Warren Hughes

About Warren Hughes

Technology/Engineering manager historically focused on e-trading: Equity, D1 & FICC. Discretionary/automated/systematic/quantitative. Broadly interested in applying my experience to help achieve positive outcomes- 23+ years experience building and operating e-trading systems. Banks, asset mgmnt, hedge fund and prop. firms- 13+ years hiring, managing, and developing individual contributors & managers – built and grown many teams and successful careers, with, I hope, authenticity and integrity- 13+ years running multiple concurrent teams,>= direct 30 staff, with diverse skills, needs and outcomes. XFN teams- Success inventing, designing, empirically validating, developing and ultimately, on occasion, decommissioning, internal products and brands delivering capabilities which improve customer experience and efficiency- Broad based significant influence spanning technology partners, product & business users. Often set or steer priorities, architecture and planning for those teams essential for shared success- Technical background: Mechanical & Electronic Engineering, Computer Science and algo./quant trading- Experienced org, eco-system, application, and template ‘archaeologist’ - product, platform and more- Customer, partner and peer feedback highly regarded – ultimately the degree and coverage of positive impact matters- Execution of large, ambitious, ambiguous projects modernizing workflows, user-experience, and capabilities - on occasion with a totally new product- Experience creating and managing experiments; often from small teams dependent on others into broader reality, acceptance, and firm-wide use- Success at communicating cross-functionally and building trusting and influential partnerships across business, engineering, and analytics- Drive, seek consensus on technology, product and rollout roadmaps - Comfortable presenting to leadership, global forum events etc. though to whiteboard sessions with developers- Product management & Engineering management; cross functional teams- Plenty of experience defining vision and strategy for products, application and brand - lots of successes and failures - Often pragmatic, keen to maximize impact. POC fast, establish metrics and deliver incrementally- Advocate and implement standardization and best-practice across products, teams and the globe.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President (i E Director)

   PIMCO

   Jul 2018 — Present · Newport Beach, CA, US

   Execution / Trading tech. manager, global.