# Michael Perez Michael Perez is a remote worker on Himalayas, Non-Executive Director at Cboe Europe BV, based in United States. Source: https://himalayas.app/@michaelperez ```text Business continuity and disaster recovery leader at Cboe Global Markets, strengthening recovery plans and ransomware resilience across exchange platforms. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | United States | | Authorized to work in | United States | | Salary expectations | 175k+ USD | | Job categories | Business Continuity Manager, Disaster Recovery Manager, Operations Manager, Incident Manager | | Skills | Business Continuity Planning, Disaster Recovery, Technology Resilience, Incident Management, Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Cyber Resilience, Bare Metal Recovery (BMR), Recovery Time Objectives, Recovery Point Objectives, Maximum Tolerable Downtime, Exchange Operations, FIX, BOE, Pitch, API Certification | ## About ```text At Cboe Global Markets, I lead business continuity and disaster recovery planning and testing for Operations across exchange platforms in the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. I maintain continuity and recovery plans, coordinate annual Business Impact Analysis assessments, and use findings to improve plans and Recovery Time Objectives. I also drive ransomware resilience and bare metal restore testing in dedicated recovery environments. I use Microsoft Copilot, Claude, and Atlassian Rovo to accelerate documentation and analysis, and I'm developing RAG-based and vector search approaches for operational knowledge management. At Cboe Europe BV, I led day-to-day operations and incident, change, and release management, and implemented DORA Pillar 2 incident workflows. I also served on the Cboe Europe BV Board of Directors, contributing to oversight of technology resilience, operational risk, and regulatory compliance. ``` ## Experience ### Non-Executive Director (current) Cboe Europe BV. Feb 2025 - Present ```text Advisory board member specializing in business continuity, disaster recovery, and technology resilience for the CEBV Operations team and incoming Operations Manager. Contributes to board-level assessment of AI dependency risk and third-party ICT resilience governance. ``` Skills: Business-Continuity, Disaster-Recovery, Technology-Resilience, DORA, IT-Resilience, Risk-Management ### Sr. Manager, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (current) [Cboe Global Markets](https://himalayas.app/companies/cboe). Feb 2025 - Present ```text Lead business continuity and disaster recovery planning and testing for Cboe's global Operations team, covering all exchange platforms across US, European, and Asia-Pacific regions. Serve as primary subject matter expert and escalation point for BC/DR across Operations. ``` Skills: Business-Continuity, Disaster-Recovery, SCI, SIFMA, FIA, Business-Impact-Analysis-(BIA), RTO, RPO, Cyber-Resilience, Bare-Metal-Recovery-(BMR), Microsoft-Copilot, Claude, Atlassian-Rovo, RAG, Vector-Search ### Executive Director Cboe Europe BV. Jan 2023 - Feb 2025 ```text Served as the board's primary voice for technology, resilience, and operations, translating technical strategy into business context for non-technical board members. Sat on the Operational Resilience and Oversight Committee and the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee. ``` Skills: Operational-Resilience, Risk-Management, Compliance, Regulatory-Engagement, AFM, ESMA ### Operations Manager Cboe Europe BV. Jan 2022 - Feb 2025 ```text Led all day-to-day operational activities for Cboe Europe BV, reporting to the CEBV President and Cboe Europe Group Trade Desk Director. Managed a mixed-level Trade Desk team supporting European exchange trading platforms across equities and derivatives. ``` Skills: Incident-Management, Change-Management, Release-Management, IAM, DORA, TradeDesk, Exchange-Operations, Equities, Derivatives, Team-Leadership ### Manager, Trade Desk [Cboe Global Markets](https://himalayas.app/companies/cboe). May 2019 - Jan 2022 ```text Led a team of experienced trading support specialists covering Cboe's Global Trading Hours Index, Equities, Options, and Futures exchanges. Served as primary escalation and subject matter expert for all Global Trading Hours platforms. ``` Skills: