Experience

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  Cme group

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2014

  Executive director » technology governance | it systems development | application architecture

  Directed strategy, development and operations of the CME Market Data Platform, a real time, low latency, global data product and service with multiple internal customers and thousands of global customers through a period of multiple acquisitions and exponential business data growth in a regulatory environment requisite with the company's distinction as a national security risk.Directly responsible for strategy, design, development, implementation and operation of the CME Market Data Platform and Pricing systems while simultaneously managing a diverse 80+ member staff, and a budget of $30MM. Delivered solutions for multiple internal and external cross-functional business units, including Electronic Trading, Settlements, FX Fixings, Equity and Commodity Index, and Global Exchange partnerships.Recognized for industry leading inventions and best in class service by inviting customer participation in the product road map, and providing agile delivery pipelines that quickly react to changes in business priorities.Developed innovative, world class solutions for low latency asynchronous message processing and recovery, including business continuity and disaster recovery.Executive Director (2010 – 2014) Director, Software Engineering (2002-2010)Manager, QA (2000-2002) Sr. Business Systems Analyst (1999-2000) Show less

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  Ajm advisors contracted at swx

  Jan 2015 - Jun 2017

  Interim director of exchange technology » risk governance | cybersecurity | systems integration

  Successfully directed the design, development, and implementation approach of a start-up electronic exchange, including platform architecture, application and interface design, data structures, fault tolerance, recovery, administration and operation, while promoting a strong focus on reliability, extensibility, scalability and security. Tactically determined cryptography configurations.Notable Achievements: Directed data strategy for real-time in game sports wagering exchange, from data initiation or ingestion,metadata strategy, real-time data classification and processing of synchronous and asynchronous transactions withreal-time fault tolerance and recovery. Directly developed first KYC digital gaming process verifying identities, and quickly assessing and uncovering any potential business risks. Created a risk management methodology, including a Culture of Information Security and a continuous risk governance process enforcing policy, practice and controls to anticipate and respond to risk, promoting organizational agility to quickly respond to changes in business priorities. Show less

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  Teksystems global services

  Jul 2017 - Feb 2019

  Global delivery executive » data warehousing | it systems development | application architecture

  Hands-on leader with responsibility for overseeing multifaceted technology service delivery including data strategy, software development, performance engineering, quality assurance, and network and infrastructure support for a $25MM engagement. Concurrently directed a high-performance 150+ member global staff, facilities operations, and information security.Notable Achievements: Directed a geographically distributed staff of 150, including 15 managers within a delivery center, providing technology services and support for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. Directed full cycle data strategy for protected data including business constraints, data ingestion, dataclassification, data conformance, data architecture, data infrastructure, access controls and applicationinterfaces. Implements agile solutions that quickly adapt to change. Managed risk within a portfolio of 24 separate work streams, using communication and collaboration to identify and mitigate areas of schedule, budget and quality risk, resulting in exceptional customerexperience. Recognized for developing a private network blockchain solution utilizing open source Hyperledgertechnology resulting in converging patients, payers and providers onto the same network while alsoallowing for price transparency, real time status of business processes, and secure transfer of electronicmedical records. Show less

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  Independent

  Mar 2019 - May 2020

  Blockchain consultant » master data management | risk governance | information security

  Developed Enterprise Blockchain FrameworkDeveloped SaaS solution for tracking and monitoringDeveloped Application Security Innovation

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  Outdoor ai

  May 2020 - Jun 2021

  Head of technology

  Grew technology team from 5 to 14 with the same budget, adding Information Security and expanding Dev/Ops capabilitiesincluding Infrastructure as Code. Established software development process to track quality and team productivity,creating the opportunity for continuous improvement.Lead the development and deployment of a commercial search platform, including Build/Buy/Partner strategy thatresulted in the acquisition of Natural Language Processing technology including Machine Learning and Data Science tosupport multiple products in the core business.Created and evangelized a Product Development strategy for Search products including content libraries, query parametersand algorithms for response generation. Provided product road map for News, Topic, and General Search, and expandeduse of Natural Language Processing.Fostered a Culture of Excellence, relentlessly focusing on Communication, Collaboration, Innovation, Business Acumen andInformation Security. Coached engineers and developed talent to balance strategic focus with practical solutions,continuously aware of the cost/benefit of adding or reducing technical debt.Established Information Security Division, Policy and Process, evangelizing an organizational security culture.Recommended and implemented Policy and Process changes that reduced Information Security risk by over 75%, with afocus on secure devices, secure protocols, and secure applications and databases. Established Governance, Access Controls,Incident Response, and Business Continuity/Disaster Recover. Show less