1. S A L V I N O G . P L A I A
snplaia@gmail.com
(516) 551-0985
Investment Banking Professional with experience supporting Fixed Income and Credit Derivatives products. Closely
working with the business, managing various sectors of trading, such as Auto, Financials and Retail in the Credit
Derivatives space. Effective in creating a positive and productive work environment and have extensive experience
throughout the Front, Middle and Back-Office Operations.
P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E :
CIBC World Markets Corp April 2014 - May 2015
Director-U.S. Regional Business Support Division
• Supported various teams within the organization, which include Fixed Income Bond HG/HY, Debt Capital
Markets(DCM), Rates, Money Market and Emerging Market desks.
• Worked with multiple desks on various products, such as New issues/Syndicates, Commodity Linked Notes, MXN
Bonos/Cetes, Corporate Bonds and Treasuries.
• Controlled the daily short Bond positions and advise the Repo desk on what positions to borrow to ensure timely
trade settlements.
• Controlled the daily RTTM/Contract sheets and ensured that all the unmatched and alleged trades were properly
addressed by our Operations team.
• Managed the traders Risk Positions on all Corporate Actions, ensuring that their positions are correctly recorded.
• Liaised with the Product Controllers on all Risk and PnL related issues/concerns.
• Developed an internal control to minimize Trace violations, which advises the Traders in a timely manner of any
dealer alledgments and because of this our Trace Report Card has been ranked higher than most companies in the
industry.
• Helped implement Bloomberg TOMS as our front-end trading platform. Assisted with the internal training and
testing to ensure proper trade flow from our front to back end systems.
• Chaired weekly Business Management meetings with Technology to discuss issues encountered and future system
enhancements.
• Carried out and administered cross training within the group to increase productivity.
Prospect 33, LLC, New York, New York December 2011 – April 2014
CCL Operations Change Management Consultant at Barclays Capital Inc.
• Work closely with Senior Management, Technology, Business, key Stakeholders and external clients to deliver
robust solutions to regulatory mandates and business driven deliverables.
• Chaired project working group conference calls with key stakeholders to report on project status, mitigate scope
creep, discuss potential risks, update and agree next actions and ensure stakeholder approval through each phase of
the project life cycle.
• Regularly collaborate with Subject Matter Experts to identify operational inefficiencies, devise solutions to
streamline manual processes and maximize operational efficiency.
• Responsible for creating test cases, organizing UAT, JIRA tracking for enhancement/Defect fixes and post
implementation check-outs.
• Deliver concise project artifacts such as Business Requirements Document, PIR (Post Implementation Reviews),
RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies) Log, Project Plans, Process Flows, Testing Strategy, Risk
Review, Go No/Go Reviews etc. in order to facilitate each phase of the project life cycle and timely delivery.
• Lead the implementation of an in-house Claims Management System (CMS) for the Treasury Market Practice
Group products (MBS, Agency Debt and Treasuries). Also assisted in the migration of the project to an off-shore
vendor and created Service Level Agreement requirements.
• Lead a variety of system process change projects in parallel, managing each one from inception to implementation,
ensuring that all change activities are completed in accordance with the agreed project plan and time frames.
• Work closely with various functional groups to analyze the current state of various processes and design a viable
future state that meets the tactical and strategic goals of the program.

2. Barclays Capital, New York, New York April 1998 – August 2011
Vice President – Credit Derivatives Operations (2005-2011)
Assistant Vice President – Credit Derivatives Trade Support (2002-2005)
Senior Analyst – International Trade Settlements (1998-2002)
S A L V I N O G . P L A I A
snplaia@gmail.com
(516) 551-0985
Reported Daily MIS:
• Recorded daily KCI/KRI (Key Control/Risk Indicators) to management: Uploaded our daily exceptions via the
Eclerx website and reported all trade exceptions on prior day trades
Managed Trade Flow:
• Helped implement CDS Clearing via ICE Clear Credit to the Credit Operations Group
• Acted as subject matter expert on Derivatives clearing process
• Managed yearly SOX testing and internal audits
• Worked with the Change Management team on Dodd-Frank Real-Time-Reporting
• Frequently interacted with the Risk & Control team on new procedures and processes for the upcoming Dodd-Frank
regulations
• Implemented new Risk & Control flow charts and check lists upon system upgrades and enhancements
• Managed incident reporting within the group
• Developed test plan/cases and coordinated test execution
• Managed quarterly testing of the disaster recovery procedures for the entire group on and off site
• Worked with our technology team on the E-Trading platform via Bloomberg and Hydrogen
• Liaised with our technology team on upcoming Dodd-Frank enhancements, helping implement updates to the matching
and risk capture systems
• Ensured trades successfully flow through the downstream process and match with the counterparties details in a timely
manner
• Reviewed all reports from our external vendor and ensure that all breaks are accounted for and resolved in a timely
manner
• Liaised with Legal and Compliance on Restructuring/Succession events
• Liaised with the COO team on new account openings, transfers and product restructuring
Minimized Risk:
• Managed the desks curves via our internal pricing application
• Managed the desks static via our internal static data application
• Liaised with our Risk & Control team on incident reporting, making sure incidences were reported and clearly written in a
timely manner
The Bank of New York, New York, New York February 1995 – April 1998
Senior Global Tri-party Clearance Administrator – International Trade Settlements
Kidder Peabody Inc, New York, New York June 1993 – January 1995
Senior Analyst – Trade Support
ABN-AMRO Bank NV, New York, New York September 1991 – May 1993
Analyst – Settlements
C O M P U T E R S K I L L S :
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel), Bloomberg TOMS, ADP BPS, MarketAxess, TRACE, ICE Clear Credit,
CTM/Domestic OASYS ALERT
P R O F E S S I O N A L L I C E N S E
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3. E D U C A T I O N :
Queens College, Queens, New York
Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Dean’s Honor List and Member of the Honor Roll Society / GPA: 3.6
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