David Boatwright, CFA

Managing Director of Technology Strategy, Architecture, and Business Management at State Street Global Advisors

Summary

David Boatwright, CFA has over 22 years of experience in Investment Management IT. He started as a hands-on developer and architect focused on investment management applications and is now the Managing Director of Technology Strategy, Architecture and Business Management at State Street Global Advisors. He oversees a team of over 180 architects, developers, managers, product owners, analysts, and business management/IT finance professionals, including both offshore and onshore resources. His deep domain expertise in investment processes, applications, architecture, finance, and IT management allowed him to lead a number of strategic analysis projects for many areas of SSGA's business. He holds a CFA charter and has extensive relationships with business sponsors. David's expertise lies in investment application development (front to back) and enterprise data systems. He specializes in fixed income, cash, alternatives/hedge fund, trading, compliance, enterprise data systems, strategic planning, needs analysis, systems design & architecture, business user relationship management, building and fine-tuning developer teams, large project/IT budget & resource oversight, communication, collaboration, leadership, lean and workflow analysis, and IT finance. 