Big Data Meetup - Data, data, everywhere @ Morgan Stanley

In this special meetup edition the global heads of the Transactional Data Team and the Data Engineering in Technology team at Morgan Stanley will share their experiences and best practices for navigating the ocean of data surrounding us.

Schedule:
17:30 Doors Open, refreshments
18:00 Talks begin
19:00 Follow-up discussion and networking
19:30 Door closes

Talk: Data, data, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink: Morgan Stanley's journey through the ocean of data

We live in a world surrounded by data. Despite the abundance of data, organizations can leverage only a fraction of the data effectively, and turn it into insights that drive value for their clients. This talk will discuss how Morgan Stanley navigates the often challenging sea of data and the evolution of our data architecture, including metadata management, data lineage, data quality and data access. They will highlight use cases related to data persistence, and demonstrate data governance as required by many of the regulators describing how a complex organization like Morgan Stanley enforces usage of standard architecture, tools and frameworks. At the end the session, the audience will gain understanding and insights into the data challenges global financial services firms face and a strategy that can be adopted to them.

Presenters: Mona Eldam and Yunchi Nam, Morgan Stanley

Mona Eldam is a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and Global Head of the Transactional Data Team which manages the firm critical Institutional Trade Capture databases among many others and is responsible for the OTC Derivatives Trades Internal Reporting. Mona joined the Firm in 1999 as an Associate in Ops Technology, and has since held a number of roles within various Technology divisions. Prior to working at Morgan Stanley, Mona was a consultant on state government financial systems, allowing her to live and work in several states including Hawaii and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mona earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from UCLA and her Master’s degree in Science for Information Systems from NYU. She lives in New York and enjoys traveling and hiking.

Yunchi Nam is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and Global Head of Data Engineering in Technology with responsibility for providing centralized engineering of Databases, Big Data Platforms, Client Reporting & Distribution Infrastructure, Data Middleware and Business Intelligence & Analytics Infrastructure. The Data Engineering group manages over 70,000 databases, 15 PB of data and distributes over 33M reports a month to Morgan Stanley’s external clients. Yunchi also leads Morgan Stanley’s Data Infrastructure Strategy program, developing a coherent data container and analytics strategy for the enterprise. Yunchi joined the Firm in 1999 as an Associate in Technology and has served in a variety of roles in application development and infrastructure engineering.

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This in an English speaking meetup. Venue and catering will be provided by Morgan Stanley.