TradeDesk, Trading-Support, FIX, APIs, Silex, HotSpot-FX, LiveVol, Pulse, Incident-Management, Team-Leadership, KPIs, Performance-Metrics ### Senior Futures Trade Desk Analyst [Cboe Global Markets](https://himalayas.app/companies/cboe). May 2017 - Jun 2019 ```text Delivered first-level support for Futures, Options, Equity, and FX platform questions; resolved Member/TPH issues related to FIX, BOE, and PITCH APIs. Served as shift technical lead, overseeing pre-deployment change testing and operational system monitoring. ``` Skills: FIX, BOE, Pitch, Futures, Options, Equities, FX, BASH, SQL, Python, Automation, LiveVol, HotSpot-FX, Silex ### API Customer Relations Manager [Cboe Global Markets](https://himalayas.app/companies/cboe). Mar 2015 - May 2017 ```text Managed customer-facing software and hardware rollouts for CBOE/C2/CFE connectivity. Served as the API point of contact for inquiries regarding binary interfaces, market making, and market data. ``` Skills: APIs, Connectivity, Client-Relations, Onboarding, Market-Data, Market-Making ### Director, FIX Connectivity [New York Stock Exchange](https://himalayas.app/companies/nyse). Jan 2012 - Feb 2015 ```text Directed IT infrastructure management for NYSE FIX connectivity, overseeing 20-25 products/protocols, 500 servers, and 15,000+ customer connections. Developed comprehensive reporting on order rates, flow, volume, and session latency. ``` Skills: FIX, Connectivity, IT-Infrastructure, Network-Reliability, Customer-Support, Reporting, Latency ### Manager, FIX Connectivity [New York Stock Exchange](https://himalayas.app/companies/nyse). Jan 2011 - Jan 2012 ```text Managed customer connectivity and software troubleshooting with emphasis on 100% uptime. Established plans and procedures to drive rapid resolutions and cost reduction. ``` Skills: FIX, Connectivity, Troubleshooting, System-Uptime, Team-Leadership, Wiki, Automation ### Senior FIX Analyst [New York Stock Exchange](https://himalayas.app/companies/nyse). Jan 2008 - Jan 2011 ```text Provided front-line customer support via hot-line and email; worked with QA and Development to test and resolve software bugs. Managed the migration of 8,000+ customer connections from Weehawken data center to Mahwah without trade disruption. ``` Skills: FIX, Customer-Support, QA, Migration, Project-Management ### IT Operations Manager / UNIX Systems Administrator [New York Stock Exchange](https://himalayas.app/companies/nyse). Jan 2006 - Jan 2008 ```text Managed a team of 12 UNIX/Linux and Windows System Administrators across Chicago and New York. Oversaw full deployment and maintenance of a 5,000+ server farm achieving high availability using Veritas and managed backups with Veritas NetBackup. ``` Skills: Unix, Linux, Windows, Veritas, NetBackup, Storage, Hitachi, EMC, Team-Leadership ### Systems Administrator [New York Stock Exchange](https://himalayas.app/companies/nyse). Jan 2004 - Jan 2006 ```text Supported UNIX/Linux/Windows environments for NYSE trading infrastructure. ``` Skills: Unix, Linux, Windows, Trading-Infrastructure ## Education ### Purdue University 1999 - 2004 ```text Attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, from 1999 to 2004. ``` ## Tech stack - Jira - Python - Linux - Windows - Confluence - SQL - ServiceNow - Bash - Atlassian Rovo To contact Michael, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Karl Mikula](https://himalayas.app/@karlmikula): Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Consultant, MIK Consulting - [Kim Love](https://himalayas.app/@kimlove): Business Continuity Analyst, US Banks - [Joe Gustave](https://himalayas.app/@joegustave): Sr. Manager, Global BCP, TELUS Digital - [John Lizaso](https://himalayas.app/@johnlizaso): Global Custody Manager, Cognizant - [John Warren](https://himalayas.app/@johnwarren): Incident Manager, HireRight - [Herb Bradley User](https://himalayas.app/@herbbradleyuser): Associate Director, Cloud Ops, Cognizant - [Brother Darius Griffin II](https://himalayas.app/@brotherdariusgriffin): Business Systems Analyst (Project), LPL Financial - [David McWhirter](https://himalayas.app/@Cdavidmcwhirter): Senior Manager, IT Service Management & Operations, CBTS - [Marsha Buehler](https://himalayas.app/@marshabuehler): Director, IT Resiliency and Controls, Fidelity Investments - [jyoti Jaiswal](https://himalayas.app/@jyotijaiswal5): Site Reliability Engineer (SRE II), JPMorgan Chase & Co.