tim macek

director, technical operations and infrastructure

About

Strategic, collaborative, results-oriented business leader who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced, high-growth environment. Ability to lead cross-functional teams of business application developers, infrastructure specialists and support analysts across multiple business areas. Broad management background providing a fresh perspective and creative solutions to software, data analytics, and IT management problems.

Country

united states

City

oak park

Industry

financial services

Skill

equities, trading, hedge funds, electronic trading, portfolio management, fixed income, risk management, business analysis, management, investments, asset management, bonds, trading systems, leadership, derivatives, vendor management, it strategy, back office, it management, options, it project leadership, financial services, vendor relationship management, order management, mutual funds, talent developer, business process improvement, program management, software development life cycle, software development, project management, agile methodologies, test automation, integration, capital markets, outsourcing, financial markets, agile, devops

Experience

senior project manager

ubs

2006-1 - 2008-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Relocated to the US to focus on front-office businesses and develop stronger relationships between business and IT. Determined the need to hire outside consultants to undertake development projects; assisted in qualifying and selecting consultants. Led development and support teams through major upgrades of business-critical systems. Project managed the development of a portfolio management system.

regional team lead, developer

ubs

2004-1 - 2006-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Responsibilities included all local IT issues and projects across all asset classes (Equities, Fixed Income, Currency, Commodities, and Multi-Manager), all business functions (Portfolio Management, Trading, Finance, Operations, Marketing, Client Relationship Management, Legal and Compliance) and business applications. Analyzed new 3rd party portfolio management systems for Equities, Fixed Income and Energy.

developer, project manager

ubs

1995-1 - 2004-1 · 9 yrs 1 mo

Developed, integrated and supported various back-office solutions including Settlement system (bespoke), Accounting system (Advent Geneva), Reconciliation system (FMC Recon), Compliance reporting (bespoke) and Prime Brokerage feeds. Designed and developed sophisticated custom reconciliation system used across the business to reconcile many systems and prime brokers.

director, program manager it

ubs

2010-1 - Present · 16 yrs 9 mos

director, technical operations and infrastructure

sterling trading tech

trader, registered representative

ubs

2008-3 - 2010-1 · 1 yr 11 mos

* Took on role of trader to extend business knowledge and to gain first-hand experience of the front office environment * Held responsibility for all US and APAC trading activity for Prediction Company. Traded stocks, options, treasuries and warrants. * Developed new business opportunities by launching new quantitative trading strategies in Australia and Tokyo * Successfully maintained all trading activity during the 2008 market crisis * Analyzed issues and developed improvements in the automated trading platform, reconciliation processes, compliance controls, data processing and system integration. Registered Representative and Supervisor: Series 7, 24, 55, 63, 99.