Andy Brown, Managing Director, Global Technology Strategy, Architecture and Optimization, Bank Of America, Inc

Andy Brown, Managing Director, Global Technology Strategy, Architecture and Optimization, Bank Of America, Inc.

Andy Brown leads Enterprise Technology and Delivery strategy, architecture and optimization for Bank of America. In this role, Andy is responsible for driving technology strategy, architecture and convergence as well as introducing technology innovation into the company.
He was managing director and CTO for Infrastructure at Credit Suisse from 2006 to 2008, where he oversaw a Global Virtualization Initiative as a major tenet in reducing power, servers, storage and data centers. Prior to that, Andy was managing director and chief technology architect at Merrill Lynch, where he spearheaded strategic plans, guidelines, technology governance processes and technology portfolio management. He originally joined Merrill Lynch in London in 1996, serving in roles in Europe and the US in infrastructure architecture and engineering, Equity Technology Architecture, GMI Architecture, GMI eCommerce, Global Networks and Market Data Services.
Previously, Andy led technology architecture for Banque Paribas Capital Markets, based in London and Paris. His major achievement was the rollout of Windows/NT desktop across the PCM businesses, enabling a new generation of desktop financial instrument development and associated revenue streams. Prior to that, Andy worked for British Telecom, Royal Dutch Shell and Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI).
He holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Physics from University College London.