Executive Summary
I bring demonstrated success as a technology leader in the Investment Management vertical, as well as strong skills in building and managing relationships with vendors and colleagues at all levels of the enterprise. As a NASDAQ Market Maker and trader for ten years, I learned the business side of Investment Management, which means I understand the players and personalities as well as the tools and technologies. I interact confidently with technical and business professionals from the server room to the board room.

Education and Certification
Dartmouth College, B.A. Economics
Project Management Professional (PMP)

Skills
Project Management
Vendor Relationship Management
Business Analysis
Contract Negotiation
VB.NET development (Visual Studio 2003-2005-2008-2010)
VBA Development and Microsoft Office expertise
SQL Server Database Administration - v. 2000-2005-2008
SQL/ T-SQL expertise, including database design, stored procedures

Significant Accomplishments

Saved $7.2 million by conceiving and implementing in-house Trading Platform 'VanDe', which converted the trading desk to paperless workflow, allowing real-time PnL, position monitoring and risk management. System was subsequently enhanced to receive electronic trade reports from NASDAQ and Instinet, and migrated to SQL Server for stability, robustness and performance (1991 - 2005)

Deployment of Fidessa Order Management System - all aspects, including Business Analysis of requirements; vetting and comparison of competing vendor proposals; contract negotiation; and project management of actual rollout (2005)

Led negotiation and analysis of Order Management System vendors (Sungard, Fidessa and Bloomberg SSEOMS were the competitors), a $2,000,000 commitment (2009)

Responsible for all aspects of Pacific Growth and Wedbush Securities' OMS and FIX implementations (sell-side) including all contact with buy-side traders and PM's, OMS service providers and technical staff

Saved $2,000,000 by conceiving and implementing in-house CRM system (2001 - 2009)

Identified opportunity for electronic distribution of securities research reports, among the first on Wall Street and considered by many clients best of breed for its simplicity and completeness. (2001 - 2009)

Negotiated multi-year deals with telecommunications, market data, and back office systems providers, realizing significant savings in each case through multi-vendor competitive bidding, detailed evaluation and analysis, and strong inter-personal and negotiating skills (2001 - 2009)

Project Manager for 6-month back office conversion - NFS to Merrill Lynch clearing (2007)

Planned and oversaw IT needs, policies and procedures as Pacific Growth Equities grew from 6-person firm to 125-person firm (1991 - 2008)

Integrated in-house and vendor systems for 80 person firm in acquisition by 800 person firm (2009)

Signature authority on multi-year vendor contracts valued at up to $2,000,000/ year (2001 - 2009)

Developed firm's web site (v.1 in 1998 , v.3 in 2008), saved $100,000 over outsourcing

Built email archiving and e-Discovery System that saved $300,000 (2002 - 2004)

Served as Project Manager for two significant office relocations, including network, infrastructure, and data center design (1999; 2003), which occurred without business interruption

Employment History
Independent Day Trader and Consultant, 2009 - Present
Various clients and projects
Day trading US equities and options

Wedbush Morgan Securities (San Francisco, CA)
Investment Bank, $250 million in annual revenues
Director of Capital Markets IT (January - July, 2009)
Reported to Head of Equities, and to Executive Vice President of Corporate Operations

Pacific Growth Equities, LLC (San Francisco, CA)
IT Director, Partner (April 1991 - January, 2009)
Investment Bank, $50 million in annual revenues
Reported to Co-Chief Executive Officers

References
Upon Request

Interests
Long Distance Running, Scuba Diving, Poker, Crossword Puzzles