This technology executive has over 15 years of experience in the financial industry implementing and supporting real-time market data distribution systems and databases. He has a proven track record of managing teams and global projects with budgets over $4.5M. He is skilled in engineering solutions, establishing innovative methods, and mentoring offshore teams.

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veray11@gmail.com
SUMMARY
Technology executive with more than 15 years of experience in design, implementation, and
support services in the financial industry. Strong leadership skills with proven technical and
financial acumen. Extensive hands-on expertise in enterprise application engineering and
integration, project and knowledge management, and global software delivery. Recognized
ability to mentor and motivate high-performance staff. Creative problem solver with business-
aligned attitude. Strong relationships with market data and subcontracting vendors.
EXPERIENCE
Morgan Stanley
New York, NY
2009 – Present
Vice President
Cross Technology Services
 Directed up to 9 employees performing Level 1 and Level 2 support
functions.
 Oversaw global projects related to proprietary, real-time market data
distribution infrastructure. Managed short-term and long-term budgets in
excess of $4.5M.
 Conducted system modifications and product upgrades. Provided
engineering solutions, oversaw deployment of privately-owned
middleware, which constituted crucial infrastructure for more than 20,000
users worldwide.
 Introduced guidelines and standards to address increased regulatory
demands and emerging business needs.
 Established innovative methods of capacity management and planned
reduction of hardware footprint.
 Facilitated deployment of ultra-low-latency infrastructure for high-
frequency collocated trading using advanced Exegy FPGA technology.
 Supported integration of high-performance 29West LBM messaging
middleware solution for OPRA feed.
 Trained off-shore team in Mexico in all aspects of the Market data support.
Red Hat Linux, Perl, Python, TCP/IP, Multicast, Exegy FPGA-based
appliance support, LBM Messaging, Sybase, Zabbix monitoring,
ServiceNow, Wiki Collaboration, JIRA
Morgan Stanley
New York, NY
2002 – 2009
Vice President since 2005
Programmer / System Analyst
Real-Time Market Data
 Worked with various business departments and IT teams to capture
requirements and define project deliverables.
 Integrated platform and application teams to reduce costs and increase
efficiency.

2.  Recruited and trained off-shore staff for outsourced Level 1 support teams.
 Developed and delivered BCP solutions based on ITIL best practices and
participated in contingency planning.
Perl, Sybase, RedHat Linux, Solaris, Sybase, Autosys, Sharepoint,
PowePoint, Twiki collaboration
Morgan Stanley
New York, NY
1997 – 2002
Programmer / System Analyst
Enterprise Data Group
 Monitored intraday functionality of internally written and third-party
real-time data delivery middleware.
 Maintained and enhanced critical real-time market data distribution
systems and databases.
 Played a key role in redenominating Corporate Actions streams for
industry-wide conversion to European Monetary Unit.
 Remediated batch jobs and conducted numerous tests in preparation for
Y2K.
 Provided strategic and technical support to current and prospective
financial sector customers.
Perl, Sybase, RedHat Linux, Solaris, Sybase,Autosys
Cantor
Fitzgerald
New York, NY
1993 – 1997
Programmer / System Analyst
 Integrated new security instruments into the Cantor Fitzgerald Trading
System, including a front-end application with services for trade
preparation and trade transmission, an online transaction history, and a
reporting facility for domestic and global accounts. This system was fully
integrated with Control Desk and Back Office.
 Carried out responsibilities of full SDLC, as well as QA evaluations,
production support, and troubleshooting in time-constrained environment.
 Maintained database tables, wrote SQL procedures, and provided technical
support for internal and external clients.
C, Assembler, OS2, VAX/VMS, Windows NT, Ingres, Sybase
Journey Corp.
New York, NY
1992 – 1993
Programmer
 Provided extensive client support and software deployment for fast-
growing Automated Travel department.
 Created on-demand reports and business statements for company
management.
 Programmed procedures for traveler data retrieval and conversion into
user-friendly, faxable templates.
FoxPro, Novell Netware SilverWare communication library, Sabre
reservation system.

3. Stevens Travel
New York, NY
1991 – 1992
Programmer
 Designed and implemented enhancements to proprietary pre-ticketing
Travel Reservation System.
 Developed tracking module to record and report fare fluctuations, client
savings, and robot script performance.
 Enhanced quality control module to interpret and apply corporate policy.
APL, Novell Netware, Btrieve, Lanyon airline communications,
Worldspan/PARS reservation systems.
EDUCATION
Columbia University, School of Continuing Education, New York, NY
Certificate in Java, C++, OOP concepts
New York Institute of Finance, New York, NY
Intensive introduction to securities industry
New York University, New York, NY
Extensive coursework in C programming language
The Chubb Institute of Computer Programming, Jersey City, NJ
Certified course in computer programming
Odessa Polytechnic Institute, Odessa, Ukraine
Certified course in computer science
Odessa University, Odessa, Ukraine
Master of Science in mathematics