JT Thykattil

VP & Research Director at Forrester Research Inc | Citadel Securities Alum

Speaker

JT leads the research team that serves professionals in enterprise architecture, digital workplace and IT delivery operations for Financial Services, Banking and fintech.

JT drives technology adoption, architecture and sales focusing on Cloud Architecture, Hybrid Data Center Technologies, High Performance Computing (HPC), FinOps, Cloud Economics, IT Technology Services, Corporate Development and Strategic Alliances. Experience includes serving as Director of Solutions Architecture at a Bain Capital Investments Private Analytics Firm, leading a team of seasoned professionals driving global solutions, sales and delivery. Customer Engineering at Google Cloud working with GSIs, ISVs and global Financial Services, Banking, Retail, Insurance, Private Wealth Management, Telecom, Manufacturing and Energy companies. Director of Solutions Engineering at Cox Communications. In addition, JT has held various architecture & engineering roles in financial services and capital markets at Citadel Securities, DRW Trading, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group). Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois

MBA in Management & Economics from the University of Chicago