Real-time Technology Roundtable

David Anderson, FIA

Program Director, FISD/Atradia

David Anderson is a well know market data consultant on both sides of the Atlantic. He has worked in the market data industry since 1984 - including roles with Telerate, Bishopsgate Systems and he spent nearly 13 years with Reuters culminating in various global marketing roles; predominantly working on market data systems (e.g. Triarch and RMDS). Since 2002 David has been operating Atradia (www.atradia.com), a management consultancy practice focused on the market data industry. He has been quoted commenting on the market data industry in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the International Herald Tribune, Business Week and many others. David speaks on the subject of market data at conferences and has moderated a wide variety of industry panel sessions. He edited the respected annual ‘IMD Reference’ book between 2003 and 2009 and most recently he has been very closely involved with the new SIIA/FISD initiative to create a professional certification program for market and reference data practitioners. David also acts as a Program Director for a variety of other FISD activities.

Tony Evans

COO and Global Head of Sales, Datawatch/Panopticon

Tony is responsible for all sales and marketing activities at Datawatch/Panopticon. In this role, he develops strategies that bring value to financial firms by identifying profit opportunities and mitigating risk across the enterprise through the use of real-time visual data analysis. Prior to Panopticon Evans was most recently with SAP where he held two senior positions: Vice President, Analytics and Regional Vice President of SAP’s Big Data, Analytics and Predictive Business for banking, capital markets, insurance, and exchanges. Before his tenure at SAP, he was Regional Sales Manager for Oracle where he was responsible for managing Oracle's Business Intelligence and Analytics business for the US Eastern Region. Evans is certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) as a Project Management Professional. He holds an MBA from the University of Brighton with a concentration in Change Management, MIS, Marketing, and Sales Strategy and a Bachelors degree and Certificate in Marketing from Staffordshire University.

Jon Robson

CEO, NYSE Technologies

Jon Robson is the Chief Executive Officer of NYSE Technologies. NYSE Technologies is one of the world’s leading providers of end-to-end electronic trading solutions. NYSE Technologies’ flexible and scalable products deliver robust and integrated solutions, from single trading positions to complete exchange platforms.
In this role, Robson oversees NYSE Technologies' global markets connectivity, transaction and data services and business solutions.
Prior to his current role, Robson was president of Thomson Reuters’ enterprise division, responsible for real-time market data and market data platforms, pricing and reference data services and capital markets solutions.
Previously, he was the founder of Moneyline, the internet-based real-time financial services company and was chief executive of Moneyline Telerate, a provider of market data that was acquired by Reuters in 2004. He has also held senior positions with Dow Jones and BIS Banking Systems.

William Ruvo

Head of Elektron Hosting, Enterprise Solutions, Thomson Reuters

In his role, Bill is responsible for overall strategy and execution of hosting solutions which provide high-performance infrastructure and applications to support trading operations and high-quality global content to drive investment decisions. Bill has over 20 years experience in the financial services industry. Prior to his current role, Bill ran the real-time feeds business in North America. Before joining Reuters, Bill was Vice President of Business Development at Interactive Data Corporation where he was responsible for their real-time non-organic growth strategy with a specific emphasis on direct exchange initiatives. During his tenure with Interactive Data, Bill also held the position of Vice President of Strategic Account Sales. Before Interactive Data, Bill held several senior positions with the financial services sector such as Vice President of Sales for MoneyLine Telerate and sales management positions with Bang Networks, 4Cast, and Dow Jones Telerate. Bill began his career with Prudential Financial in its institutional asset management organization. He holds a BS in Finance from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia

Tricia San Cristobal

Global Head of Product Development, Real-Time Data, Bloomberg Enterprise Solutions, Bloomberg L.P.

Tricia San Cristobal is the Global Head of Product Development for Bloomberg Enterprise Solutions. Bloomberg Enterprise is a complete package of enterprise-class services, applications and data that enables firms to leverage the same data and technology that supports the Bloomberg Professional® service for their internal applications and processes. Enterprise provides real-time data and reference data, analytics, news and other premium Bloomberg content, as well as distribution technology and integration services that create strategic workflow-based solutions.

Tricia joined Bloomberg in 1994 and has held positions various positions in Bloomberg Sales, Trading Systems, Product Strategy, and Data Solutions. In Data Solutions, Tricia was responsible for Bloomberg’s real-time data feeds business.

Moshe Siegel

VP of Operations, Interactive Data (7ticks)

As Vice President of Global Operations for 7ticks at Interactive Data, Moshe Siegel is responsible for running the business’ day-to-day operations. He also oversees 7ticks project management, including customer implementations and strategic expansion of sites and services. Prior to joining 7ticks over four years ago, Moshe served as Director of Information Technology at Food For Thought and in system/network administrator roles at Insight Product Development and The ARK. Moshe holds a Bachelor’s degree in Informatics from Indiana University Bloomington and a Master’s degree in Business Information Systems from DePaul University.

Matthew Spedden

Vice-President-Product & Content Group, S&P Capital IQ

In his role at S&P Capital IQ, Matt focuses on key product and market development initiatives related to enhancing and expanding S&P Capital IQ’s wealth management and Real Time offerings. Prior to joining S&P Capital IQ Matt spent 9 years at Interactive Data. Most recently he was the VP of Wealth Management. He has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry focused on the technologies and content utilized by front, middle and back office professionals. Prior to joining Interactive Data Matt held positions with Thomson Financial, Sungard, Fidelity Investments and Gomez Advisors. Matt attended Northeastern University with a focus on Business Administration and International Business.

Trevor Vale

Global Head of Sales, Xignite

Trevor currently oversees the global product and sales initiatives for Xignite’s Platform market data distribution. He has over 15 years of leadership experience in the financial services industry. Mr. Vale was the Head of Sales and Marketing for Breakingviews, a global provider of financial commentary, where he drove sales leading to the company’s acquisition by Thomson Reuters. Earlier, Mr. Vale had ten years of experience in various sales leadership roles at Reuters and then Thomson Reuters, in which he managed complex sales with the top global financial and media firms. He earned a Bachelor of Arts with honors from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

Mark Wright

VP, Managed Services, NYSE Technologies

Mark is a Wall Street veteran with 20+ years experience delivering mission-critical trading technology to the buy- and sell-side. He led the creation of the earliest algorithmic trading and execution management system products while at Investment Technology Group (ITG), and later served there as CIO and Global Head of Product Management. He is currently Vice President at NYSE Technologies, where he is responsible for all Managed Services offerings. Mark holds a B.S. In Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.