Conference Chair 

Peter Harris
Conference Chair

Pete Harris is President, Americas and Editor-at-Large at A-Team Group, a publishing, research and consulting company focusing on the deployment of information technologies in the global financial markets.

Before joining A-Team, Mr. Harris worked as an independent consultant, advising technology innovators on how to best position their products and services to serve Wall Street and the financial markets.

Prior to working as a technology consultant, Mr. Harris held a number of editorial, publishing and management positions – including Editor-in-Chief and President – at Waters Information Services (now Incisive Media). There, he spearheaded the company’s move into events and online services.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Harris specialized in software development. In the mid 1980s, he was a project manager and software architect, working in the Advanced Systems Group of the London Stock Exchange. At the LSE, Mr. Harris built one of the world’s first digital market data distribution systems, dubbed Radix. He has also held a variety of software management and development roles at Intercom Data Systems (now Fidessa), Knight-Ridder Unicom (since merged into Reuters) and the Financial Times.

Away from financial technology, Mr. Harris is a board member of GenomeWeb and is also active in the NYC independent music scene, running an Internet radio station, publishing a blog and a monthly newsletter and operating an online gig search website. He also promotes music showcases and assists with the career development of independent artists.