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CTO or COO or VP of Operations or VP or SVP or Managing Director or VP of Tec...

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Highly experienced and motivated technologist with strong operations, busines...

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US-NY-New York

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Dec-16-08

EXPERIENCE

ClearLake Consulting, New York, NY July 2006 - present
Founder of a hedge fund consulting group focused on providing Operational Risk evaluation and remediation services to Hedge Funds and Operational Due Diligence and Due Diligence organizational advice to Institutional Investors.

WR Capital Management, Stamford, CT September 2006 - March 2008

Chief Operating Officer, Operational Risk Manager and Product Architect.
* Redesigned the Technology, Operations and Risk Management processes of the WR Capital Multi-Strategy Fund, a fund with multiple Sub-Advisors, to support needs of large Institutional Investors,
* Member of the Investment Committee of the WR Capital funds, comprising a multi-strategy fund of funds and a market neutral fund of managed accounts,
* Responsible for Operational Due Diligence and ongoing Operational Risk monitoring on external Hedge Fund Managers and Sub-Advisors,
* Designed a new Benchmarking system improving the accountability of Hedge Fund Managers for performance: Realized and quantified resulting increased returns averaging 1.5% above those of the Manager's own funds,
* Implemented Risk Metrics and MPI, improving the ability to monitor and model Market Risk within the Funds,
* Developed the business model and the marketing pitch for HF Access, a hedge fund managed account platform.

PFGI New York, NY 2000 - June 2006


Chief Operating and Technology Officer, Operational Risk Manager: 2001 - 2006
for a Hedge Fund Manager, registered as an Investment Advisor, that developed and managed multi-strategy Hedge Funds and Fund of Funds designed to track the S&P Hedge Fund Indices. The business was developed to provide detailed performance, risk analysis and risk controls around the Indices and the Hedge Funds, providing a high level of control and transparency around a highly diverse portfolio of hedge fund assets. At peak PFGI employed 68 hedge fund managers as sub-advisors on $3Bn of investor assets, becoming the 2nd fastest growing fund of funds in 2004.
* Redesigned the existing hedge fund technology platform to fit the new business model of PFGI. This involved major changes in workflow, replacement of Risk systems and creation of functions needed for a Hedge Fund,
* Launched the S&P Index-tracking funds, deploying $250 million in seed capital assets across 40 Hedge Fund Managers, as Sub-Advisors: This also encompassed the platform to support the Standard & Poors Hedge Fund Index,
* Led the Sales & Marketing efforts for many of the firms major Institutional clients: Worked with Sales team on all key clients pre-launch: Led post product launch to deliver enhanced hedge fund products enabling extremely rapid growth of the business,
* Performed all Operational Due Diligence and ongoing Operational Risk Management on all Managers, in close coordination with S&P and the SPhinX Risk Committee,
* Developed all the Operational Due Diligence analytics applied to the SPhinX funds and the Sub-Advisors,
* Integration of Operational Risk processes with DB Risk (Deutsche Bank's internal Market Risk system) and proprietary Market and Credit Risk algorithms to create a comprehensive suite of Risk Management tools,
* Recruited and developed a Risk (Operational. Credit and Market), Operational Due Diligence, Technology and Operations team to support an index program of 3 indices, multiple onshore and offshore feeders, 68 managers and $3 billion in AUM,
* Core Member of the Market and Credit Risk Committee's responsible for Risk Policy and Manager Investment Risk,
* Key member of the Pricing Committee responsible for policy and ongoing independent valuation of all securities purchased by Hedge Fund Managers as Sub-Advisors,
* Worked extensively with external counsel on structuring of the funds as well as negotiation of contracts with Sub-Advisors, Partners, Prime Brokers, Counterparties and Clients,
* Responsible for developing and managing all 3rd party service provider relationships including Prime Brokers, Counterparties, Administrators and technology service providers,
* Worked integrally with the Finance team, Audit and U.S. Tax teams to complete multiple years of Audit, remediating accounting deficiencies in the Fund Administrators processes.

Chief Technology Officer: 2000 - 2001
* Assumed control of a failing PMO, taking over management of all technology, including software applications under development by multiple companies,
* Reengineered the technology platform to meet rapidly evolving business requirements and delivered on a schedule dictated by the funding commitments of major banking investors,
* Responsible for the design, delivery and operation of a unique Hedge Fund Managed Account platform designed to provide a high-level of transparency and Operational, Credit and Market Risk controls by providing "real-time" Valuation and Daily Risk information to Investors,
* Deployed Advent Geneva, Risk Metrics and Reuters RDF as core components of a highly complex custom application suite,
* Developed a highly resilient production environment from scratch with 99.75% systems availability (downtime only for routine maintenance and new releases) with full redundancy and proven Disaster Recovery procedures,
* Developed a multi-disciplinary team of 28 staff in NYC and Bermuda, able to deliver, operate and rapidly enhance the Managed Account platform as business requirements evolved,
* Key participant in the Institutional funding round in June 2000, raising $65 million in pre-launch funding.

Ernst & Young , New York, NY 1999
Senior Manager, Capital Markets E-Commerce Consulting.

* Assumed responsibility for all technology of an e-commerce client with multiple uncoordinated development and infrastructure projects,
* Successfully outlined and began implementation of a turnaround strategy for all technology for the client company leading to a multi-year employment contract and an equity stake in the company,
* Sold $5million of business.

Merrill Lynch, New York, NY 1997 - 1999

Vice President: Institutional Client Division Technology
Global Technology responsibility for the Institutional Equity Client Division. Responsible for the definition and implementation of all strategic, global technology projects, including innovative real-time collaboration tools.

Goldman Sachs, New York, NY 1994 - 1997

Vice President, Private Client Sales (Wealth Management): 1995 - 1997
Global responsibility for Private Client Sales Workstation technology
* Defined and delivered all strategic technology initiatives for the Private Client Sales (Ultra-High Net Worth) business,
* Managed multiple applications and projects comprising Order Management Systems, Trade Allocation Systems, Portfolio Account systems, Research Delivery systems and Client Management systems,

* Replaced an existing CompuServe-based Research delivery application with the first web-based Research Delivery system used by thousands of Institutional and Private Client Sales people and thousands of clients as their sole source of Goldman Sachs Investment Research. Saved the firm $5 million/annum in hard costs and greatly improved quality of service to clients and internal users.

Vice President, Institutional Equity Sales/Sales Trading: 1994 - 1995
Global responsibility for U.S. Equity Sales/Sales Trading technology.
* Managed multiple the development and support of multiple applications comprising Order Management Systems, Trade Allocation Systems, Research Delivery Systems and Client Management Systems.

JP Morgan, New York, NY 1991 - 1994

Vice President, Emerging Markets Technology: 1993 - 1994

* Addressed major risk data integration issues through the use of an innovative client data management system.

Vice President, Advanced Technology Group: 1991 - 1993
* Member of a joint JP Morgan/McKinsey & Co. Strategy Project addressing strategic Global Technology and Operations issues, reporting to the global business heads. The team developed a series of proposals to realign the global support organization, which were subsequently implemented by GTO.


Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), London, UK 1987 - 1991

Senior Manager, Financial Markets Division: Developing large multi-asset trading systems in London, New York and Switzerland as well as a number of smaller strategy projects.


EDUCATION
St. Peter's College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
M.A., Engineering Science (Major: Civil Engineering) 1981 - 1984
Domus Exhibitioner, 1982 - 1984

Certifications
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