Rory Ross

Vice President, Technology Global Head at Northern Trust Corporation

Specializing in investment risk, finance, and analytics, I excel at providing strategic IT leadership in bringing together cross-functional agile teams and developing large-scale web and mobile applications. The entirety of my 30-year career with a Fortune 500 company (Northern Trust) encompasses a lifetime of rewarding experiences and significant achievements. This includes consulting with business unit partners to determine systems to solve business challenges as well as managing multiple IT teams and consultants. As a thought leader, I enjoy the strategy and process of facilitating the advancement and deployment of leading-edge technologies across business applications. My leadership background includes full-cycle training, mentoring, performance evaluation, and establishing objectives across multiple divisions. - CORE COMPETENCIES - • Information Technology Management • Multidisciplinary Leadership • Systems Performance • Agile Methodologies / Delivery Teams • Transformational Programs • Mentoring/Training • Conversion/Migration Projects • Vendor/Stakeholder Relationships • Process Improvements Technologies/Tools: MS Azure framework, Java, HTML5/JS, AngularJS, jQuery, CanvasJS, Bootstrap, Spring Framework, WLP, OHS, PCF, L7/Ping, OES/NES, Zuul, Eureka, Akamai, Jasmine, JUnit, Selenium, JMeter, SoapUI, Postman, SONAR, Checkmarx, AppSpider, Bamboo, Bitbucket, TFS, PVCS, SiteScope, Introscope, JIRA, Confluence, .Net, Oracle Exadata, C++, Linux, Focus, DB2, PowerBuilder "Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” – Jack Welch