Experience

Supernova Technology™

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Jun 2015 - Present

  Supernova Companies, LLC is a financial technology company that provides a comprehensive platform focused on managing both sides of an individual’s balance sheet. Guided by the foremost experts in the Value of Debt, the company empowers financial advisors through tools that help them serve as personal CFOs for their clients. Supernova’s primary solution is the first-of-its-kind, fully customizable and automated securities-based lending platform built to end the complex, paper-driven borrowing process. The cloud-based origination and servicing technology enables individuals to pledge their taxable investment portfolio(s) as collateral, providing increased flexibility in financing the things they need in life. Supernova was founded in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Show less



FINRA

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Dec 2014 - Jun 2015

  Project manager for multiple projects within FINRA’s Department of Market Regulation. • New Option surveillance development and enhancement of existing regulatory surveillances • Moving existing applications into FINRA’s new cloud-based platform. Project manager for multiple projects within FINRA’s Department of Market Regulation. • New Option surveillance development and enhancement of existing regulatory surveillances • Moving existing applications into FINRA’s new cloud-based platform.



Cboe Global Markets

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Project Manager

  • Jun 2013 - Dec 2014

  Provided project management and technology leadership. Managed a team of 7 software engineers, providing new application development and support for CBOE Regulatory applications. Driving project teams throughout the entire project life cycle. Delivered multiple Regulatory applications on time, on budget, with high quality. Provided project management and technology leadership. Managed a team of 7 software engineers, providing new application development and support for CBOE Regulatory applications. Driving project teams throughout the entire project life cycle. Delivered multiple Regulatory applications on time, on budget, with high quality.



Morningstar

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • May 2011 - Jun 2013

  Representing Projects• CMS system - Manage the development and rollout of a corporate level Content Management System (CMS), the system was rolled out to support 10+ multi-million dollar web properties. • Mobile App - Manage the full development cycle of the Stock Investor product line's mobile offering. An iPad app was released and earned 4+ rating in the App Store. • Marketing/Customer Relationship tool - Lead a team of 5 for the complete revamp of Morningstar's NewsletterBuilder product. Bring important enhancements to the product such as 'List Management', 'Reporting', etc.• System Migration - Lead the success system upgrade and data center migration for Morningstar.com. This highly complex multi-team effort was finished 2 weeks ahead of schedule and with no product downtime.• Monitoring - Manage website performance monitoring solutions, and help establishing operating and development metrics for Monthly dashboard. Lead vendor management as well as internal toolset rollout.• Change champion - work as 'change champion' between Data, research and product departments to minimize business interruption caused by corporate-level data or methodology changes. Show less

• Product Manager

  • Feb 2010 - May 2011

  • Manage entire product development actions, define product roadmap and work with design, development, and QA teams to achieve end results.• Collaborate with different teams within company to promote and integrate Footnoted contents into different platform. • Lead marketing efforts and communication with sales teams.

• Manager of Application Development

  • Apr 2009 - Feb 2010

  • Oversee web site development efforts of Morningstar.com.• Supervise the development and release of major components to the website.• Lead the training program for technical teams.• Work closely with product team to ensure meeting project timelines by proper allocation of development resources.

• Senior Developer and Team Lead

  • Oct 2004 - Apr 2009

  • Manage a development team to work on content, security research, and discussion board areas of Morningstar.com.• Serve as technical expert in implementation meetings with clients for Morningstar’s co-branded business.• Lead the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) efforts of morningstar.com.• Work with offshore development team effectively, always deliver projects on time.



Chuangyuan Information Technologies

• Tianjin, China

• Pre-sale Consultant

  • Sep 2003 - Jun 2004

  • Gather requirements and propose solutions for potential clients of Altibase Main Memory Database Management System (MMDBMS). • Serve as product expert for client visits. • Gather requirements and propose solutions for potential clients of Altibase Main Memory Database Management System (MMDBMS). • Serve as product expert for client visits.



Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

• Information Specialist

  • Jun 2002 - Jun 2003

  • Develop the area-wide law enforcement radio terminal system. • Develop a windows application, which provides interface to ALERTS, LEADS (Secretary of State), CAD (911 centers), and PIMS (State Police). • Develop the area-wide law enforcement radio terminal system. • Develop a windows application, which provides interface to ALERTS, LEADS (Secretary of State), CAD (911 centers), and PIMS (State Police).