Mission Statement: The Wall Street Technology Association (WSTA) provides financial industry technology professionals, vendors, service providers, and consultants with forums to learn from and connect with each other. The WSTA facilitates seminars and networking events where members meet and exchange ideas and best practices that assist them in effectively capitalizing on technology advances and dealing with financial industry business challenges. Founded in 1967,the WSTA is a not-for-profit association with a long history of evolving to meet the needs of its members. For more information on the WSTA, call 732-530-8808 or visit www.wsta.org.

Who should be interested in Membership: CIOs, CIO delegates and Senior Technology and Product Managers and other senior professionals who are responsible to using technology to solve business problems. Vendors and Consultants who has a proven track record in delivering solutions to the financial industry.

Membership by Title

WSTA financial firm members are employed at banks, brokerages, hedge funds, insurance companies and other financial firms. The WSTA currently has approximately 2,600 members from over 65 different firms; 70% of the members hold titles such as CIOs, CTOs, Vice Presidents, Director or Manager. The remaining 30% are analysts, engineers, specialists, etc.

Joining the WSTA

Now Accepting Membership Applications for 2012

WSTA Membership (open to Financial Firms)
Members of the WSTA consist of technology professionals in the financial industry (banks, brokerages, insurance companies). To be eligible for membership, the firm must be a member of one or more exchanges.
The WSTA offers an Individual membership and Corporate membership (no limit to the number of members who may be listed). Benefits include free or discounted admission to the WSTA educational seminar series, free admission to two WSTA Exclusive, Invitation-only Social Events, access to the WSTA membership directory, White Papers, CyberLibrary, Career Center, NYU-Poly's Masters Program, Vendor discounts on products and services, etc. To learn how you can join the WSTA please click here.

WSTA Vendor Affiliate Program (open to vendors and industry consultants)

The WSTA Vendor Affiliate Program is an integral component of the association. Affiliates contribute significantly to the WSTA by sponsoring educational and networking programs for WSTA financial firm members. These programs strengthen the bond between the WSTA members and companies that serve the technology needs of the financial community. As an Affiliate, your company can take advantage of many benefits that provide opportunities for ongoing exposure and access to prospective clients and partners. Through organized marketing activities, the WSTA can help positively position your firm and its solutions to key decision makers.

When your firm joins the WSTA Affiliate program, you receive a year of ongoing exposure and opportunities to build realtionships with WSTA members (over 2,600) and other technology professionals (approximately 12,000).

There are four affiliate levels (Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze) available for vendors and consultants. To learn more about the Vendor Affiliate Program please click here.

WSTA Events

WSTA Seminars
Typically half-day events with continental breakfast, keynote presentation by an industry analyst, followed by vendor presentations. Speakers also have tabletop space in the demo area.

• February 15, 2012 - Cloud-based Transformations - Moving Workloads into a Secure Cloud - New York City
• March 15, 2012 - The Data Dilemma - Enabling the Intelligent Enterprise - New York City
• April 17, 2012 - Mobile Convergence and Capitalizing on the New Way to Work - Boston
• May 16, 2012 - Applications Development, Delivery & Modernization - New York City
• Sept. 20, 2012 - Mobile Convergence and Capitalizing on the New Way to Work - New York City
• Oct. 18, 2012 - The Data Dilemma - Enabling the Intelligent Enterprise - Boston
• Nov. 1, 2012 - Hot Technologies - Emerging Technology Drivers on Wall Street - New York City

For the complete seminar schedule, please click here. Speaking and sponsorship opportunities at our seminars are available.

WSTA Social Events
The WSTA hosts networking and social events to provide opportunities to meet new prospects and existing customers in a relaxed atmosphere. Sponsorships to promote your firm are also available. For more information about attending a WSTA Social Event, please click here.

Brand Exposure

Digital Ticker Magazine (sent quarterly)
The WSTA Digital Ticker , sent to over 14,000 technology professionals, contains educational articles written by industry consultants, WSTA Affiliates and members. Articles provide insight into existing and emerging technologies, products and services, as well as information technology and networking strategies to help firms achieve their objectives. The "What's New" Showcase section features a showcase of companies, products & services for the financial market. http://www.wsta.org/publications

Resource Guide
The Resource Guide lists companies who offer a broad range of products and services for the financial industry by category. For more information please click here.

Limelight e-newsletter (sent monthly)
The WSTA Limelight e-newsletter, sent to over 14,000 technology professionals, contains information about upcoming WSTA events, highlighted ads and member news.

Website
The WSTA Website offers many ways to promote products and services including three banner positions, podcasts/webcasts, white papers and featured editorial. The What's New Showcase and Resource Guide listings provide additional online exposure. For more information visit, http://www.wsta.org/publications/advertising_and_sponsorships/wsta_web_site_and_e_mail_advertising

WSTA Web Resources

The WSTA web site provides easy access to a wide-range of educational and industry related information anywhere, anytime.

WSTA Career Center
Post resumes, search jobs and more. Employers and Recruiters may post new jobs and search for candidates. http://www.wsta.efinancialcareers.com/

Connect with colleagues, ask business questions, etc.
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=52373&trk=anet_ug_grppro

WSTA CyberLibrary
The WSTA CyberLibrary provides in-depth IT analyst reports and vendor white papers for technology professionals in the financial industry. For more information please visit http://cyberlibrary.wsta.org/

Industry Resources
This section provides information on current industry events, white papers and research articles, training information and other informative sites. Visit it here.

Digital Ticker
This section includes recently published articles from the WSTA digital Ticker magazine. Visit it here.

"What's New" Showcase
Published in each issue of the digital Ticker magazine, this section features a showcase of companies, products & services for the financial market. Visit the online edition here. If you are interested in promoting your firm in the "What's New" Showcase, please click here.