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PETER BELINA
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PROFILE
Driven IT manager with 25 years experience leading successful assignments at global financial firms. Unique breadth of expertise spans
operating system and applications development, test and release automation, middleware engineering, architecture, governance and IT
security solutions. Clear and engaging communication style, proven people skills and relentless focus on business value.
EDUCATION
Princeton University M.S.E. in Computer Science, 1988
University of Delaware B.Sc. Magna cum Laude in Computer Science, 1986
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
JPMorgan Chase, April 2012 - present Managing Director
Chief Development Officer
Role established to modernize software engineering practices and improve team productivity, application quality and time to
market across a population of ~5,000 developers serving diverse business areas.
Implemented automated application quality & security dashboard to track a composite set of code quality and risk metrics, and to
enable objective prioritization across a portfolio of ~2,000 systems.
Drove cross-business agreement on a standard SDLC toolset, application frameworks and practices to improve code quality and
developer efficiency. Secured team commitments for standards adoption.
Delivered guidelines, training and dedicated coaching to transform teams to a repeatable agile software engineering model.
Sampling confirmed time to market and TCO improvements in several cases.
Established a software tools analysis and lifecycle management function and created online resources to simplify tool selection
and introduction.
Partnered with QA function to optimize test automation and virtualization tools, enable consistent defect trending, and reduce
manual test cycles through “shift left” of automatable test activities.
Piloted SDLC-integrated code scanning mechanisms to seamlessly integrate early and automated quality and security testing into
application build cycle.
Deployed a shared code build service to facilitate continuous integration and automated quality tollgates.
Evaluated and implemented a business process mapping solution to consistently capture controls and enable analysis of process
re-engineering opportunities.
Fidelity Investments, Aug 2009 – Apr 2012 Senior Vice President
Head of Application Infrastructure Services
Created a cohesive firmwide service from a collection of middleware products, application frameworks, development tools and
IT asset inventory solutions. Applied automation and agile delivery practices to raise service consumption and user satisfaction
while reducing annual budget of ~$30mm by 20% over 2 years.
Implemented automated IT asset discovery for 1,000,000+ infrastructure assets and 60%+ of 4,000 applications, reducing
inventory management costs and avoiding $6mm+ in unnecessary IT purchases.
Established shared services for project management, defect tracking and test automation as firmwide standards, with 5x adoption
growth over 12 months. Raised environment stability and feature velocity.
Deployed an automated code quality validation service (Sonar), application component management service (Nexus) and other
innovative functionality in response to user demand.
Achieved 30%+ reduction in unit middleware costs across 7,000 container/queue instances (supporting 1,300 applications)
through automation of support activities and consolidation of software into shared environments.
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Morgan Stanley, 2007 – 2009 Executive Director
Head of the Morgan Stanley Development & Test Environment
Responsible for an integrated SDLC toolset and application performance testing services. Client base of 4000 developers across
300+ projects.
Increased firmwide developer productivity through: (1) usability/stability enhancements to firmwide change management, issue
tracking and version control systems; (2) successful implementation of automated build/test engine (Electric Cloud); (3) rationalized
online content & training program.
Realigned global team to deliver better value while reducing function cost by $2-3MM annually through the following: (1)
eliminated low-value manual QA and program management services; (2) integrated disparate test labs and consolidated support
function in single offshore site; (2) reduced team headcount by 30% without negative quality impact.
Achieved rapid closure of longstanding audit issues through prioritization, agreements with compliance & audit counterparts and
consistent incremental remediation. Developed strategic roadmap to address compliance goals while reducing bureaucracy and
maintaining developer productivity.
Successfully responded to changing market conditions by refocusing team on new business priorities.
Co-led the innovative implementation of an automated continuous integration & testing environment, aimed at reducing
complexity and risk while enabling rapid application delivery.
JPMorgan Chase, 2003 – 2007 Managing Director
Global head of Application Security services
Initial focus on Application Security and Governance, with 50+ global staff. Subsequent remit covered Threat Analysis, Incident
Response and firmwide Data Protection initiatives.
Established global Application Security function providing ad-hoc security solutions, comprehensive risk assessments (featuring
“ethical hacking”), and security training. Streamlined headcount and cost by 25%.
