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Capco Announces Appointments to Its Newly Expanded North American Technology Group(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/09/10 -- Capco, the global provider of consulting and managed services to the financial services industry, today announced the appointments of partners and directors to its North American Technology Group. All appointments are effective immediately. Technology Group Leader Appointment: -- Scott Claus brings more than 18 years of consulting experience in IT working with many of the world's leading financial institutions to Capco. He has implemented a variety of financial services IT Strategy engagements and led several onshore and offshore large scale systems implementation efforts. Prior to joining Capco, Mr. Claus was an IT Advisory Partner at KPMG. Technology Group Partner Appointments: -- Paul Ringmacher joined Capco from a global management and technology consulting firm. He has 25 years of experience in complex technology solution development, systems integration, software application development, and enterprise infrastructure design and optimization. -- Bill Sommers is an expert in systems integration and technology delivery services. His 22 years of experience spans multiple disciplines including CIO/CTO advisory services, IT strategy and organization alignment, program and project management, systems integration, package and custom systems delivery, release management, and quality assurance. -- TJ Campbell leads the Group's relationship efforts with Capco's Asset Management, Capital Markets and Banking clients. He joined Capco from KPMG. Technology Group Director Appointments: -- Brian Beck has over 20 years of experience in IT strategy and delivery with specialization in large scale software application development and systems integration. His expertise includes large scale program management, SDLC transformation, quality assurance and global delivery. Mr. Beck joined Capco from PricewaterhouseCoopers. -- Chris Ford is a senior delivery manager with specialization in large program management and technology delivery. With more than 10 years of consulting experience and a focus on Canadian financial institutions, Mr. Ford is a recognized thought leader and published author on non-functional testing with an emphasis on the performance and operability domains. -- John Gubala has more than 10 years of experience in financial services management and technology consulting covering IT strategy and systems integration project management. Mr. Gubala has extensive knowledge of cost takeout, business/IT alignment, and large program management. -- Salim Jivraj has over 15 years of experience in helping firms effectively utilize technology, focusing in institutional capital markets. His expertise includes integration and delivery of technology platforms for equities, FX, fixed income and derivatives. Mr. Jivraj joins Capco from TD Securities. -- Pete McEvoy has 15 years of consulting and industry experience focused on distributed computing and architecture within the financial services industry. His expertise includes enterprise architecture, capacity planning, integration architecture planning and design. Prior to joining Capco, Mr. McEvoy was the chief architect for one of the world's largest hedge funds where he participated in major enterprise technology replacement. -- Sajay Sethunath is an expert in large scale systems implementation and technology architecture with focus on banking, payments, and lending. Mr. Sethunath joined Capco from a leading global management and technology consulting firm. -- Paul Sommerin is an expert in large scale program management, system integration, quality assurance and testing with a key focus on outsourcing and off-shoring technology and back office operations. Mr. Sommerin joined Capco from Wipro Consulting. The North American Technology Group serves the world's top financial organizations through dedicated professionals in offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Toronto and its access to 3,000 developers in Bangalore, India. About Capco Capco is a leading global provider of integrated consulting, technology and transformation services dedicated solely to the financial services industry. Our professionals combine innovative thinking with our unrivalled first-hand industry knowledge to offer our clients consulting expertise, complex technology and package integration, and managed services to move their organizations forward. Through our collaborative and efficient approach, we help our clients successfully increase revenue, manage risk and regulatory change, reduce costs and enhance control. In North America, we specialize in Banking; Capital Markets; Wealth and Investment Management; Finance, Risk & Compliance and Technology with offices in Chicago, D.C., New York, San Francisco and Toronto. To learn more, contact us at + 1 212-284-8600 (+32 3 740 10 00 from outside the United States or Canada), or visit our Web site at www.capco.com. Add to Digg Bookmark with del.icio.us Add to Newsvine Contacts: Diana Butler Buxton 212.284.8728 Email Contact Meghan Verdon 212-201-4206 Email Contact |