High-Performance Public Cloud Computing in the Financial Services Industry

April 25, 2012 - PRLog -- Rockville, MD – BizTechReports (www.biztechreports.com) an independent research and reporting agency that analyzes user trends in business technology, is pleased to announce the availability of a new 1on1 with BizTechReports Executive Video Interview with Mark Casey, President & CEO at CFN Services on the topic of:

High-Performance Public Cloud Computing in the Financial Services Industry
Video is available at: http://www.biztechreports.com/1on1_cfnservices

In this edition of 1on1 with BizTechReports we discuss how cloud computing has evolved in the financial services industry in recent years.  We introduce the concept of high-performance public cloud Computing and explore its implications for the securities trading environment.  We discuss the key issues that need to be addressed to secure the full promise of high-performance public cloud computing in the financial services industry.

About our Expert
Mark Casey is the President and CEO of CFN Services. He has delivered results for clients in the global communications markets with companies including AT&T, Verizon, and CSX for more than 20 years. Since 2001, he has led CFN Services in developing high-performance, network and application-delivery solutions for real-time, mission-critical applications. Mark has also pioneered the design and optimization of solutions that accelerate market data delivery and trade execution for the most sophisticated financial market participants worldwide. Under his leadership, CFN Services developed and operates the ultra-low-latency Alpha Platform™, a global, high-performance private cloud for automated trading across key liquidity venues in the equities, options, futures, derivatives, and FX markets.

Prior to CFN Services, Mark was Vice President of Business Development and Channel Management at e.spire Communications (now tw telecom). In this position, Mark was responsible for identifying and developing the company’s top growth opportunities, while maximizing revenue production across the company's direct and indirect sales channels. Mark was also a key driver in the company’s revenue growth from $154 million in 1998 to more than $300 million in 2000.

Prior to e.spire, Mark held key management positions in several successful corporate ventures, first as a member of the launch team for Bell Atlantic Internet Solutions  Bell Atlantic’s Internet subsidiary, which grew from ground zero to over $50 million in revenues in its first year.  Mark also served as General Manager of CampusMCI, where he led the growth and development of the early stage MCI business unit, doubling revenues to $35 million and increasing profits four-fold over two years. Mark also established Campus MCI’s Internet brand as one of the ten largest national ISPs before its subsequent sale to Cable & Wireless.

Mark holds a BBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MBA from American University.

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