CME Group Announces Annual Corporate Office Promotions
February 17 2009 - 5:12PM
PR Newswire (US)
CHICAGO, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CME Group, the world's
largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced the
following Corporate Officer promotions, which were effective
February 15: -- Danielle Dycus, 43, Managing Director, Europe,
Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Dycus is responsible for the
creation, execution and management of CME Group's long-term growth
strategy within EMEA, including growing the company's customer base
and increasing awareness of the CME Group brand and products in the
region. Prior to joining the company in 1991, Dycus worked in
marketing roles for Lend Lease Retail, Ltd. in Sydney, the Times of
India in New Delhi and AIESEC in Chicago. She earned bachelor's
degrees in management and French from Purdue University and an MBA
from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
-- David Hoag, 39, Managing Director, Clearing Technology Hoag
leads an IT team responsible for delivering high performance and
reliable technology solutions that enable CME Clearing to protect
the integrity of its current markets and expand into new ones.
Prior to joining the company in 2003, Hoag held technology roles
with Bearing Point Inc. and ObjectWave Corporation. He earned a
bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of
Illinois. -- Kevin Lennon, 42, Managing Director, Real Estate
Lennon is responsible for leading CME Group's real estate strategy,
portfolio management, leasing, building management and corporate
facilities functions across all of the company's locations. Before
joining the company in 1995, Lennon previously held leasing and
asset management roles for the U.S. General Services
Administration. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the
University of Notre Dame and an MBA with concentrations in real
estate and finance from the Kellogg School of Management at
Northwestern University. -- Christopher Mead, 41, Managing
Director, Marketing Mead is responsible for leading the creation
and delivery of targeted, integrated and customer-focused marketing
campaigns that differentiate CME Group products in the marketplace.
Before joining the company in 2005, Mead held marketing positions
at CNA Insurance, Total Sports, Brand Thirty-Three and United
Buyers Incorporated. He earned a bachelor's degree from Keene State
College and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at
Northwestern University. -- Mark W. Bennett, 40, Director, Software
Engineering Bennett is responsible for leading the company's
front-end development, including more than 18 different
customer-facing technology applications. Before joining the company
in 2001, Bennett held technology positions with Sapient and Science
Applications International Corporation and served 10 years in the
United States Air Force (USAF) as a Non-Commissioned Officer. He is
a graduate of the USAF advanced electronics and computer systems
engineering program. -- Thomas Boggs, 58, Director, Equity Products
Boggs is responsible for developing and executing the company's
global equity index options sales strategy. Prior to joining the
company in 2004, Boggs held options and business development roles
for Knight Financial Products, The Pacific Exchange and the Chicago
Board Options Exchange. He earned a bachelor's degree from Southern
Illinois University. -- Ellyn Burnett, 33, Director, Software
Engineering Burnett directs development for CME Group trade revenue
systems. She has held internal audit and technology roles since
joining the company in 1997. She earned a bachelor's degree in
accounting from Indiana University and a master's degree in
information systems with a concentration in project management from
DePaul University. -- Paul Callaway, 33, Director, Software
Engineering Callaway is responsible for the technology architecture
and development of the company's matching engine for CME Group
options and selected futures. Prior to joining the company in 2002,
Callaway held technology roles at Parlano (now Microsoft) and UBS.
He earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from Case Western
University and a master's degree in computer science from the
University of Michigan. -- Dennis Cue, 35, Director, Professional
Development and Organizational Effectiveness Cue is responsible for
leading the employee learning and development function at CME Group
to transform the company into a learning organization. Prior to
joining the company in 2002, Cue held training and development
roles for Nationwide Insurance and served as an Applied Psychology
instructor at The Ohio State University. He earned a bachelor's
degree in psychology from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign and a master's degree and Ph.D. in
industrial-organizational psychology from The Ohio State
University. -- Cathy DeMille, 34, Director, Systems Engineering
DeMille is responsible for managing the company's open systems and
storage platforms, data center computer infrastructure and
technology support financial controls. Prior to joining the company
in 2003, DeMille held IT consulting roles at Arthur Andersen and
Deloitte Consulting. She earned a bachelor's degree in business
administration from the University of Michigan. -- Charles Farra,
49, Director, International Sales Farra is responsible for leading
international sales efforts across all CME Group asset classes to
drive volume growth and expand our global client base. Before
joining the company in 2002, Farra gained 22 years of brokerage and
proprietary trading firm experience, focusing on institutional
customers in the Asian region and proprietary trading operations in
the U.S. He earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from Indiana
University and an MBA in finance from DePaul University. -- Mahesh
Hira, 55, Director, Product Management and Operational Solutions
Hira is responsible for directing new product launch execution and
product data management across CME Group platforms. Hira has served
in trading floor and electronic trading operations and risk
management roles since joining the company in 1989. He earned a
bachelor's degree in economics from Bombay University, a bachelor's
degree in computer science from Roosevelt University and a post
graduate certificate in software development from DePaul
University. -- Ciby Kuruvilla, 37, Director, Quality Assurance
Kuruvilla is responsible for overseeing the quality management of
back-end systems within CME Group's electronic trading systems.
