the world WRT to having the largest and most sophisticated structured OTC interest rates book, the largest cleared CDS and IRS books, and still stands out as the only non-bank global market-maker in both the OTC Interest Rate (swap/swaption/caps/floors) and OTC Equity (TRS/CFD) markets. They were also the first mover across all cleared interest rate and credit derivative clearinghouses, besides BlueMountain.
• Brought in to lead, reconstruct, consolidate, optimize, and grow all OTC operations, supporting both in-house and outsourced operations, that I grew from 17 people to 35 in preparation pre-acquisition, across front, middle, and back office services while implementing OTC clearing operations and implementing regulatory reporting, reconciliations, monitoring, and general management across jurisdictions, including the CFTC, ESMA, HKMA, and beyond. Simultaneously developed and provided proprietary trade support services to Citadel, Bridgewater, and GIC while building a massively successful, standalone fund administration business for other hedge funds, asset managers, and pension funds, while also managing the wind down and restructuring of the LAMCO/Lehman Brothers complex/structured/special investments/derivatives portfolio.
• Owned operating model and all system design.
• Managed all trade booking, verification, reconciliation, documentation, and settlements. Oversight and expansion of group across Chicago, Hong Kong, Bangalore, and New York. Led industry relations and all strategic operational build-outs. Executed all 4 inaugural cleared swaps for both CDS and IRS trades across ICE, CME, and LCH.
• Interest Rate, Equity, Credit, Energy, Commodity, FX, and other OTC & ETD derivatives.

Jan 2006 – Jan 2012 · 6 yrs · Greater New York City Area

• This was special for me. After being a member and intern of the organization in high school and working for them while getting my 1st master's degree, I was asked to join the Advisory Board. For 5+ years, I was an extremely active member during a time that saw our budget and savings both grow, grant & giving decreases in the aftermath of the financial crisis, our programs expand to more high schools and middle schools throughout NYC, and the expansion of our service model to Washington D.C.
• I'm incredibly passionate about empowering & mentoring young adults to accomplish their dreams and to dream limitlessly. The earlier we free our minds from the boundaries we and those around us create, the better. To do so, you must be educated, exposed to the outside world, and provided with respectively personal enablement services. I resigned after moving to Chicago and not being able to travel to NY enough to feel as hands on as I personally needed to feel.
• Key accomplishments:
• Led a committee that focused on successfully moving the organization from it's original headquarters to a more centrally located location several times bigger and across the street from a public university within Manhattan (CUNY-Baruch).
• Helped lead a year-long intensive 5-year strategic planning module sponsored by RobinHood and run by McKinsey.

Jan 2006 – Jan 2010 · 4 yrs · Greater New York City Area

• BlueMountain was subsequently acquired and renamed AMG. At the time, it was the #1 hedge fund in the world WRT to having the largest and most sophisticated structured credit/CDS book, one of the most complex structured OTC equity derivatives books, as well as the first mover across all cleared interest rate and credit derivative clearinghouses, besides Citadel.
• First manager of operations. Implemented, defined, and standardized all trade support processes throughout the entire life cycle of the trade from idea origination through regulatory & compliance support through reconciliations and all related system usage and design processes, UI's, and integrations. Manage all system & UI development, trade booking, verification, reconciliation, documentation, and settlements, as well as vendor, OMS, fund admin, custodian, brokerage, and prime brokerage relationships. Oversight of group across London, Tokyo, and New York. Support and define all processes related to security master, vendor implementation, fund setup, ISDA negotiation, and compliance. Led industry relations, and strategic operational build-out.
• Grew a team of 8 people in-house doing the work a normal bank would employ about 200 people to do, as complimented by the strategic utilization of an additional 40 FTE (10% onshore / 90 % offshore) through our fund administrator, by standardizing, automating, and optimizing the execution of all reconciliations, payments, etc in support for some of the largest OTC books in history... typically covered by 100's people at major investment banks.
• Model provided around the clock coverage 24/6 of all North American, European, and Asian trading utilizing New York and London offices as primary real-time support.
• Pioneered and helped develop the ICELink credit derivatives matching and service model and the cleared IRS and CDS models employed by CME, ICE, and LCH.
• Interest Rate, Equity, Credit, and FX derivatives. ETD's. Securities. Alternative investments.

Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 · 1 yr · Greater New York City Area

• Interest Rate, Credit, and Equity OTC derivatives

Jan 2003 – Jan 2004 · 1 yr

• Interest Rate OTC derivatives

Jan 2001 – Jan 2003 · 2 yrs

• Internships Included:
• Investment Bank - Interest Rate Derivatives
• Documentation, Technology and Operations
• Finance, Risk-Management, and Analysis - FRMA HR Development, Corporate Human Resources
• Treasury and Security Services - Asset Management Solutions Group, Investor Services
• Investment Bank - Diversity Relations, Human Resources
• Corporate Business Services - Billing Quality Assurance, Customer Profitability