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Kirk Howell
- chief operating officer, SunGard Kiodex
- SunGard’s capital markets business
- kirk.howell@sungard.com
Kirk Howell is chief operating officer for Kiodex, SunGard’s commodity risk management business unit. He previously held a number of roles within Kiodex, including product manager and vice president of product development.
Before joining SunGard in 2007, Mr. Howell spent six years as an agricultural and energy commodities trader and business operations manager.
Mr. Howell is an expert in statistical, technical and fundamental analysis, trading and risk management for energy and commodities. He applies his experience as a trader and risk manager to help hedge funds, futures commission merchants and corporate hedgers gain the insights they need to optimize their investments in energy and commodities, minimize risk and support growth objectives. He led delivery of one of the first SaaS solutions that helps energy and commodities traders shorten “time to trading.”
Mr. Howell received an MBA in Quantitative Finance from NYU’s Stern School of Business and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.
Commentary
Energy and commodities traders face increasing regulatory oversight, greater need for transparency and continued shifts to electronic exchanges and clearing houses to mitigate counter-party risk. These challenges create additional demand for real-time information and more independent valuation models and market data.
At the same time, banks, FCMs, hedge funds and corporate hedgers seek lower total cost in IT solutions to help them manage through the economic downturn. Real-time exchange-connected platforms and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) models are becoming vital tools for meeting these challenges.
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