Alex Mirarchi

Principal Capital Markets Specialist AWS

Alex Mirarchi is a Principal Capital Markets Industry Specialist at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Alex’s core focus is helping Global Exchanges and Market Infrastructure firms transform their businesses with AWS. He leads AWS’s strategy for trading and connectivity in the cloud and also supports asset managers, investment banks, broker dealers, and fintechs in developing their cloud strategies. Alex joined AWS from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), where he was responsible for strategy and structuring programs and strategic partnerships with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). Prior to Oracle, Alex worked in capital markets, selling Asian Equities to Hedge Funds in London with HSBC and in New York with Macquarie Group. Alex also held front office roles in Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange, and started his career in HSBC Global Asset Management’s alternatives division in London. Alex holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and is based in New York.

Buy Side Data Innovation Day | 13th May

2:10 PM Cloud Strategy Panel: Future-proofing your desk in the cloud: How can buy side firms benefit from cloud-based data infrastructure and management to reduce execution costs and drive efficiencies?

Market participants are quickly realising the competitive advantages they can gain through the deployment of cloud solutions. If firms want to fully embrace the power of big data and AI tools, then cloud adoption is a necessity.

In this panel, speakers will explore the front office benefits of migrating to the cloud, how to best deploy cloud- enabled solutions, concerns and perceived value, and how the trading desk should work with the IT department to ensure the desks needs are met.

What are the benefits of the cloud in reducing execution costs by connecting directly to venues vs through service providers?
Outlining the difference between cloud execution vs using cloud data analytics providers.
What are the potential risks and associated costs with disrupting current legacy systems?
How should the trading desk and IT department collaborate to ensure front office requirements are fed into the cloud migration roadmap?
How is data security protected to ensure client data is safe?

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Alex.

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