New York, NY, Feb. 7, 2008 -- In 2007, the WSTA was honored to celebrate its 40th year. The WSTA’s web site was redesigned in 2007 giving it a great new look, making it more user friendly, easier to navigate and offering many new enhancements and services. For 2008, the WSTA plans to host focused roundtables, leading edge showcases and other unique events that will address technology, business and operational information. “The WSTA is committed to being a resource to the financial IT community by providing access to a wide range of educational and industry related information via the Ticker magazine, events and the WSTA web site” said Mark E. Sanders, WSTA President. Other key areas of focus include member incentive programs, higher-education forums, networking events and web site enhancements. Some of the topics to be covered in 2008 include: Threat Management/Information Security; Next-Generation WANs; Unified Communications; Data Virtualization: Data Lifecycle Management; Hot Technologies and IT Operational Excellence.

“The Wall Street Technology Association (WSTA) provides an outstanding series of programs that enables the technology professional to gain clear, practical tactics and strategies that can be applied to issues effecting technology & business in our industry. The WSTA’s programs are so effective that I utilize them to augment all of my technical department’s professional development programs”, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Savings Institution. For a complete calendar, visit www.wsta.org.

The WSTA Vendor Affiliate Program, currently in its 20th year, provides opportunities to keep financial industry professionals aware of current and emerging technologies and products, services, and/or solutions significant to the financial vertical. “We provide consulting to the financial community and I found the January WSTA seminar extremely informative in delivering content relative to our clients", technology vendor.

The Wall Street Technology Association is also pleased to announce the elected members of the 2008 WSTA Board of Directors.

WSTA 2008 Board of Directors

President
Mark E. Sanders, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, New York Life Insurance Company

1st Vice President

Natesh Mohan, Director of Corporate Services – Americas, Credit Suisse

2nd Vice President

Michael Maffattone, Chief Information Officer, Caxton Associates, LLC
Treasurer

Ronald F. Ries CPA, Chief Financial Officer, JBFCS, Inc.

Secretary

Anthony M. Iorio, SVP, Global Technology & Operations, The Capital Group Companies

Directors

Andrew Bach, Senior Vice President – Chief Communications Architect, NYSE Euronext

David T. Harmon, Esq., Partner of Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

Robert Healy, Managing Director, Head of Global Support Model, Merrill Lynch & Co.

Dr. Yoav Intrator, Global Chief Architect, Deutsche Bank

Eric Latalladi, Chief Information Officer, J.B. Hanauer & Co.

Madge M. Meyer, Executive Vice President, Global Infrastructure Services, State Street Corporation

Janahan Ramanathan, Chief Information Security Officer, Susquehanna International Group

Jim Routh, Chief Information Security Officer, Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.

Joseph Weitekamp, Senior Vice President, Strategic Technology and Architecture, ITG, Inc.

About the Wall Street Technology Association (WSTA)

The Wall Street Technology Association, founded in 1967, is a not-for-profit educational organization that focuses on technologies, operational approaches, and business issues for the global financial community. The WSTA Vendor Affiliate Program offers organized opportunities for vendors to keep financial industry professionals aware of current and emerging technologies. In addition, the WSTA offers social events, networking opportunities, and its bi-monthly educational Ticker Magazine. Its web site is a great resource for industry information and WSTA news. For more information on the WSTA, call 732-530-8808 or visit www.wsta.org.

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