Engineered and operated three mission-critical services consumed firmwide: Application Entitlements, Transaction Signing
(PKI), and Website Certificate Management.
Reduced application risk and raised privacy compliance for key regulations (GLBA, FFIEC Authentication Guidance, Japan
PIPA) through assessments, engineered solutions and remediation projects.
Created and led a firmwide IT Risk governance board, globally engaging all lines of business. Key vehicle for driving IT security
policies and standards, solutions, and cross-business IT risk initiatives.
Senior infrastructure architect and firmwide governance lead (2003 – 2004)
Ran a firmwide infrastructure governance process (Engineering Board); launched a roadmap mechanism and a context-driven
information utility; designed a comprehensive Infrastructure Permit to Operate process.
Co-sponsored the design and deployment of a firmwide shared MQ messaging service, and in the development of a robust Web
Services messaging standard.
Lehman Brothers, 1993 – 2003 Senior Vice President
Global Head of Middleware and SDLC Tools
Responsible for realtime messaging, enterprise application integration, reporting and development tools. Portfolio included
TIBCO suite, Orbix, Crystal Enterprise and WebLogic; used by 300+ applications.
Engineered and operated mission-critical shared services: STP for trade booking/reporting, TIB routing services, WebLogic and
JMS farms, external ECN/reporting gateways, Crystal Enterprise Report Service.
Completed a firmwide overhaul of realtime messaging middleware. Drove requirements and vendor selection, structured a
$10mm enterprise contract with Reuters/TIBCO, and deployed a seamless, global data transport framework. Launched specialized
core services and established effective support constructs. Led the migration of 50+ key systems to the new platform and onboarded
100+ new applications.
Delivered various enabling middleware and data propagation solutions for business applications.
Led the implementation of a global IT Asset Database to manage Infrastructure ROI and risk of IT projects.
Led a firmwide architecture taskforce on tool standardization and architectural oversight. Formalized a central Development
Tools function and streamlined decisioning for global tool standards.
Completed optimization of shared real-time communication libraries.
Created a shared IT Training function and facilities in response to cross-business needs.
Bottom line impact: reduced application time to market, lowered aggregate cost, enhanced application performance and
reliability, increased capability for handling higher transaction volumes.
Bond Trading Applications Manager and IT Strategy Lead, Lehman Europe (April 1997 – March 2000)
On a 3-year European Technology assignment, responsible for several front office applications.
Extended scalability and reliability of global bond trading system by introducing a 3-tier CORBA architecture. Completed
global deal and fostered firmwide adoption of Orbix as SOA standard.
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Eliminated downtime and performance issues of main bond trading system and related applications by addressing chronic
middleware problems.
Delivered a set of innovative trading solutions for European Governments, Money Markets and Corporates desks, including an
integrated ECN module for electronic bond trading and pricing (EuroMTS).
Bottom line impact: more efficient and robust trading applications, liquidity-enabling access to electronic Euro Governments
market, shorter solution delivery time to business, lower cost of development, enhanced team productivity and lower staff turnover.
Salomon Brothers, 1990 – 1993 Manager
Application Security solutions engineering lead
Implemented secure connectivity blueprints and conducted risk reviews of numerous complex projects.
Developed and operated specialized application security services: public-key authentication/encryption API, (later adopted in the
FIX electronic trading system); secure dial-up server cluster.
Built and supported solutions for electronic connectivity: Equity trading gateway system connecting buy-side clients to NYSE
SuperDOT; Middleware API connecting UNIX applications with mainframe IMS/CICS systems; Traffic monitoring system for firm-
wide TCP/IP network usage billing.
Lead role in building firm’s original Internet gateway and secure communications infrastructure
AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1986 – 1990 Member of Technical Staff
UNIX Operating System developer – focus on Multi Level Security (MLS) features
Developed and implemented new security features in Unix System V Releases 3.2 and 4.1 ES: authentication and authorization
commands; kernel-level and user-level auditing mechanisms.
Part of a team implementing “Orange Book” Secure Unix version featuring Multi-Level Security.
Performed a complete port of the Unix SVR4 kernel to the 3B2/1000.