Thomas Lugo
Director, Alternatives Operations & Technology at K2 Advisors- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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CFA Exam Level I Passed
CFA Institute
Experience
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K2 Advisors
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United States
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Investment Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director, Alternatives Operations & Technology
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Mar 2021 - Present
Manage a team of 5 offshore developers/business analysts and 3 operations personnel that support the technology infrastructure and data for a $10.5bn Alternatives Investment Advisor Led a cost savings initiative to identify areas of opportunity and implemented execution plan resulting in over $2 million in cost savings per year on a go forward basis within two years of starting role Manage and oversee operational data processes at K2 Advisors including trade workflows, manager research, data management, data governance, internal investment reporting and external client reporting Direct a team to design and implement the strategic architecture and solutions to support Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiatives Lead the research, launch and implementation of all software solutions to support business needs including investment management and risk analytics Designed and oversaw the implementation of a strategic data architecture plan to replace existing legacy technology and migrate to the cloud on Microsoft Azure Pioneered the design and oversaw the technical development of an ESG data strategic initiative to support monthly ESG reporting including MSCI ratings, scores, pillars, themes and ongoing developments Design and oversee an institutional level process to support a growing and scalable advisory business Developed an IT vision, strategy, and roadmap and actively lead the IT team to effective execution Show less
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Invesco Ltd.
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Investments Implementation Manager
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Dec 2018 - Mar 2021
OppenheimerFunds was acquired by Invesco in May 2019 Lead operational, technology and data integration to support complex strategies by maintaining historical credit library, integration of benchmarks, performance attribution, modeling data and securities data. Support portfolio manager with trading of 144A Catastrophe Bonds on primary and secondary markets by leading trade execution, cash management, FX management, performance attribution, portfolio modeling and valuation. Optimized investment process by eliminating operational burden to investment team through operational task automation, investment data quality improvements and reduction of trade errors Led scope design, integration, business requirements, testing and training to migrate portfolio management activities to new trading platform by partnering with technology, operations and compliance Lead performance attribution oversight for several strategies including data quality oversight, reconciliation and partnering with middle and back office to resolve data issues Show less
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OppenheimerFunds
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United States
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Investment Management
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500 - 600 Employee
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Manager, Product Development, Governance and Implementation
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Jul 2017 - Dec 2018
Oversaw all data related enhancements and projects requested by the investments and product organizations including enhancements to trading data, marketing materials and digital platforms. Led implementation efforts for investment product lifecycle changes and data related enhancements across several asset classes including fixed income, equities, alternatives and multi-asset solutions.• Participated in the Enterprise Data Management Council and Data Policy Council as subject matter expert representing the investments, product and marketing business functions• Proposed and executed a cross-product project to resolve Morningstar data quality issues by 80%, resulting in direct impact to product transparency in the market and improved client discussions• Led several projects to revise and implement use of portfolio and accounting data including durations, yields, benchmarks, investment classifications, credit ratings and cash standardization• Chaired a cross-organizational team of senior officers consisting of technology, operations, risk, compliance and sales to evaluate new proposals, identify risks and develop creative solutions to implement a product roadmap Show less
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Manager, Enterprise Data Strategy and Data Governance
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Jun 2014 - Jul 2017
Managed effort for the creation of the OppenheimerFunds data strategy and governance program including participation as a team lead in a current state assessment and design of a future state program to enhance overall enterprise data quality.•Led formal review of current state data architecture across the enterprise and conducted analysis to recommend strategic solutions for future state business architecture with a focus on improving data quality, timeliness, and accuracy while reducing operating cost• Oversaw the scope and design of relevant governance artifacts including business glossary with attribute prioritization, process workflows, associated data lineage relationships and reporting dashboards• Drove requirements of strategic project to improve existing data by implementing new data validations to reduce monthly data errors by over 90%• Managed a team that coordinated the enterprise data policy program by researching, designing and proposing new data policy requests to a group of senior leaders representing different functional areas• Implemented approved data policies by designing business requirements and operating procedures documentation to drive technical and operational execution• Partnered, educated and formalized procedures with data stewards to monitor and improve data integrity across the company including investment, marketing, client, corporate, finance and sales data Show less
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IHS Markit
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United Kingdom
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Information Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Analyst
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Mar 2013 - Jun 2014
Led software implementation and enhancements on a buy-side trading platform by conducting initial requirements gathering, functional and UX design, testing and supporting project management to delivery Supported front and back end development by walking through business requirements with developers, overseeing development and designing scope of quality assurance testing Reduced QA testing time by 40% by improving transition process and redesign to procedures Led software implementation and enhancements on a buy-side trading platform by conducting initial requirements gathering, functional and UX design, testing and supporting project management to delivery Supported front and back end development by walking through business requirements with developers, overseeing development and designing scope of quality assurance testing Reduced QA testing time by 40% by improving transition process and redesign to procedures
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Data and Operations Analyst
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Jul 2009 - Mar 2013
Supported overall data strategy, data governance and data quality in a data control group that ensured proper data validations, data stewardship and data quality prior to passing data downstream for financial and risk reporting. Efforts included data integration from several platforms, database regression testing, quality assurance testing, business analysis, requirements analysis, building test cases, defining procedures and leading independent projects to uncover strategic solutions to recurring data quality issues. Awarded global finance operations award for designing a solution to identify and permanently reduce missing issuer exposure by 90%, equivalent to $300 Billion in recurring unknown risk Led several strategic initiatives and cross-functional projects to improve operational effectiveness of data controls by automating and simplifying tasks to reduce delivery time by an average of 40% Show less
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Education
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Fairfield University
Bachelors, Double Major: Management Information Systems & Accounting
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