John Richey is a versatile professional who has honed his skills over the years in project management, data analysis, integration, and vendor data management. With a PMP certification from Project Management Institute and an active Series 7 FINRA certification, John has a solid base of knowledge and experience that has made him a top-tier consultant in the financial industry. His proficiency in SQL Server and Oracle DB environment has enabled him to handle reference data, credit ratings, equity& FI pricing, investment research, analytical reporting, among other tasks. John is an expert in vendor data management, and he has dealt with various sources, such as Bloomberg, S&P, EDI, Fitch, IDC, Moody's, Tullett, NEX, and FINRA TRACE.

John's IT expertise has seen him work with several systems, including Salesforce.com Administration, JIRA Admin, PowerBI, Pivotal, SERENA, TFS, MS Project, and QMS. He has an AA/BA from New York University and studied at Prep for Prep Contingent XI. Before joining BFS Capital as the Director of Platform and Integrations, John was a Consulting Technical Product Manager, Director of Product Management at ROKO Labs, Technology Lead at True Trade Limited, and Head of Operations at BondCliQ. He was also the Principal at ViableMkts LLC and Director of Business Analysis and Project Management at S&P Global Market Intelligence.

John's career began at Wall Street Services, where he was a Consulting Business Analyst and RBC Wealth Management, where he worked as a Broker and Project Assistant. He later moved to nGenera CIM, where he was a Senior Consultant/Project Manager and MarketAxess, an online platform for the institutional trading of fixed-income securities, where he worked as the Lead Systems Analyst for Trading and Operational Systems.