Experience

Discern

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Product

  • Jan 2020 - Present



Charles River Development

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product management for Collateral Management

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2022

  In my current role, I created a strategic roadmap for MVP offering based on regulatory requirements and industry best practices. In this role, I drive end-to-end delivery of collateral management solutions for Buyside firms. This role is significantly client facing and requires me to deliver product demonstrations and training, perform workshops with clients, present products at client conferences, and advise client-facing teams. • Produced best-in-class, efficient, and innovative solution for clients by building and strengthening strong cross-functional partnerships with industry vendors. • Rolled out the product to a top-four Global Asset Manager that drove growth in revenue.



IHS Markit

• United Kingdom
• Information Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Product Management for Markit Know Your Third Party (KY3P)

  • Jun 2014 - Sep 2017

  As a Director, Product Management, I created an offering for vendor management by leveraging long-term partnerships with several Wall Street banks aimed at developing and launching a suitable offering. I improved skills, knowledge, and product understanding by training product managers and business analysts.• Identified challenges and opportunities within vendor risk management processes and tools to supply next-generation information and solutions in close collaboration with four large wall street firms as design partners.• Conducted in-depth market research and established a market strategy to launch a new product for vendor risk management targeting asset managers and banks with 85 signed customers.• Created and administered a product strategy and roadmap to achieve short-term goals and long-term objectives.• Provided strategic direction to top-achieving design teams to come up with a modern design for key features.

• Business Analyst Lead / Product Owner for Markit Trade Manager

  • Sep 2008 - May 2014

  Led the business analysis team and managed the product lifecycle for Markit Trade Manager Product from discovery to deployment during the product enrichment phase as the industry progressed from paper to electronic confirmation and then to clearing• Championed the product vision and roadmap objectives, enabling the product to achieve 400+ customers• Developed business solutions for mission critical projects and initiatives using a business architecture and process modeling approach• Provided line management, escalation, capacity and succession planning to the business analysis team• Developed business requirements, use cases, user interface and functional specifications during product enrichment phase• Delivered a new technology stack with a new Web 2.0 user interface and rolled it out to 400+ clients worldwide

• Solution Architect for Regulatory Reporting

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2010

  Chaired the architecture committee, collaborated with stake holders, researched various options for new initiatives and proposed business architectural solutions• Created architecture proposals for MarkitSERV's regulatory reporting solution to facilitate reporting to GTR/SDR for Dodd Frank• Led the team to evaluate and propose business, functional and application architecture for cross platform interoperability between the two largest OTC Derivative confirmation platforms; MarkitWire (then SwapsWire) and DSMatch (then DerivSERV) for rates asset class• Developed architecture proposals for MarkitSERV's client API solution to facilitate post trade confirmation and clearing on a realtime basis for buy side firms



Markit

• United Kingdom
• Information Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Client Integration Lead for Trade Manager

  • Sep 2006 - Sep 2008

  Created and led a team focused on integration with clients and OTC confirmation utilities • Integrated 50+ clients to trade manager platform across rates and credit derivatives • Reduced error rate for transmissions from clients and to confirmation utilities by 60% • Integrated with SwapsWire (now MarkitWire) to enable buyside firms to confirm trades for rates and equities through STP Created and led a team focused on integration with clients and OTC confirmation utilities • Integrated 50+ clients to trade manager platform across rates and credit derivatives • Reduced error rate for transmissions from clients and to confirmation utilities by 60% • Integrated with SwapsWire (now MarkitWire) to enable buyside firms to confirm trades for rates and equities through STP



Communicator Inc

• Greater New York City Area

• Development Manager for Trade Manager and ComplianceHub

  • Sep 2002 - Sep 2006

  Led the development team and built new SaaS products using J2EE in collaboration with product team and prospective clients • Built a product for OTC Derivatives post trade confirmation for buyside firms. It is the leader in its category and used by over 400+ buyside firms, 2000+ users and enables clients to confirm trades via paper and STP. Prior to this role developed two web based applications, SyndicateHub and Bond.Hub Led the development team and built new SaaS products using J2EE in collaboration with product team and prospective clients • Built a product for OTC Derivatives post trade confirmation for buyside firms. It is the leader in its category and used by over 400+ buyside firms, 2000+ users and enables clients to confirm trades via paper and STP. Prior to this role developed two web based applications, SyndicateHub and Bond.Hub