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Management Biographies
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Subir Chatterjee – Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer
Subir has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, predominantly in consulting, systems development, product management, and business management. He was employed by Bankers Trust and JPMorganChase for almost 17 years holding key management positions, and founded Fi-Tek (formerly known as TransCom International) in 1997. His business experience spans Institutional Trust, Individual Trust, Securities Processing, Global Custody, Transfer Agency, and Banking Systems & Operations. Subir is a graduate of Syracuse University, with a Masters in Operations Research, and an MBA in Finance. He has a B.E in Mechanical Engineering from IIT in India.
Barry Mermelstein - Chief Operating Officer
Barry has over 20 years of experience in financial services and financial software development, holding key positions in process re-engineering, business analysis, project management, systems development and implementation, and product development. He was employed by JPMorganChase, Financial Technologies International (now GoldenSource) and the Bank of New York for over 17 years. His industry experience includes Institutional and Personal Trust, Global Custody, and International & Domestic Consumer Banking Products and Services. Barry holds a PhM in Measurement and Evaluation from Columbia University, an MBA in Finance from Adelphi University, and a BA in Economic Statistics from the City College of New York. He also received a MEd in Psychology from the State University of New York, Buffalo.
Surajit Banerjee – Chief Knowledge Officer, and Managing Director
Surajit (Rana) is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years financial and systems development experience in various service and manufacturing industries. He joined Fi-Tek’s Indian subsidiary as a Managing Director in 1999, performing complex business requirements analyses for financial software product development. Since 2000, Rana has led the system analysis, design, roll out and continuing enhancement of the HedgeTek Partnership Accounting system in New Jersey, various customer and partner sites around the U.S, and in Calcutta, India. Rana is a commerce (business) graduate with a major in Accountancy. He is a Chartered Accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Kevin Fisher – Senior Managing Director
Kevin has over 29 years of experience in financial services, working 21 years at JPMorgan Chase and the remaining time at Bank of America and HSBC. Kevin’s industry expertise is in Corporate and Institutional Trust where he has held key positions managing Global Sales, Collateral Management, the International and Project Finance business, and the Latin America franchise. Kevin also spent 6 years based in London managing the Europe, Middle East and Africa sales team. He has cross-functional expertise in sales, business management, marketing, risk and compliance and product development. Kevin received his BS in Finance & Economics and his MBA from NYU Stern School of Business.
Joan Wagner – Senior Managing Director – TrustPortal Operations
Joan has had many years experience in securities processing and fund accounting & reporting with major financial services institutions. As a Northern Trust Company Senior Vice President, she worked closely with Fi-Tek by leading the effort for the enhancement and conversion of Trust/Rite from the old DOS version, to the Windows relational data base version. Joan is currently the senior manager for TrustPortal daily operations and customer service, and is working with the clients and the rest of the product team to drive the new TrustPortal enhancement and initiatives.
Anthony N. Mitchell – Managing Director
Tony has over 25 years management experience in multinational organizations, with 15 of those years spent in financial services, primarily with JPMorganChase. He has held positions in financial and product management, strategic business repositioning, and operations. His financial industry experience includes Institutional Trust, Global Custody, and Mortgage Banking. He has been with Fi-Tek since 1999, where he has responsibilities in relationship and product management, new business initiatives, planning, and administration. Tony received his MBA in Finance and MA in International Relations & Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and his BA from Lehigh University.
Ramsey El-Fakir – Managing Director & CIO – Technology and Infrastructure
Ramsey has been business executive with more than 15 years of experience in information technology, software development/sales, financial services, financial engineering, and consulting. He has sold and managed large IT projects throughout the complex sales lifecycle. He has a unique combination of financial services experience coupled with hands-on technology development. He will lead the infrastructure challenges facing Fi-Tek as it gears up to provide software as a service – not just a solution. He will also be expanding technology support and services to the existing client base, and increasing client satisfaction with technology support. Ramsey has worked at JPMorganChase, Bear Stearns, and several technology companies. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and an MBA from Cornell University.
Richard J. Gelinas - CFO
Rich has over 30 years of professional accounting experience in both industry and public accounting firms, supplemented by extensive consulting experience in the areas of organizational effectiveness, systems development, and mergers. He started his career as an auditor and tax professional for Deloitte & Touche, and then transferred to Adventis, where he gained the bulk of his consulting experience. Rich started his own accounting and consulting firm in 1991, and counted Fi-Tek, LLC as one of his clients before being asked to join the company in 2003. Besides his financial job responsibilities, Rich regularly contributes to the development of Fi-Tek’s HedgeTek partner allocation system, and facilitates the implementation of the system at large users. Rich is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, with an MBA in Finance, and a BS degree in Accounting.
Ranjan Roy – CTO Offshore Operations
Ranjan joined Fi-Tek’s Indian subsidiary in 2003 and took over the controls for offshore developments and processes. He was previously at Birla Software – a top 50 Indian IT Company, where he was the head of development and client services team managing a staff of over 200 professionals. Ranjan spent almost eight years at British Oxygen (BOC) in their technology and operations unit, implementing systems around the world. Ranjan has a Masters in Statistics and an MBA from IIM-Cal.
Srikumar Sinha – VP Operations
Kumar is a Chartered Accountant, and has over 20 years of experience in financial services and financial systems development in banks, financial institutions, and software development firms. Since 1998, Kumar has managed Fi-Tek’s development efforts, and was recently named Vice President Operations. Beginning in 2001, Kumar has been instrumental in the systems analysis, design out, roll, and enhancement of the HedgeTek Partnership Allocation system. Kumar received his graduate degrees in Law and Master in Commerce (Business) from the University of Calcutta, and is a Chartered Accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
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