Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

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Expert Details

Private Equity and Hedge Fund Operations

ID: 729440 Connecticut, USA

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Private Equity and Hedge Fund COO with 16 years of experience in financial management and operations for the world’s leading Asset Management, Investment Advisors, and Investment Banks. COO and Global Operations Manager for large Alternative Investment Asset Manager with a proven track record of implementation of distributed operational models. Alternatives Product Launch Specialist with over $40B in new Alternatives Funds launched including Merchant Banking, LBO, VC, Infrastructure, and Real Estate Private Equity Funds and Equity Long/Short, Distressed Securities, Global Macro, and Emerging Market Hedge Funds. Transformational Change Agent skilled in delivering improvements at the system, process, and organization levels to maximize operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and foster a culture of performance.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1992 Degree: BS Subject: Information Systems Institution: Strayer University

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2006 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: COO Department: Alternative Investments
Responsibilities:
Implemented strategic organizational changes to achieve improved process performance, reduce costs, and enable consolidation of operations processes for Employer Alternative Investments - Private Equity and Hedge Fund groups. Managed a $6 million budget and responsible for 100+ Middle Office/Back Office resources, including in-house New York-based, BPO offshore India-based, and 3rd party administrators Toronto/Cayman Islands/Guernsey-based staff. Responsible for $10+ billion in new Private Equity and Hedge Fund launched annually. Managed Employer Alternatives Investments Private Equity/Hedge Fund Investor Services/Fund Administration group. This including Investor Marketing, Investor on Boarding, Investor Relationship Management, Investor Servicing, Treasury Cash Management, and Investor Reporting. Conducted Operational reviews of potential new investment deals and advised Product Investment Committees on the Operational risks of potential deals. Advised Investment deals Board of Director/Advisors on Strategic Plans to reduce costs, and improve overall operational efficiency. Achieved high standards of operational efficiency and servicing which were based on measureable KPI metrics. This resulted in reduced operational risk and enforcement of compliance standards.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2005 to 2006 Employer: HSBC Title: Director Of PMO Department: Investment Banking & Markets
Responsibilities:
Planned and launched Project Management Office for Corporate Investment Banking & Markets Group (CIBM). Identified and managed priorities and resources for global and regional projects including new business product due diligence, Investment Committee due diligence, and IT initiatives. Reported to CIBM COO.
• Built PMO from the ground up, establishing steering committees and standardizing forms and processes that boosted visibility of projects, resulting in improved management decision making that drove revenue increases.
• Succeeded in continuously improving performance by leading issue resolution and risk mitigation of major initiatives with Front Office, Operations, Finance, Legal, Credit Risk, Market Risk, Compliance, and IT organizations.
• Strengthened Board of Directors understanding of CIBM activities by creating consolidated report of all work conducted for foreign exchange, equities, fixed income, interest rate derivatives, credit derivatives, emerging markets derivatives, bank notes, and mortgage-backed securities.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2003 to 2005 Employer: Morgan Stanley Title: Director of Pricing Department: Revenue Pricing
Responsibilities:
Responsible for all Revenue Pricing activities for Morgan Stanley Investment Management Mutual Funds. Generated of 50 million in incremental revenue a year due to pricing programs and changes implemented.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2000 to 2003 Employer: Deutsche Bank Title: Director of Technology Department: Latin American Securities
Responsibilities:
Responsible for Implementation of HNW online Bank and Brokerage system for Latin American Securities. Deployed online and phyical servicing center in Brazil. Put together marketing strategy and sales force for generation of new clients.

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 2000 to 2010 Country / Region: India/Asia Summary: Vendor Management
Years: 2000 to 2010 Country / Region: Singapore/Asia Summary: Vendor Management
Years: 2006 to 2010 Country / Region: Caymans Summary: Vendor Management
Years: 2006 to 2010 Country / Region: Toronto/Canada Summary: Vendor Management

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
CAIA, Instituation of Risk Management, Project Management Institute, NYSSA,
Licenses / Certifications
PMP, Six Sigma BlackBelt, CAIA Level 1, Series 65 Investment Advisor
Professional Appointments
Served on Board of Directors for Various Private Equity Investments and Hedge Funds - functioned as a primary advocate for Cost Reduction, Process improvement and improved Company performance

Additional Experience

Training / Seminars
Course work in derivatives, CDS, MBS, CDO, FX, RE Financing, Marketing, Distribution, Securities Law, Investment Advisor Acts
Vendor Selection
Expert in conducted formal Vendor Selection, Negotiations and Management. From Creation of RPF, Vendor Due Diligence, Vendor Selection, Vendor Performance Reviews, and Vendor Management for Systems Development Groups, Software Systems, and Business Process Outsourcing.

Fields of Expertise

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