REDI Global Technologies, developer of the REDIPlus execution management system (EMS), today announced that Michael Sirchia has joined as its new head of infrastructure.
In this role, Sirchia is responsible for the entire REDIPlus application infrastructure across systems, networks, and storage, including the build-out and migration to REDI’s global data centers. Part of his mandate is likely assisting in the intergration of BofA Merrill Lynch’s InstaQuote business, which grew REDI’s workforce, client base and suite of middle-office solutions.
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Sirchia is a veteran with over 17 years of experience managing infrastructure for low latency and mission-critical trading platforms. Most recently, he was the head of performance engineering for the electronic trading group at JP Morgan. Prior that he served as the director of platform engineering for the systematic trading group at Citigroup. Sirchia has also held positions with Lava Trading and Greenwich Technology Partners.
He reports to Josh Schubkegel, REDI’s chief technology officer. Schubkegel, joined REDI in late 2012 after serving as the manager of trading technology at Bridgewater Associates. Schubkegel said REDI is focused on recruiting talent from diverse sectors and backgrounds to drive strategic initiatives and platform expansion.
