About
A Director of Technology and Systems Architect with 5 years of experience at Morgan Stanley, specializing in designing and building highly scalable data platforms, API-driven integration systems, and deterministic automation solutions. Proven leader in driving 0-to-1 platform builds, modernizing critical enterprise systems, and delivering cloud-native architectures that significantly enhance operational efficiency, data consistency, and compliance across complex financial environments. Recognized for deep expertise in distributed data modeling, backend service development, and CI/CD, consistently transforming fragmented workflows into robust, high-impact technical solutions.
Work
New York, NY, US
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Summary
As Director of Technology, architected and evolved the Dplex Orchestration API, a mission-critical middleware layer automating complex security creation and vendor data publishing workflows.
Highlights
Architected the Dplex Orchestration API, a robust middleware layer enabling on-demand security creation and abstracting vendor heterogeneity for critical financial data.
Designed and implemented RESTful backend services, a sophisticated transformation layer, and deterministic processing pipelines for automated data publishing workflows.
Drove the adoption of containerized microservices and CI/CD deployment architecture, integrating with Bloomberg and BlackRock to streamline data flows to systems like Aladdin.
Eliminated manual data entry and reduced operational risk by automating Bloomberg-to-Aladdin workflows, significantly improving consistency across interconnected enterprise systems.
Provided expert consultation and architectural oversight for new system initiatives, ensuring adherence to enterprise security standards and influencing strategic direction for core reference data platforms.
New York, NY, US
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Summary
Led architectural initiatives and cross-team influence as a Manager, driving the evolution of key data platforms and enabling enterprise-wide automation solutions.
Highlights
Provided architectural leadership and strategic guidance on multiple critical data platforms, including the Dplex Orchestration API, enhancing system reliability and scalability.
Drove cross-team collaboration for complex integration projects, serving as a key consultant for architectural decisions across the Issuer and Security Master domains.
Mentored junior engineers on best practices in scalable data model design, deterministic automation, and cloud-native system development, fostering technical growth and consistency.
New York, NY, US
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Summary
Architected and delivered the cloud-native Issuer Master platform, establishing the authoritative source of truth for 7.9M+ issuer records and enabling critical compliance and ESG workflows.
Highlights
Designed and implemented a scalable relational data model for the Issuer Master platform on Azure and Snowflake, supporting 7.9M+ issuer records at launch.
Developed automated cross-vendor mapping architecture, integrating data from Bloomberg, FactSet, and BlackRock with daily and 4-hour reconciliation pipelines.
Built containerized services with CI/CD via Jenkins and GitHub, integrating data quality validation frameworks and passing enterprise security architecture reviews.
Established the platform as the authoritative source of truth for issuer data, enabling ESG trade restriction automation and significantly reducing manual operational dependency for compliance workflows.
Recognized with the Grassroots Innovation in Technology – Platform Modernization award for architectural leadership and impact.
New York, NY, US
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Summary
Spearheaded the modernization strategy and migration architecture for the legacy Security Master, transitioning it to an extensible, modular web-based platform.
Highlights
Created a comprehensive modernization strategy and defined migration architecture for a legacy desktop-based Security Master, addressing limitations in extensibility and high architectural risk.
Designed the architectural skeleton for a transition to a modular web-based system, coordinating closely with operations to ensure zero major operational impact.
Delivered the foundational platform 3-4 months ahead of schedule, reducing production turnaround from weeks to 1-2 weeks and enabling faster feature onboarding.
New York, NY, US
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Summary
Designed and deployed the IMODS Operational KPI Data Platform, centralizing real-time health metrics and eliminating manual reporting for critical business functions.
Highlights
Designed and implemented a scalable data model for the IMODS Operational KPI Data Platform, providing real-time health metrics and drill-down capabilities to raw transactional data.
Built automated KPI computation pipelines and defined robust data contracts with QUEST for cross-departmental integration, eliminating ~80 man-hours per reporting cycle.
Led the first Private Cloud deployment within the Investment Management domain, containerizing services with Docker and establishing foundational CI/CD practices.
New York, NY, US
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Summary
Co-architected and delivered a plug-and-play Enterprise Search Platform leveraging ElasticSearch and Spring Boot, significantly reducing feature integration time and enhancing user experience across multiple critical systems.
Highlights
Co-architected a configurable Enterprise Search Platform, reducing search feature integration time from weeks to hours for enterprise applications.
Engineered a metadata-driven dynamic UI rendering system using ElasticSearch and Spring Boot, enabling integration into 4 diverse enterprise systems.
Delivered the platform to production following a full SDLC lifecycle, serving hundreds of users daily and integrating with critical Security Master and Counterparty Master reference systems.
Awards
Grassroots Innovation in Technology – Platform Modernization
Awarded By
Morgan Stanley
Awarded for architectural leadership and significant impact in modernizing the Issuer Master platform, transforming fragmented data into an authoritative, cloud-native source of truth.
Languages
English
Skills
System Design & Architecture
Distributed Data Platforms, Source-of-Truth Architectures, Data Consistency & Reconciliation, Extensible Schema Design, Vendor Integration Architecture, Microservices Architecture, API Design, Cloud-Native System Design, Enterprise Architecture Reviews, Security Governance.
Backend Development
.NET Core, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Backend Services.
Data Management & Engineering
Snowflake, SQL, Relational Modeling, Data Pipelines, ElasticSearch, Data Quality Validation.
DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure
Azure, Private Cloud, Docker, Jenkins, GitHub CI/CD, Deployment Automation, Containerization.
Process Automation & Modernization
Deterministic Automation, Workflow Elimination, System Modernization, SDLC.