SURAJ V. BANGERA

Built fungible engineering teams that successfully delivered multiple programs across Morgan Stanley's Wealth Management and Equities Trading businesses.

• Collaborated closely with Traders and Risk managers to implement key features and compliance mandates within the sell-side order management system (OMS) for trading equities and fixed income. Led product engineering, modernized legacy processes, reduced attrition, and prioritized business objectives. Eventually, transitioned the team to execute greenfield projects.
• Revamped the Pre-Trade Risk Check system by replacing obsolete Java 7 engines with a Spring Cloud microservice architecture, resulting in a 2x scalability increase and a 50% reduction in maintenance costs.
• Designed the automation of the Trading Disclosure management system using a microservice architecture to ensure 100% regulatory compliance
• As India Head for the Platform Transformation Initiative, led the development of advanced desktop and mobile apps for the US Wealth Management advisory platform. Introduced a Hybrid mobile container strategy, enabling "Write Once Deploy Anywhere" capability with React/Angular + Redux + Framework7 stack. This streamlined time-to-market for new releases across mobile and desktop channels by 50%, resulting in a substantial 30% reduction in operational expenses
• Chaired Architecture and design reviews. Authored the reference architecture blueprint for multi-fleet adoption
• Supported FIX (Appia) engine for order routing

Lead Consultant for Deutsche Bank's Global Equities and Derivatives desk in London, contributing to significant initiatives:

• Partnered with bank's CTO team to evaluate and integrate DataSynapse Grid computing platform and Oracle Coherence caching middleware. The meticulous product evaluation and architecture resulted in cost-effective execution of complex financial models on commodity hardware, enhancing horizontal scalability and order throughput by 75%.

Developed and maintained software systems for Citibank

• Led the technology framework team at Solomon Smith Barney (now Morgan Stanley Wealth Management) to implement horizontal functions in the Stock Plans Administration and reporting platform (SAPPHIRE). Empowered 50+ organizations to efficiently manage employee stock compensation plans