Joe Lutkevich
Chief Architect with deep business understanding that focuses on delivering solutions that advance AI in all aspects of the business and developing best in class teams that future proof technology strategy..
- Role
- Chief Architect and Head of Investments and Corporate Systems Architecture at MetLife
- Location
- Plymouth, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Joe Lutkevich
A seasoned technology and business executive with more than 25 years of experience in asset management, hedge funds, and insurance. Excels at building and leading high-performing technology teams that deliver solutions across front, middle, and back-office operations. Joe is recognized for his ability to simplify complex challenges by aligning technology initiatives with business goals, ensuring that every project advances organizational objectives and future capabilities.He has led teams of over 100 professionals with budgets exceeding $125 million, consistently delivering projects on time and within budget. Notably, Joe spearheaded the development of a data fabric risk management platform and led MetLife’s first cloud-native digital portal, transforming transparency and client engagement for institutional portfolios. He also implemented enterprise-wide data fabrics and API-first strategies to future-proof architecture for major technology shifts towards leveraging AI for many enterprise solutions.He fosters a culture of innovation, mentors emerging leaders, and drives continuous improvement throughout the organization. His approach inspires collaboration, encourages creative problem-solving, and ensures teams remain adaptable in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Experience
Chief Architect and Head of Investments and Corporate Systems Architecture
Jun 2016 — Present · Plymouth, MA, US
As Chief Architect for MetLife in Investment Management and Corporate Systems, he has been instrumental in architecting solutions that position MetLife Investment Management as a world-class institutional manager. His leadership encompasses a multi-strategy, multi-asset class portfolio including real estate equity and credit, derivatives, private assets, hedge funds, private equity, and public securities. As Chief of Corporate Systems, he has also overseen actuarial re-design and led IT initiatives for corporate finance, HR, and Legal, deploying Azure PaaS, Big Data, and Oracle Cloud Services. Joe has transformed the data platform into scalable data fabrics, laying the foundation for cloud-based enterprise transformation to enable AI and quantitative analysis for investments, risk, and actuarial systems.Co chair of the Global Architecture Review Board- Reviews advises and approves solutions are consistent with strategic roadmaps for each LOB and consistent with modernization and future proofing solutions for legacy modernization, Data Architectures and AI.
Education
Northeastern University
Electrical Engineering
1982 — 1987
University of Massachusetts Lowell
BS, Information Systems, Math
1997 — 1999
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Bachelor's degree, Computer and Information Sciences and Applied Math
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Bachelor of Science, Information Technology
Skills
- Financial Markets
- Application Architecture
- Fixed Income
- Integration
- Business Strategy
- Information Architecture
- Systems Engineering
- Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
- Hedge Funds
- Business Analysis
- Business Process Improvement
- Msql
- Software Development
- Trading Systems
- Strategic Visionary
- Project Management
- Web Services
- Creative Vision
- Resource Management
- Team Building
- Management
- Abinitio
- Equities
- Tableau
- Database Management
- Portfolio Management
- Architecture
- Bloomberg
- Securities
- Enterprise Software
- Enterprise Architecture
- Business Intelligence
- Data Modeling
- Executive Management
- Strategy
- Sybase
- Vendor Management
- Sdlc
- Informatica
- Program Management
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