Thomas Karabinus
Belvidere,NJ
Summary
Agile Chief Data Architect with 20+ years spent enhancing existing designs as well as designing complete enterprise-class data architectures from ground up. Brings multi-platform portfolio of successful system infrastructure designs to bear on every project. Employs vast technical skills in on-prem and cloud-based architectures, database technologies, and platform migration experience to provide optimal architecture outcomes to scale and perform.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chief Data Architect / IT Group Manager
PERSHING LLC: A BNY Mellon Company
2019.01 - Current
- Manage a multi-national team of data architects supporting in excess of 400 data schemas with physical deployments in DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata, Snowflake, AWS, Azure
- Established Data Architecture Principles to be used on each data platform ensuring projects adhere to those principles.
- Data Management Policy and Implementation Expert.
- Maintain a non-intrusive Data Governance program within an agile software development practice
- Product Owner of the Cloud Migration data storage
- Member of the Solution Review Board
- Established Data Modeling capabilities within the Data Governance Framework across the entire firm
- Responsible for Data Architecture DMM score of 5 in the 2023 assessment.
- Enhanced data quality by designing and implementing efficient data models, schemas, and storage techniques.
- Streamlined data flow by integrating various data sources into a unified system for seamless access and analysis.
Data Architect Director / IT Group Manager
PERSHING LLC: A BNY Mellon Company
2008.03 - 2018.12
- Company Data Subject Matter Expert and Data Architecture Team Manager
- Manager of the Year
- Distinguished Engineer
- Directly Supported the data architecture components of 75 applications into production while managing a multi-national team.
- SIFMA LEI Data Governance Work Group Participant
- Implemented a non-intrusive Data Governance Program
- Responsible for the implementation and enforcement of Data Architecture best practices
- Implemented the data design for the first Big Data Platform and set the Big Data Strategy
- Architecture Review Board Member
- Engaged Prospect Firms as part of Advance Engineering Team
- Lead Data Architect of Firm’s critical projects
Principle Data Architect / Team Manager
PERSHING LLC: A Division of the Bank of New York
2003.02 - 2008.02
- Managed of Team of Data Architects who performed a centralized data management function for the firm who modeled all aspects of the firm’s data through physical implementation
- Maintained a data inventory and produced cost of ownership/asset valuation of the firm’s data
- Established and maintained Data Management standards and operating procedures
- Lead Data and Technical Data Architect for enterprise critical projects
- Act as the business /technology Liaison (BTO Training program) to ensure appropriate data delivery within application requirements
- Created / Maintained a data replication matrix to identify data flows (lineage)
- Established a Master Data Reference Program, “Gold Copy” Standard
- Produce volumetrics for platform growth and planning
- Conducted Data Model and Strategic Architecture Design Sessions
- Establish Firm's Data Strategy Program
- Member of the Firm’s Software Engineering Process Improvement Group
- Responsible for the CMM Level 5 Certification of Data Architecture measures.
Senior Data Architect
PERSHING LLC: A Division of Credit Suisse First Boston
2001.01 - 2003.01
- Data Lead and data content expert
- Created/Supported all Logical/Physical Data Models
- Logical Design to physical implementation expert
- Multi-platform data pipeline design and management
- Dimensional Modeling and warehouse performance tuning expert
- Established Data Modeling Best Practices and Data Quality by design protocols.
- Business Rule Mining from application code
Data Warehouse Architect
CHUBB Consulting: Pershing, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jeanrette
1999.01 - 2000.01
- Full Project Lifecycle Data Warehouse Specialist
- Requirements, Design Standards, Data Modeling, Load Specification
- Business Rules Mining and Data Source Analysis
- ETL Coding
- Physical Database implementation
- Post Load Data Quality Validations.
