John Rizzo

Trusted Leader | CTO | Technologist

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Energetic, innovative and accomplished technology leader experienced in the design and delivery of cost-effective, high-performance technology solutions. Highly skilled in all phases of the product life cycle, from initial feasibility analysis and design through implementation and ongoing operations. Effective at building highly performing, culturally diverse, teams.


Experiences

Founding Partner, CTO

Cognitive Ventures | August 2024 - Present

Human-Centered AI for a Smarter Future. Technology Leadership, Development, Infrastructure and Security Operations

    CTO Security Architect

    Bloomberg LP | August 2018 - August 2024

    Developed and executed a Vision and Strategy as Product Owner for Compute Access Control, Endpoint Security Tooling, and Identity and Access Management. These tools supported over 10k+ people geographically distributed around the globe improving the security of our endpoints, ease of accessing resources, and supporting advanced authentication and authorization scenarios.

      Head of Public Cloud / DevOps

      Caxton Associates | November 2016 - November 2018

      Caxton Associates is the flagship hedge fund founded by Bruce Kovner. Built an infrastructure practice focused on cloud technologies and cloud native software architecture.

        Director of Technology

        Caxton Alternative Management | December 2013 - November 2016

        Caxton Alternative Management was created as the family office in support of the Kovner Family. Created an independent technology team and infrastructure that supported the family office and the Kovner Family directly.

          Practice Director

          Salesforce.com | April 2012 - December 2013

          Salesforce.com is the leading provider of cloud computing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS solutions. I was hired to support their aggressive growth targets by providing leadership and helping to build and manage a part of their services offerings in the northeast of the US.

            Chief Technology Officer

            Credit Market Analysis Ltd (CMA) | July 2011 - April 2012

            The CMA has developed market-leading software to assist its clients with price discovery, independent valuations, and consensus-based pricing of over the counter (OTC) credit instruments. I was hired to provide leadership and product vision for the development of these products as well as the underlying infrastructure used to provide these products to its clients as an ASP solution.

              Vice President

              Paladyne Systems, Inc. | September 2009 - July 2011

              After the acquisition of Oakwood Financial Technologies, I was retained to ease the transition, train, and assist with sales and marketing and continue to drive the firms focus on the bank debt markets. Key to integrating with Paladyne was the successful growth of the team and integration with Paladyne’s offshore development team.

                President & CEO

                Oakwood Financial Technologies | September 2007 - September 2009

                Founder for designing and implementing the corporate strategy around the development of Credit Desk for managing all aspects of the credit life cycle after establishing a strategic relationship with several large multi-billion dollar hedge funds who are actively involved in the industry. Following its initial success, the company was acquired by Paladyne Systems, Inc.

                  Chief Technology Officer

                  D.B. Zwirn & Co. | January 2004 - July 2007

                  Directed technology and software development across a $7 billion, 250+ employee, global multi-strategy hedge fund focusing on originated structured products, structured credit, commodities, illiquid and liquid trading for domestic, European, and Asian markets. Held autonomous decision-making authority for all IT development and expansion issues, with a focus on IT organization design, voice and data communications, system integration, emerging technologies, enterprise architectures, data center operations, strategic alliances, and data security. Manage 7 direct and 35 indirect professionals across 13 locations in 10 countries with a $25 million operating/capital budget.

                    Director of Technology Operations

                    Highbridge Capital Management | November 2002 - January 2004

                    Technical advisor to the CTO and Statistical Arbitrage team.

                      Hosting Engineering

                      Qwest Internet Solutions | February 1999 - January 2002

                        Information

                        Papers

                        • Reviewer of ‘Learn Algorithmic Trading: Build and deploy algorithmic trading systems and strategies using Python and advanced data analysis 1st Edition’ by Sebastian Donadio ISBN 13: 978-1789348347
                        • Bank Debt Deals Post Operational Risk, by John Rizzo, published by Wall Street & Technology on March 16, 2010.