FINASTRA
RUSS SOPER TITLE : CIO INDUSTRY : FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY LOCATION : UNITED STATES
Russ Soper is Chief Information Officer at Finastra , where he is responsible for hosting and operations of the company ’ s client-facing technology , as well as managing the corporate technologies used by Finastra ’ s global workforce of around 9,000 employees .
He began his career as a developer , moving into trading floor support for the Investment Banking arm of ABN AMRO where he grew his expertise in Financial Services technologies . member of the non-profit community , currently serving as Board member for 18loop ; a non-profit organization using innovative Virtual Reality technologies to aid pediatric cancer patients . He is also a Board Council member and former Chairman of the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music ; a NYC-based non-profit providing music education and music therapy to over 8,000 inner-city children and teenagers .
Russ holds a BSc in Computer Science from the City University of New York , is an avid runner and life-long musician . He resides in Brooklyn , New York with his wife and daughter .
From there , he progressed through a variety of technology roles , eventually serving as CIO for the Americas region and later as Global Head of Infrastructure from London , UK , before moving to JPMorgan to launch its Critical Infrastructure Operations capability ; a program focused on driving “ always on ” capability for JPM ’ s most critical platforms .
EXECUTIVE BIO
He joined Finastra in 2018 as Global Head of IT Operations , before his promotion to CIO in May 2019 .
Russ is passionate about the intersection of technology and humanity and speaks regularly on how tech can be leveraged to go beyond improving efficiency , collaboration and productivity , to enable emotional , physical and social wellbeing . Outside of technology , he is an active