MIKE IKONOMOU

Commack, NY 11725 917.213.8339 | ikonomou@optonline.net

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE

Delivering Vision and Leadership for the Enterprise Accomplished IT Executive with over 20 years of technical, hands-on experience leading high performance software development, production and support organizations and programs with annual budgets of $30M+. Proven success in directing the efforts of cross-functional teams and external cross-discipline resources, technology planning and execution to support strategic business objectives. Skilled in global information collection, storage and distribution, real time data delivery, product development, large scale database systems, Enterprise Architecture, Quality Assurance, Network and Security, 24x7 Operational support, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery. An expert in the commissioning and validation of multiple projects, consistently delivering projects ahead of schedule and under budget. Core Competencies Team Building Leadership, Change Management, Analysis/Planning, Problem Solving, Technical Support, Process Improvement/Re-engineering, Program/Project Management, Technology Integration, Cost Control, Vendor Contract/Budget Management Sun, DEC/Compaq/HP, Cisco, Wellfleet/Bay Networks, Solaris, Linux,VMS, Windows, NCR, EMC, FPS Array Processor, Raptor, Checkpoint, TCP / IP, DecNet, Oracle, Sybase, Sybase IQ, MySQL, Teradata, MsSQL, Microsoft Office, Tibco, ETL, Datastage, Ab Initio, Powerbuilder, .NET, Java, C, C++, Visual Basic, Pascal, FORTRAN, Ada, Tivoli, Siebel, Cloud Computing, Data Center Virtualization, VMware, ITIL, Design for Testability, SaaS, SOA, OOD, SDLC, SCRUM, SEI CMM

Technical Proficiencies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
THOMSON REUTERS, New York, NY, 1984 2011
VICE PRESIDENT, Head of Architecture, Enterprise 2007 2011 Provided strategic technology leadership, product vision, and the technology roadmap for the Enterprise Division. Led the effective execution of technology strategy for technology infrastructure, partnerships, and external relationships. Identified more productive methods to achieve top performance, eliminating waste and reducing expenses. Orchestrated analysis of global Content Collection, Distribution and Workflow Process. Responsible for 300 staff spread around the world consisting of Infrastructure and production Support, Network and Security, Operations, Development and Data groups. Spearheaded critical initiative to define Target Architecture to drastically increase the number of Data Enhancement Requests implemented as well as global Content Collection and Distribution standards and Workflow Process. Led Content Agility Initiative and introduced agile development methodologies, developed On-production Content Staging concept for testing of new content in production environment without impact to production stream. Guided architecture team in defining Global Data Center Virtualization and Cloud Computing strategy. Established and refined strategic technology plan to shape top-level business needs / expectations for the Enterprise division to deliver leading-edge technology infrastructure and applications to achieve business objectives. Chief Technology Officer level responsibilities in determining long-term corporate-wide information needs and developing the strategy and budget for overall technology, development, hardware acquisition, and integration. Redefined and directed company-wide Technical Governance process and training. DIRECTOR / PROGRAM MANAGER, Onshore / Offshore Transition 2005 2007 Managed the Hauppauge, Long Island, New York Fast Forward (consolidation of development sites) transition activities from Hauppauge, NY to Bangkok, Bangalore, New York City, St Louis and London. Overall daily leadership for Fixed Income Infrastructure and database development and support, Feed Processing, and Datascope Equities Delivery groups. Successfully managed the Fixed Income Infrastructure and business integration projects on time and within budget resulting in $8 million savings. Formed and directed Onshore / Offshore program resulting in $10 million savings.

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TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, Global Development and Infrastructure Support 1999 2005 Directed the information technology department of 167 staff consisting of high performance software developers, testers, data modelers, database administrators, network and security, production and non-production support with an annual budget of $30M+ across four locations (Stamford, New York , London, and Toronto). Successfully launched the R3FI, Fixed Income Views, DataScope Equities, and DataScope Fixed Income products on schedule and within budget. Led "Fast Track" development of the DataScope Portfolio product to migrate Legacy ValueScope product in record-breaking timeframes (6 months), retaining $10M per year revenue. Managed the day-to-day development and support of DataScope Equities product ($36M per year revenue); Main Data warehouse maintaining over eight million Equities and Fixed Income pricing data per day; and Terms and Conditions Databases comprised of Government and Corporate, Municipals, Mortgage Backed Securities, and Collateralized Mortgage Obligations. Led the Infrastructure team in the enhancement of the next generation Infrastructure with focus on agility, stability, proactive monitoring, business continuity, disaster recovery and time to market. Formed and led the development and production infrastructure global support team providing 24x7 production, integration, testing and development support. Established benchmark for 24x7 DBA support resulting in outstanding service, minimal down time, and fewest Severity 1 outages across the company. Drove the organization through certification in CMM Level 3, the Capability Maturity Model for software, resulting in improved software quality delivery and implementation. TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, Development, Network and Security 1997 1999 Led a team of 75 technical staff based in Hauppauge, Stamford and Toronto with an annual budget of $15M. Responsible for the architecture, development and support of the next generation infrastructure. Successfully launched infrastructure into production and managed migration activities ahead of schedule and within budget which led to efficient Fixed Income product implementation. Formed and led the 24x7 production support group addressing client, technical, operational and content issues. Wrote Production Support standards which were adopted across the company. Led the Network and Security group in the definition and implementation of the global Fixed Income secured network providing robust global product development and delivery. Creator of the iExtreme Programming Techniques (iEPT) resulting in improved Time-to-Market of robust applications by 40-50%. DEVELOPMENT MANAGER 1993 1997 Built the team from the ground up. Defined roles, responsibilities, hired, trained and led a highly successful team of 25 technical staff in the development of the Database of Record (DBoR) infrastructure for Fixed Income instruments (Terms and Conditions, Pricing), Asset Backed Securities and Collateralized Mortgage Obligations. Oversaw the design and implementation of the custom Replication environment which replicated transactions from the DBoR system to product facing systems. This was the most robust production system in the companys history for 10 consecutive years until it was decommissioned. Only one Severity 1 outage experienced in 10 years. Successfully led the development of Fixed Income Database System which resulted in $25M savings to Reuters in the acquisition of Capital Markets Decision Inc. GLOBAL PROJECT MANAGER 1990 1993 Responsible for the global launch of News2000, the next generation News infrastructure; managed groups in London, New York and Tokyo. Achieved great success by introducing the ORAS (Offsite Read Approve Signoff) methodology in addition to persistence, dedication and commitment. Instilled "Failure not an option" attitude to all team members resulting in the successful launch of the News2000 product on time and within budget. PROJECT MANAGER, News Local Region 1988 1990 PROJECT LEADER, Transactions Systems 1985 1988

EDUCATION
MS, Computer Science, Polytechnic University, White Plains, NY BS, Computer Science, City College of New York, New York, NY