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WHY INSIGHTS MATTER
I speak the language of the desk and the developer. For over two decades, I traded interest rate derivatives across the world's biggest financial centers: London, New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Sydney. The work required rapid analysis, creative problem-solving under pressure, and the ability to find clarity in complexity.
In 2022, I made a deliberate shift. I moved to Japan and started building something new: a consultancy that brings that same analytical rigor to combine front-office reality with the power of open-source standards.
Insight-Matters partners with financial institutions to modernize their operational infrastructure without disrupting business-critical flows:
- Legacy Modernization: Bridging the gap between established core banking systems and modern, agile data architectures.
- Operational Resilience: Engineering robust data pipelines that automate reconciliation, reporting, and trade processing to reduce operational risk.
- Open Standards Adoption: Helping firms leverage FINOS standards (like CDM and FDC3) to break vendor lock-in and improve interoperability between internal applications.
- Cloud-Native Compliance: Designing secure cloud environments that respect the strict regulatory boundaries of the Japanese financial sector.
Common Standards. Uncommon Insights.
How I Work
My approach is defined by "Pragmatic Modernization." I understand that in banking operations, stability is paramount. We don't "move fast and break things", instead we build parallel modern structures that prove their value before they replace legacy processes.
Based in Japan, I offer a unique combination: the global perspective of open-source financial standards (FINOS) applied with a deep respect for the local regulatory and operational context of the Japanese market.
Who I Work With
I partner with Operations Leaders and CIOs at mid-tier financial institutions who are tasked with "doing more with less." You are likely facing pressure to improve auditability and speed, but are constrained by rigid vendor systems and legacy manual processes.
If you need an external partner who speaks the language of derivatives and settlement as fluently as Python and Cloud Architecture—someone who can bridge the gap between your IT department and the Front Office—we should speak.
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