William has been a member of the PHLX’s Technology Management Staff since 1982, serving in various technical and managerial capacities. He is responsible for the Financial Automation of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX), and his management supports the PHLX’s businesses including Equity Trading, Equity Options Trading, Foreign Currency Options Trading, Futures and Clearing Services. In February 2004, William was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Tech Source (ATS), a subsidiary of the PHLX that provides technology hosting services. William has been a finalist for the Computerworld Smithsonian Award, and he was recently presented with the Sun Microsystems Stellar Performance Award and the LaSalle University Information Technology Leadership Award. His work has been featured in articles published in Computer World, Information Week, LAN Magazine, Securities Industry News and Wall Street Technology Magazine. William is also on the boards of various universities as well as the Society for Information Management (SIM). William has also served on the Securities Industry Association (SIA) Year 2000 Steering Committee. Less   View all posts

Sandra Palumbo, research fellow, reports into Yankee Group's Research Council. Her research focuses on cloud computing, enterprise mobility and service provider strategies, with particular emphasis on software as a service (SaaS), mobile applications, Web portals, managed services, professional services and wholesale. Prior to joining Yankee Group, Palumbo served as associate director at Capgemini, where she led the marketing strategy for the North American IT outsourcing business and the Capgemini Consulting subsidiary. Before that, she was director of global enterprise research at Yankee Group, with a focus on the SMB, mid-market and enterprise space addressing supply- and demand-side drivers, inhibitors and the strategic direction and growth of the managed services space. She also worked as a sales associate in the business development and strategic selling organizations at AT&T Solutions, the professional services arm of AT&T Corporation. During her time there, Palumbo worked in the networking operations and management organization, supporting global client support centers and transition teams as a process manager and developer for network activities associated with the monitoring, management and performance of a corporate network. Less   View all posts