Results driven senior leader with with over 20 years of financial services experience and a unique combination of technical skills and business acumen. Possess the technical background necessary to effectively manage technology while also understanding the business context in which that technology is applied. Experience leading globally distributed, multi-site teams to deliver high quality results through top quartile operations and execution. Specialties: • Technology Leadership • Cloud Computing and SaaS • IT Infrastructure Design & Implementation • Process Development and Improvement • Strategic Planning • Vendor Management and Contract Negotiation • IT Service Strategy and Delivery • Capital Planning and Asset Lifecycle Management • Design and Operation of High Availability Systems • Information Security/Compliance

Director, Infrastructure Services @ • Lead the global teams responsible for strategy and service delivery of all server platforms globally including: o Cloud Computing o VMware o Windows o Unix/Linux o IBM Mainframe o iSeries • Provide leadership to engineering staff in the development of new capabilities and the support of those capabilities while ensuring conformance to established system architecture, methods, regulations, standards and practices. • Conduct long range planning and optimization of all server platform technology and ensure those plans are consistent with business objectives for total cost of ownership, resiliency, disaster tolerance, and regulatory compliance. From September 2012 to Present (3 years) Executive Director, Systems Engineering @ Led the engineering and operations teams accountable for the design, acquisition, configuration and 7x24x365 support of Red Hat Linux servers and SAN infrastructure worldwide. From January 2009 to September 2012 (3 years 9 months) Director, Technology Financial Controls @ This was an IT General Management role that required a unique combination of extensive technology experience as well as extensive business acumen in order to deliver bottom line results. Provided the IT management team with insight and business analysis for new technology purchases, products under evaluation, software contracts, and strategies for cost containment in the Technology division. From January 2008 to December 2008 (1 year) Manager, Wide Area Network Engineering @ Led a team of customer facing engineers responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and 24x7x365 support of the Globex electronic trading network worldwide. From January 2005 to December 2007 (3 years) Technical Specialist, Network Engineering @ Analyzed network data, traffic flows, and performance metrics in order to optimize application performance. Performed system design and specification of network components in a mission critical and financial trading environment. From December 2002 to December 2004 (2 years 1 month)

Master of Business Administration (MBA) @ The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business From 2008 to 2010 Master of Science (M.S.), Information Technology @ Northwestern University From 2002 to 2004 Bachelor of Science (B.S.) @ University of Notre Dame Jim Deane is skilled in: Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Vendor Management, High Availability, IT Strategy, Data Center, IT Management, Team Building, Business Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Private Cloud, Strategic Planning, Storage Area Networks, Solution Architecture, TCP/IP, Unix, IT Operations, System Administration, IT Service Management, Security, Trading Systems, Cisco, Storage, Network Engineering, Server Architecture, Architecture, SAN, Servers, Strategy, SDLC, Cisco Technologies, Disaster Recovery, System Deployment, Networking, Integration, Cloud Computing IaaS, Hybrid Cloud, Management, Leadership