Brian Cassin

About Brian Cassin

Global Capital Markets leader at AWS, orchestrating the growth strategy for a multi-billion-dollar business vertical comprising thousands of financial institutions and driving consistent double-digit year-over-year revenue growth. Deep expertise in business development, product management, and multi-year strategy informs the direction of large-scale cloud transformations for the world’s most complex exchanges, asset managers, and investment banks.With over 25 years of experience, specialization lies in bridging the gap between legacy capital markets infrastructure and cloud-native innovation, leading high-seniority teams to modernize the trade lifecycle. A proven track record includes architecting sales strategies to penetrate new industry verticals—such as Wealth Management—executing strategic partnerships, and delivering GenAI-enabled solutions that transform institutional operations. My career is defined by full P&L accountability and a mission to enable global customers to achieve operational excellence and alpha generation through best-in-class cloud technology

Experience

1. Global Head of Industry Specialists, Capital Markets

   Amazon Web Services (AWS)

   Jun 2020 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Orchestrate the global growth strategy for AWS’s Capital Markets business, driving multi-billion-dollar revenue expansion across a global client base of thousands of financial institutions. By leading a high-seniority team of business and technical specialists, the role bridges sales, product, and engineering to modernize core trading infrastructure across the pre, at, and post-trade lifecycle for global exchanges, asset managers, wealth managers, and investment banks. This involves directing C-suite engagement for large-scale cloud transformations and launching a suite of strategic programs—spanning GenAI and financial data analytics—that have generated a significant increase in qualified enterprise opportunities

Education

• Fordham University

  BA, Economics, History

• Fordham Gabelli School of Business

  MBA, Finance, Management

• University College Dublin

  Junior year abroad, History & Economics

Skills

• Investments
• Business Analysis
• Equity Trading
• Derivatives
• Market Data
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Pragmatic Marketing Certification
• Product Design
• Financial Markets
• Hedge Funds
• Business Intelligence
• Portfolio Management
• Finance
• Electronic Trading
• Product Launch
• Trading
• Investment Banking
• Low Latency
• Vendor Management
• Financial Services
• Business Development
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Wealth Management
• Product Marketing
• Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Business Relationship Management
• Trading Systems
• Capital Markets
• Product Management
• Securities
• New Business Development
• Relationship Management
• Equities
• Equity Research
• Asset Management