Alex Golbin

Global Head of Data Services
BlackRock

Alex Golbin, CFA, Managing Director, is the Global Head of BlackRock Data Services. This group provides centralized data support for the Firm, and serves the dual mission of supporting BlackRock and BlackRock Solutions (BRS) clients through overseeing Security Master, Client, Portfolio and Retail Flows Data, as well as Pricing, Index, Risk and Analytics Reporting, Performance and Attribution. BDS teams ensure comprehensive Quality Assurance and timely delivery of all information relevant to investment and risk professionals while running a scalable and efficient operational process on over $17T of BlackRock and BRS assets. Mr. Golbin is a member of the Business Operations Leadership Committee.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2005, Mr. Golbin was a Principal in Banc of America Securities' Fixed Income Credit Strategy group. Previously, he was a Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers Fixed Income Research department. Mr. Golbin joined Lehman Brothers in 1994, and became responsible for producing Global Family of Fixed Income Indices. Previously, Mr. Golbin spent three years as a systems analyst with Siemens Corporation.

In 2005 he was elected to the Board of Directors of FIASI, the Fixed Income Analysts Society, and as the President in 2008/2009. Mr. Golbin earned a MS degree, with distinction, in computer science from Hofstra University in 1996

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Harnessing Technologies and Developing Solid Foundations for Data Management

Thursday, September 7th, 2017

09:20 Panel Discussion | Mapping Solutions to Problems at Every Stage in Data Management

Data management maturity varies across the industry and many data management executives have started or updated data management programs. What problems have been presented and what solutions have been put forward? How are data organizations getting their starts? What are their mandates? How have data management organizations sustained or changed direction? What is foundational now?
Panelists will discuss:
• How and why their programs were started
• How data has evolved within organizations
• Key needs of the data organization in 2017 and beyond

Leveraging Standards and Technology to Drive the Business into the Future

Thursday, October 5th, 2017

14:00 Closing Future Outlook Panel |Revolutionizing Data Management to Respond to Future Market Trends, Technology Advances and the Information Explosion

Financial markets trending towards increased global integration, regulatory standardization, and resiliency; Exploding data and information volumes, velocity, capacity and analytics; Technology advances including cloud computing, Blockchain, IoT, maching learning. While the topics at a glance seem far removed from the ongoing demands of data lineage, data quality and regulatory requirements, data sits beneath each of these. What is going to have to change from a data perspective to take advantage of these opportunities to grow the business? How can data management support a broad range of product offerings to meet the demands of the changing customer?
Industry leaders will discuss:
• What transformations in data management techniques and frameworks will be necessary to respond to future demands and challenges
• Which information management and application technology innovations are likely and that we should anticipate
• On the horizon: implications for the connected person, data architecture, CX , regulation, data quality and governance
• How to approach the planning and preparation to assess the suitability, value and potential integration of new technologies, applications, and data management capabilities