Peter Cocchi

Futures Transformation Lead

NatWest Markets•  January 2016 - Present

Futures Transformation Lead-Managed developers and projects as part of multi-year Futures and Fixed Income rationalization project. • Analyzed and contributed to architecture design for firm’s Cloud Computing transformation to Google Cloud (GCP) using Docker / Kubernetes clusters, creating the firm’s plan to move core platform to GCP. • Led multiple firm’s technology Transformation projects, simplifying operating model, technology, business and millions of dollars of cost savings for firms. Converted Broker / Dealer systems to implement Broadridge Impact. Created replacement data sources for all downstream systems. • Devised and led multi-year project to design and rebuild entire US Futures, Financial Options and Equity Options systems, processes, and operating model, retiring and simplifying old systems, while simultaneously creating improving cost and P&L reporting. • Designed and managed technology and business work streams, outsourcing Systems and processes, streamlining systems and saving costs. • Deputy Head of US Compliance Technology (2016). Oversaw rationalization project which moved support for Compliance to global resources. Created new Trade Surveillance systems, including Front Running, Best Execution, Mark-up, FINRA CAT and Extended Settlement monitoring and reporting to comply with Broker / Dealer regulations. • Delivered project to identify Key Data Elements, tracked data sources and controls used for firm's Treasury, Finance and Risk functions, as part of SEC's EPS rule. Demonstrated controls around CCAR, Risk and Liquidity calculations. Tracked data flows via Informatica MDM, and established governance over data.

Technical Developer/Manager

RBS Securities•  January 2003 - December 2015

Developed and oversaw multi-tier platform systems built onto universal STP environment which allowed instant trade and position updates for Front, Middle and Back office. Database updates were distributed via XML feeds or Oracle Coherence Cache. Projects used Java or C# front ends communicating via JMS to Spring / JBOSS Java server. middleware. Overnight processing was in Perl, C, and C++. • Head developer on technology projects, including GMI conversion to Rolfe & Nolan (Ion). Built new Equity Option clearing business, onboarded clearing houses, expanded Cross-Margining, and built Collateral Valuation system to comply with SEC 15-3c margin directive. • Integrated IT systems, merging NatWest, RBS, Sempra and ABN AMRO systems with GCM systems. Merged into global architecture, retiring disparate systems and consolidating firm data into single source. • Designed and built systems to facilitate Dodd-Frank, Volcker rule, EUCRD (European Union Capital Reserve Directive), SEC 15a-6, 17a-4 (“WORM”) and others to keep firm in compliance with regulatory initiatives. • Redesigned Instrument Data system in US, integrating with Global sources, expanding available data elements. • Modified Bloomberg Data loads. Completed project with annualized savings of $100K USD per year, while growing range of instruments available to business. • Supervised rollout of Tokyo instance of Fixed-Income system. Built trade feeds, customized applications for local markets, trained users, administered deployment, and worked with Tokyo-based staff to meet requirements.

Senior Developer

Greenwich Capital Markets•  July 1996 - December 2014

Oversaw development and support area for Operations, Static Data, Sales Assistants, P&I, Front Office, Back Office, MBS Allocations, MBS Pool Factor loads, Trade Processing, Finance, Risk, Compliance. • Created new Trade Confirmation and Statements for Fixed-Income business to comply with 10(b)-10 regulation (code-generated Postscript). • Supported Static Data, including MBS Pool Factor loads. Built systems to enter Counterparty, Trade Books, Securities, Floaters, SSI Delivery instructions, Capital Reserve data, and Prospectuses Tracking. • Developed systems for Reconciliations, P&L, Accounting, Trade Entry, Data Security, and SWIFT payments. Optimized database design and queries and helped support BCM / Disaster Recovery processes.

Software Engineer

MetLife Investment Management Company (MIMCO)•  December 1995 - June 1996

Created Dollar Weighted Rate of Return portfolio valuations database and statements (solo project), eliminating 10 person / days of manual work used to create client statements. Created calculation classes to perform valuation, databases, tables, and queries, and C++ interface, and built statements in PostScript.

Software Engineer

Salomon Brothers•  November 1989 - November 1995

Designed and developed DTCC and International Settlement systems. C/C++, UNIX and SQL.

Junior Developer

Software Options•  March 1989 - September 1989

Developed Options trading systems, using Black-Scholes model.