James Massa

Background

About James Massa

I am an executive with 30+ years of increasing responsibility and impact in roles spanning data management, data strategy, AI and AI augmented SDLC, AWS, technical program management, QA, engineering, and architecture. This experience made me an SME thought leader who delivers impactful outcomes and scalable products:Data• CDOIQ, CDO Magazine speaker, and DGIQ speaker• Created material for CDOIQ Certified Chief Data Officer Program • Patent for a data quality framework that ensures AI-ready data• Patent for an automated data quality decision making system for ML models• Led LOB response to a $350MM Trade Surveillance OCC consent order for technical data quality• Led LOB response to a $2B AML/KYC OCC consent order for master data management • Leveraging AI tooling for data catalogs, data lineage, etc.• Data Strategy: data mesh, data lakes, warehouses, pipelines, marketplaces, products and contracts• Industry thought leader in data quality • Assessing data quality and data drift impact to AI ModelsAI, ML, LLM and GenAI • AI-Enabled SDLC• Responsible AI • Agentic AI• Going the last mile to production with models that save > 65% of analyst work• Model health inspection and KPIs (MRM)• Explainability • WAICF SpeakerAsset and Wealth Management • Controls and Compliance (Trade surveillance, KYC, AML, Control Room, Monitoring, Suitability) • Brokerage order management system (OMS) • Managed account portfolio management system (PMS) • Operations for Security maintenance, Margin, Discretionary account mandatesAWS and Cloud Migrations • Certified AWS Solutions Architect• Shift FinOps left with autonomous coding • Refactoring to scalable, serverless, event-driven architecture that saves > 80% of infra cost• Bubble cost minimization that saves > 40% of migration cost• AWS COE leadershipDigital Transformations• Data Strategy• AI4Tech• AI Analytics• Cloud• Agile• SRE• DevOpsSelected honors and accolades:• Highest JPMC performance ratings for 2024 and a 98% manager effectiveness score in the employee opinion survey.• Winner of the 2024 FS Tech award for leading the Best Financial Services IT Team • Patents for AI Sprint Plans, Data quality, LLM Doc Processing, MLOps, FinOps, automated testing, and AI insider trading detection • AWS Certified Solutions Architect• Global keynote speaker on data management (CDOIQ, DGIQ, & CDO Magazine), responsible AI, FinOps, etc. • Two masters degrees• ValedictorianIn my spare time, I enjoy talking with my wife, lacrosse with my kids and calling my best friend from first grade.