David Saul

Senior Vice President and Chief Scientist
State Street

David Saul is senior vice president and chief scientist at State Street Corporation, reporting to the chief information officer. In this role, he is responsible for proposing and assessing new advanced technologies for the organization as well as evaluating technologies already in use at State Street and their likely evolution in order to reinforce the organization’s leadership position in financial services.

Mr. Saul previously was chief information security officer, where he oversaw State Street’s corporate information security program, controls and technology. Prior to that, he managed State Street’s Office of Architecture, where he was responsible for the overall enterprise technology, data and security architecture of the corporation. Mr. Saul joined State Street in 1992 after 15 years with IBM’s Cambridge Scientific Center, where he managed innovations in operating systems virtualization, multiprocessing, networking and personal computers. Mr. Saul serves as a trustee of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. In 2007 he was honored with a Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader Award. American Banker named Mr. Saul as one of its Top Innovators of 2013 for his work on data semantics and standards.

Mr. Saul holds bachelors and master’s degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Data Management, Regulations & Compliance

Sunday, January 4th, 2015

13:10 Semantic Technology And Financial Standards: Creating Synergy Between Data Analytics And Regulatory Compliance

Financial services companies want to develop new data analytics products and services for their clients. The increasing complexity and cost of global regulatory compliance diverts attention and resources from those efforts. The development of data standards, through industry partnerships like the Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Council, when combined with semantic technologies creates a synergy that can address both requirements.
o Development of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) from a regulatory mandate
o How public/private collaboration can work to the benefit of both
o Emerging standards: Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO) is an emerging standard from the Object Management Group (OMG) that
o Exploiting semantics to describe data so that it can be used for both data analytics and risk management
o Utilizing semantic data standards to create transparency both internally and externally to enhance data governance

14:30 Interactive Roundtable Discussions:

Interactive Roundtable Discussions: Since the earlier part of the day was jam-packed with detailed presentations and thought-provoking panel discussions, here’s your opportunity to be part of the discussion! Sit with many of the day’s speakers to ask questions about their presentations, share your thoughts, and dive deeper into your challenges. Additional roundtable topics not yet discussed in the earlier sessions are available too. You pick which roundtables to partake in – choose the ones relevant to your most pressing initiatives and send your team mates to others to cover full ground. Each Roundtable discussion lasts 20 minutes – choose 2!

1. Principles & Risk: BCBS 239 - Engagement And Execution, Will You Be Ready?
Brian Buzzelli, Executive Director, Head of Enterprise Data Management, Americas, Nomura America Services

2. FIBO The Next Generation Data Standard For The Financial Industry
David Newman, Strategic Planning Manager, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Architecture and IT Strategy, Wells Fargo

3. Semantic Technology And Financial Standards: Creating Synergy Between Data Analytics And Regulatory Compliance
David Saul, Senior Vice President and Chief Scientist, State Street Corporation

4. Innovative Approaches For Risk Data Aggregation And Risk & Regulatory Reporting
John A. Bottega, Senior Advisor & Consultant, EDM Council

5. Addressing Your Entity Data Challenges in a Consolidated Way
Mark Davies, Managing Director, Avox
Mathew Lewis, Head of Client Engagement, Integration & Partnerships, Clarient Global LLC