Harvey Koeppel talks about directing internal and external operations for the Center for CIO Leadership

October 18th and October 20th Harvey sets the Center\'s strategy and directs internal and external operations.

Harvey sets the Center’s strategy and directs internal and external operations.

Harvey Koeppel

Harvey Koeppel is Executive Director of the Center for CIO Leadership. In this capacity, Harvey sets the Center’s strategy and directs internaland external operations. He also serves as Chairman of the Center’s Advisory Committee.

From May 2004 through June 2007, Harvey served as the Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Citigroup’s Global Consumer Group (GCG). In that role, Harvey set the strategic direction for the GCG’s operations and technology and actively supported the development and growth of the operations and technology community across all GCG lines of business globally. Harvey served as the Chairperson of the Offshore Program Office Steering Committee and provided strategic input to GCG’s offshore and outsourcing practices. He additionally provided executive oversight to the Information Security and Data Protection programs for the Group.

Prior to taking on the CIO role, Harvey provided consulting services to CitiFinancial, Citibank and other Citi affiliates from 1986 to 2004. He was heavily involved in supporting the planning and integration of many of Citi’s major acquisitions, including Travelers Insurance, Associates First Capital, European American Bank and Golden State Bank.

Harvey has a distinguished record of IT innovation in the financial services industry. He designed the first graphical user interface for the NASDAQ trader workstation. He was the architect and designer of FxNet, a software program that revolutionized the way large financial institutions manage settlement risk within FX portfolios. He was also a primary contributor to the development of the Maestro platform at CitiFinancial, the online interface between customers, the sales force and the back office, which fundamentally changed the loan sales and approval process and significantly streamlined branch workflow. Harvey is the named inventor on the Citibank patent of the “Recommendation Engine”, a software component that advises sales and service staff about products and services to discuss with clients based upon their financial goals and objectives.

Harvey holds Bachelor degrees in Psychology and Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh.

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