Ridwan Bari, MBA
Chief Technology Officer & Chief Architect at Siena Capital Group, LLC
New York, New York, United States
About Ridwan Bari, MBA
Ridwan Bari, MBA is Chief Technology Officer & Chief Architect at Siena Capital Group, LLC. Location: New York, New York, United States.
I am a senior technology executive with over 15 years of experience specializing in technology transformation to drive revenue growth, optimize costs, and mitigate technology and operational risks. I have extensive experience transforming technology platforms across asset classes, including equities, commodities, fixed income, derivatives, and multi-asset strategies, leveraging deep expertise to foster innovation and efficiency. For over a decade, I have been driving innovation and business growth by leading strategic technology initiatives, cloud migrations, and platform modernization efforts. I have built and managed platforms that support $1 trillion in client AUM for some of the world’s largest financial institutions. My expertise spans technology and business strategy, stakeholder management, cross-functional team leadership, and fostering high-performing teams. As a strategic thinker with a commercially driven mindset, I specialize in aligning technology initiatives with business goals, leveraging technology to address business challenges, and consistently creating value for the organization. I have a strong history of delivering technology initiatives on or ahead of schedule, driving substantial revenue growth, optimizing costs, and enhancing operational efficiencies through automation. Career Highlights: ------------------ Led global technology teams at S&P Dow Jones Indices (SPDJI), executing strategic technology transformation and product/platform innovation initiatives that supported 100+ clients and contributed to over $100M in revenue generation over 5 years. Spearheaded the delivery of new Fixed Income and Derivatives risk/analytics solutions at SPDJI, achieving a 10% increase in data-related revenue, and developed cloud-native Multi-Asset platform that generated $50M in new revenue within three years. Migrated SPDJI’s Fixed Income platforms to AWS, reducing the total cost of ownership by $2.5M annually. Transitioned UBS Leveraged Loans indices to SPDJI systems, generating over $15M in new revenue. Oversaw process re-engineering and workflow automation initiative for Fixed Income platforms at SPDJI, reducing end-of-day batch time from 6 hours to 90 minutes and EUC by 99%, accelerating time to market for new products and contributing to $500B in client AUM growth over 5 years. If you're passionate about driving technology transformation to create business value, fostering high-performing teams, building strong stakeholder relationships, and promoting transparency, let’s connect!
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Additional experience
Part-Time Lecturer in the Management Department
The Wharton School
Started July 2024
Education
- Master of Science - MS, University of Pennsylvania
- Master of Business Administration - MBA, NYU Stern School of Business