Registered Financial Representative
C.J.M. Financial Planning Corporation
1996.01 - 1999.01
- Series 6 Licensed financial advisor
- Mutual Fund specialist
- Insurance product sales
Education
MBA - Information Technology / Finance
Northeastern University
Boston, MA05.2009
Database Management / Programming
The Chubb Institute
Parsippany, NJBachelor of Arts - Law (Pre-Law)
Moravian College
Bethlehem, PASkills
- Data Architecture
- Data Modeling Expertise
- Database Design
- Data Classification
- Data Management (DMBOK)
- Data Platform Migration
- Master Data Management
- Data Warehousing Expertise
- SQL and Databases
- Report Generation
- Data Lake Management
- Data Governance
Data Subject Areas
Master Data: Account, Client, Security, Product, Billing, Cash Management, Activity, Alternate Investments, Asset Movements, Order Management, Annuity Products, Entitlement Management, Bookkeeping, Bonds, Business Party, Commission, Conversions, Tax Lot Accounting, Corporate Actions, Credit Monitoring, B2B, Execution, Clearence, Trade, Custody, Imaging, IPO, Stock Loan, Position and Balances, Mutual Funds, Regulatory Reporting, Accounting, Rules Engine, File Delivery, Standing Instructions, Settlement Instructions, Statements, Trade Figuration, Pricing, Workflow Management
Financial Services Industry Regulations
LOPR, CAIS, Large Trader, FATCA, SIFMA LEI, FINRA KYC, Basel, Books and Records, Dodd-Frank, Sarbanes-Oxely, USA Patriot Act
Industry Participation
SIMFA LEI, DAMA, Cloud Data Management Professionals
Project Roles And Responsibilities
Product Owner (SAFe Agile), Data Architect, Technical Architect, Project Manager, Sr. Data Analyst, Business Analyst, Logical/Dimensional Data Modeler, Data Quality Analyst, DW Load Process Modeler, OLAP/Reporting Analyst, DW Load Testing
Software And Tools
eRWin, Model Mart, Dataaiku, Collibra, ASG DI, Snowflake, JIRA, Enterprise Architect, Teradata, SQL Assistant, IBM BPM, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Platinum Data Shopper, Rational Suite, UML, Business Objects, BMC DB2 Catalog Manager, inSynch, Macro4, Endever, File Aid, Webfocus, MS Access, Microfocus, COBOL, CICS, TSO.PDF, VSAM, OS/MVS Utilities, MS Office, Lotus Notes, Outlook
Concepts
Master Data Management, Data Governance, Data Profiling, Data Quality, Data Lifecycle Management, Data Maturity Model, Security / Data Classification, Capabilities Maturity Model, Project Lifecycle, Project Management, ROI, Global , Multi-currency
Education And Professional Training
- Series 7: FINRA License
- MBA High Technology and Finance: Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts
- BA Sociology/Law: Moravian University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Certified Database Administrator: Chubb Institute Parsippany, New Jersey
- Physical Warehouse Design Certified: Teradata University On-line
- Advanced Data Modeling Certificate: DebTech
- Master Data Modeling: Certificate Barnett Data Systems
- Master Logical Data Modeling Certificate: Computer Associates
- Cloud Data Management Professional (CDMP)
- SAFe Agile: Product Owner 5.1 / Leading SAFe 6.0
Summary Of Work Experience
IT Group Manager / Chief Data Architect in the data management function at Pershing for 20+ years. Pershing is a firm that provides comprehensive brokerage execution, clearance, investment products and services to financial organizations worldwide. Responsibilities include: the strategy, management, and execution of all data related aspects of the project life cycle for a wide variety of operations, infrastructure, and warehouse designs. I maintain 100% delivery rate of all logical data models into production ready databases on the appropriate data platform. Responsibilities cover Cloud Persistence tier migration, data replication, data architecture, data management, data quality, data life cycle management, data lineage, data maturity assessments. Responsibilities also include meeting with client firms and answering questions as part of acquiring new firm business.
Certification
SAFe Agile Certified
Cloud Data Management Professional
Series 7 FINRA
Timeline
Chief Data Architect / IT Group Manager
PERSHING LLC: A BNY Mellon Company
2019.01 - Current
Data Architect Director / IT Group Manager
PERSHING LLC: A BNY Mellon Company
2008.03 - 2018.12
Principle Data Architect / Team Manager
PERSHING LLC: A Division of the Bank of New York
2003.02 - 2008.02
Senior Data Architect
PERSHING LLC: A Division of Credit Suisse First Boston
2001.01 - 2003.01
Data Warehouse Architect
CHUBB Consulting: Pershing, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jeanrette
1999.01 - 2000.01
Registered Financial Representative
C.J.M. Financial Planning Corporation
1996.01 - 1999.01
MBA - Information Technology / Finance
Northeastern University
Database Management / Programming
The Chubb Institute
Bachelor of Arts - Law (Pre-Law)
Moravian College
SAFe Agile Certified
Cloud Data Management Professional
Series 7 FINRA
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