Real-time Technology Roundtable

Steve Birenbaum

Senior Vice President, Global Head-Market Data Services, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Jerry Brunton

Senior Consultant, NuPont

For 20 years Jerry has been developing and sharing his financial technology expertise across all 4 Ps of the marketing mix from product development to complex solution sales, from pricing strategy to creative. He blends a flair for marketing with a deep understanding of technology from his days as a developer of real-time hardware and software for market data and telecommunications systems.

Previously working for BT’s Radianz business which provides connectivity and hosting services to the global financial community. He joined Radianz in the year it was formed, with responsibility for strategic market development in the USA and Asia-Pacific, also contributing to the design of the Radianz business and commercial models, and business plan. Jerry has 20 years of experience in financial technology in areas as diverse as marketing, product management, sales and technical product design and development, with expertise in market data, data distribution networks, financial connectivity, and telecommunications systems. Prior to Radianz, he spent a year at IXnet through its acquisition by Global Crossing. He previously worked in development, sales, and marketing roles at Reuters, selling market data, information systems, and applications services in Chicago, London and New York. Early in his career, Jerry developed electronic hardware and software for market data distribution systems and real-time telecommunications switches. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from Benedictine University.

Peter Esler

Global Head, Market Data, Jefferies & Company Inc

Global Head of Market Data responsible for defining and implementing Jefferies group-wide strategy for Market Data and leading the global MD Services team. The role covers all business divisions, support areas and regions for real-time, pricing, and reference data production, engineering, acquisition and business management. Acting as a key partner with the Business Units, IT and Supply Management departments to optimize Market Data across Jefferies.

Kevin Formby

President and CEO, Datacom Systems Inc

As President & CEO, Kevin provides strategic direction for the company. Kevin most recently was VP of Business Development at Endace, a world leader in data capture and analysis hardware and software. Kevin spent his early career in the defence industry as a weapons systems engineer with GEC Marconi in the UK. Subsequently he moved into the telecommunications industry with business development and marketing roles with BT, SITA and then Equant. At Equant he was responsible for the global product management of the network services business. He was part of the original management team that set up Radianz in 2000 which went on to become the de facto means of interconnecting clients for electronic trading and was ultimately acquired by BT. During his ten years at Radianz he held a series of senior management roles including Head of US Sales.

Kevin has a First Class Honors degree in Electrical and Communications Engineering from Birmingham University in the UK and is a Chartered Engineer.

Ganesh Iyer

Senior Manager, Product Marketing, IPC Systems, Inc.

Senior Product Marketing Manager for Network Services at IPC Systems, a leading provider of trading communications and network services for the financial services industry. At IPC, Ganesh is responsible for spearheading global product marketing initiatives, building brand awareness and growing the business. He has been widely quoted in the press regarding various aspects of the financial markets and has been featured in a number of publications and media outlets including Automated Trader, Profit & Loss Magazine, Waters Technology, Markets Media and A-Team Group. He has also spoken at key industry events including TradeTech Europe. Prior to joining IPC, Ganesh was responsible for marketing and product management at Syncsort, a leading provider of high-performance data integration software. Ganesh has nearly 15 years of experience in the technology industry spanning product marketing, market research and strategic planning.

Ganesh holds an MBA (Finance & Strategic Marketing) from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and a BS in Engineering from the Delhi Institute of Technology in India. He is Pragmatic Marketing Certified and an FISD Financial Information Associate.

Anthony Mazzocchi II

Global Market Data Architect , Tecnecon Consulting, Inc

Anthony Mazzocchi is an expert consultant in the market data space, providing a vast array of services in the area of trading room architecture and market data distribution technology. For the past 25 years he has provided services to the top tier banks around the world.

Kevin McGilloway

Head of Business Development for Bloomberg, Enterprise Products & Solutions (EPS), Bloomberg LP

Head of Business Development for Bloomberg, Enterprise Products & Solutions (EPS). Twice voted ‘Top 3 US CIO’ by Wall Street & Technology, Kevin has 35 years of line, consulting, and entrepreneurial experience in leading large scale IT initiatives , including roles as CIO of Lehman Brothers and as the CIO at Equitable Insurance. Mr. McGilloway holds a MS – Computer Science from NYU’s Courant Institute, an MBA – Finance from Long Island University, and a BS – Mathematics/Physics from CUNY/Queens College.

Terry Roche

COO, NYSE Technologies

Richard Sigillo

Director of North American Operations, CJC Ltd