About Us
We are an informal network of independent consultants who come together to provide a practical approach to meeting our clients' needs.
ANDREW G. BUSH
Andrew Bush has held various leadership positions at the intersection of business innovation, Data, and Technology in the Financial Services, Insurance, and Consumer Tech industries for over twenty years. He operates a boutique consulting company that provides clients with fractional and interim technology and data leadership services, including acting as the Chief Information, Security, and Data Officer for a top online travel company.
As a hands-on leader, Andrew has been applying his practical approach to innovating and scaling business models while improving effectiveness, consistency, and accuracy by combining his intimate knowledge of data science/AI, enterprise data, technology product design, and operations management. He has often found himself helping companies transition from ”growth” to “scale.”
As a strategic advisor, Andrew has
- Led the design and launch of new Chief Data and Analytics Officers to improve data quality and enable advanced use of Data Science,
- Led evaluation of reference data outsourcing options for AI SaaS firms
- Coordinated front-to-back trade flow technology architecture and stability reviews for a large back-office outsourcer.
- As a Chief Information Security Officer, he has transformed a private company's security functions, including technology, staffing, and risk management.
- As a Chief Information Officer, led the restructuring of infrastructure, corporate technology, DevOps, and quality organizations. Building new team structures and introducing new internal technology products to improve reliability and scalability while reducing total cost.
- As a Chief Data Officer, he has led the transition from an “ad-hoc” data strategy to an “enterprise” data strategy by introducing well-defined reusable data products managed through a single data management platform, which improved the time to market for new business analytics.
- Andrew currently holds multiple board advisory positions on SaaS and AI companies.
Previously, Andrew was the Head of Technology for Lazard Financial Advisory, responsible for all aspects of M&A banking technology. Here, he led the migration of multiple CRM and deal management applications to SaaS and launched new banking capabilities, including AI/NLP-enabled Knowledge Management to improve collaboration, an internal “LinkedIn” to improve productivity, and Research aggregators to reduce 3rd party research costs.
Prior to Lazard, Andrew held multiple leadership positions at Citi. He led numerous client-facing initiatives to improve customer experience, including the introduction of a new client onboarding function for capital markets, which resulted in a 25% improvement in account opening times, a 45% improvement in quality, and a 90% increase in throughput; and the transformation of the account services group for trade and treasury introducing the first global workflow and regulatory rules technology to over 40 countries and 800 people. Before Citi, Andrew was the Global Program Manager at Credit Suisse for the Securities Reference Data program. He ran the Securities, Clients, and Accounts data integration program for Barclays following the acquisition of Lehman Brothers.
Andrew has enjoyed operating at the intersection of business, data, and technology throughout his career. He has a solid track record of partnering with business leaders, understanding their goals, translating this into technology capabilities, and focusing on execution. Andrew has a Master of Business Administration from NYU-Stern, a Master of Engineering from Cambridge University, England, and a Master's in Arts from Cambridge. Born in England, he moved to New York in 2004 on a one-year contract and never returned! He now lives in Summit, New Jersey, with his two children.