Prior to joining the company in 2003, Kuruvilla held technology
consulting roles for Amgen, Brocade, Hitachi Semiconductor, 3Com,
Charles Schwab and Broadbase. He earned a bachelor's degree in
electronics engineering from Bombay University and a bachelor's
degree in management from Menlo College. -- Sachi Pati, 36,
Director, Software Engineering Pati is responsible for leading the
development of trade processing and risk management tools used by
CME Clearing. Prior to joining the company in 2000, Pati worked for
various IT consulting companies including Covansys and Tata
Consultancy Services. He earned a bachelor's degree in applied
electronics and instrumentation engineering from Regional
Engineering College in Rourkela, India. -- Jim Skillen, 41,
Director, Systems Engineering Skillen is responsible for leading
CME Group's enterprise technology production assurance team. Before
joining the company in 2002, Skillen managed technical
infrastructure for W.W. Grainger, Inc. He earned a bachelor's
degree in economics from Loras College. -- Ari Studnitzer, 31,
Director, Software Engineering Studnitzer is responsible for
leading the development of CME Group order routing systems. Before
joining the company in 2002, Studnitzer held software development
and project management roles at Deloitte Consulting. He earned a
bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA in finance and strategy
from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. --
Kathleen Wilcox, 35, Director, Corporate Initiatives Group Wilcox
is responsible for driving program management across CME Group's
business initiatives. Prior to joining the company in 2006, Wilcox
gained more than nine years of experience in business and technical
consulting. She earned a bachelor's degree in economics from
Northwestern University and will complete an MBA from the
University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2009. -- David
Wong, 31, Director, Enterprise Risk Management Wong is responsible
for leading the company's enterprise risk management program.
Before joining the company in 2007, Wong was a First Vice President
of Risk Management at LaSalle Bank ABN AMRO and a Manager of
Enterprise Risk Services at Deloitte. He earned a bachelor's degree
in accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern
University and a certificate in strategic decisions and risk
management from Stanford University. He is a Certified Public
Accountant and a Certified Information Systems Auditor. -- Jaime
Yeh, 31, Director, Product Marketing Yeh is responsible for
executing CME Group's global marketing. Before joining the company
in 2005, Yeh held marketing roles for Citigroup's Citi Merchant
Services Division and Sourcelight Technologies. She earned a
bachelor's degree in media and English from Northwestern University
and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern
University. CME Group (http://www.cmegroup.com/) is the world's
largest and most diverse derivatives exchange. Building on the
heritage of CME, CBOT and NYMEX, CME Group serves the risk
management needs of customers around the globe. As an international
marketplace, CME Group brings buyers and sellers together on the
CME Globex electronic trading platform and on trading floors in
Chicago and New York. By acting as the buyer to every seller and
the seller to every buyer, CME Clearing virtually eliminates
counterparty credit risk. CME Clearing also offers financial
safeguards to help mitigate systemic risk, providing the security
and confidence market participants need to operate, invest and
grow. CME Group offers the widest range of benchmark products
available across all major asset classes, including futures and
options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange,
energy, agricultural commodities, metals, and alternative
investment products such as weather and real estate. CME Group is
listed on NASDAQ under the symbol "CME." The Globe logo, CME,
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME Group, Globex, E-mini and CME
ClearPort are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT
and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of the Board of Trade of
the City of Chicago. NYMEX and New York Mercantile Exchange are
trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a
trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners. Further information about CME
Group and its products can be found at http://www.cmegroup.com/.
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