Richard Itri Email Address

Managing Director

PJT Partners (NYSE:PJT) is a leading independent investment bank. For every challenge, from the straightforward to the complex, our team of veteran practitioners brings together proven experience and fresh thinking to drive the highest-quality outcomes.

For the past 18 years, I have been driving innovation, minimizing risk, and accelerating trading and operations activities for financial services and investment firms. I began my career as a developer and advanced to the senior executive level where I have the opportunity to align business and technology strategies while providing solutions to support and facilitate front-, middle-, and back-office operations. Because of my extensive background in Alternative Investment/Asset management industry, I understand the needs of asset management companies, and I am able to develop leading-edge solutions to support all levels of the financial organization—from senior executives through Portfolio Managers, Traders (executing global and domestic equities, derivatives, swaps, FX, distressed debt, bespoke credit, and other products), and accountants. Strengths and attributes include: ~ Unique approach to managing IT operations as a business to dramatically cut costs and align IT with the vision and goals of the organization. ~ Able to inspire and effectively manage change by assessing needs and creating technology solutions that meet present and future business needs. ~ Engaging, accessible communication style. ~ Passion for inspiring and coaching teams. ~ Player-coach mindset; able to perform all technical roles when needed. Specialties: ►Proven Experience Leading IT for Alternative Investment & Hedge Fund Operations ►Technology Strategy & Execution ►Business & Operational Planning ►Business & Technology Alignment ►System Design & Integration ►Budgeting & Cost Containment ►Performance Analysis ►Process Improvement ►Enterprise Infrastructures & Applications ►Data Warehouse Solutions ►Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) ►Team Building & Leadership (U.S. and International Teams) ►Hands-on Technical Proficiencies: Geneva, CRD, Java, C#, C++, PL SQL, Oracle, MS SQL, and countless others