Mr. Otero has over 20 years of experience building applications and solutions for a wide set of different companies, which has given him the ability to understand client needs and produce quality solutions, all while using the top technologies.

Mr. Otero has worked in the modeling, design and development of several OMS softwares, real time trade platforms and also in some other real time industrial platforms like railway control systems. Mr Otero worked for companies Invensys Rail (Siemens), The Macgregor Group and ITG before joining Athena Investment Systems in 2005.

Mr. Otero holds a Master of Science (MS) in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain as well as a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Newcastle Upon Tyne University in England. He also holds several software certifications.

Mr. Guarnieri has demonstrated a deep understanding of the needs of the financial community, and how to optimize its workflow.

Mr. Guarnieri spent more than 9 years with Macgregor/ITG, where he worked as a Platform Architect and Project Lead & Development Manager. He elevated the competitive edge initiative by introducing cutting-edge features to the Portfolio Management platform such as Multi-Asset support, a novel Multi-Factor Optimizer with real-time solving capabilities, a Software Development Kit, Real Time Market Data Feeds supporting Reuters and Bloomberg, and Fixed Income Electronic Trading supporting TradeWeb and MarketAxess. These features were central to winning the Waters Magazine Award celebrating XIP as the Best Portfolio Management platform.

Mr. Guarnieri holds a Master of Science (MS) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ancona (Italy).

Mr. Pastoors has over 19 years of experience designing and delivering financial software solutions for Windows platforms using a variety of Microsoft development environments such as C++, C# and VB. He also has extensive experience working on portfolio management systems, OMS, Compliance, FIX, Financial Analytics, and database development (MSSQL and Sybase).

Mr. Pastoors is proficient in XML, Java, and COM, and is also an accomplished researcher, having presented his work at the IFIP-TC6/European Union International Conference on Networking.

Mr. Pastoors has a Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science from the Technical University of Karlsruhe (Germany); and also attended University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Mr. Pastoors was the Co-Author of the BMECat specification: electronic catalog format used by major German companies for e-Procurement.

Mr. Suils’ background in the Signal Processing, Defense & Space and Financial Services Industry has made him invaluable to Athena as an architect of fault-tolerant, self-healing systems for over 19 years.

Mr. Suils has extensive experience designing portfolio management systems, OMS, Compliance, FIX, Financial Analytics, and database development (MSSQL and Sybase). Prior to joining Athena, Mr. Suils worked with Macgregor/ITG.

Mr. Suils holds a Master of Science (MS) in Electronics Engineering from the Comillas Pontifical University (ICAI) in Madrid, Spain.

Ms. Cañadilla has been with Athena since 2012. She manages and coordinates the support and development resources across 3 time zones to keep the company on track and collectively working towards the same goals.

Carmina “wrote the book” on Athena implementations and is involved with every new project as a knowledge base. She also has experience providing daily support to Athena’s clients globally and previous positions in both public and private companies.

Carmina has a degrees in Electronic Engineering from University Complutense de Madrid and Applied Physics from University Autonoma de Madrid and in the last years, she has been pursuing advanced education in project management.

Mr. Holmes’ background in finance and specific knowledge of multi-asset, buy-side workflows has helped to re-architect and streamline Athena’s current offerings and make headway in releasing new functionalities. His comprehensive understanding of start-to-finish operations at buy-side firms leads to a product with more efficiency and in turn, a better product.

Mr. Holmes holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics from Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

Mrs. Nguyen has many years of experience collaborating with various business
partners and clients to deliver excellent service. She had proven success in
performing root cause analysis that resulted in solutions that fulfilled clients’ needs.
With her incredible communication skills, tremendous attention to detail, and
proven leadership skills, she is committed to providing exceptional support to her
clients.

Phuong holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Management from Manchester Business
School and a Bachelor of Art (BA) in Business Studies from the University of
Manchester (UK).