Reuters Appoints New Staff To Aid CTO In Developing IT Policies, Architectures

LONDON--The Reuters corporate reorganization continues as the information provider recently made many new appointments to the office of its chief technology officer (CTO), according to sources.

Like the changes announced last year, the new appointments took effect January 1. The announcements follow the naming of Mike Sayers as chief technology officer (CTO) last autumn (TTW, September 21, 1998).

Brennan Carley has been appointed head of network strategy, with responsibility for communications network strategy. Jean-Louis Truquet is the new head of desktop strategy, responsible for desktop component strategy with a focus on standardization and re-use of the software. Truquet will lead the development of the Reuters Trader Workstation (RTW), Kobra and browser products.

Carley and Truquet report to Sayers. Truquet also reports to Greg Meekings, managing director, Global Sales and Operations (GSO), Reuters Trading Systems, for activities related to intranet and Internet solutions and applications centres.

In the research department, Richard Willis, head of research and standards, is providing guidance on the application of new technologies and coordinating activities with external technical bodies such as standards councils, universities and industry advisory boards.

In the policy group, David Green, as head of technical policy, is charged with assisting the CTO's office by guaranteeing that the technical development processes, development staff policies and technical policies are "supportive and complementary". Willis and Green report to Sayers, while Paul Iredale, director, development efficiency and Adrian Wright, director, IT security strategy, both report to Green.

In the architecture division of the chief technology office, Bill Donner, chief technical adviser and architect for the corporate and media information group, is to work with a committee (led by Sayers) on the group-wide use of emerging technology.

Bob Bailey has been appointed director, architecture and is the secretary of the overall architecture committee. Other appointments include Marc Goldberg, the new head of client site architecture; Peter Kingslake, principal analyst/designer architecture; and Irving Levine, senior vice president, architecture. Bailey, Goldberg, Kingslake and Levine all report to Sayers.

Separately, Lewis Knopf has been appointed executive vice president of Money and FX Transactions Systems (MFXTS), responsible for all technical development. Knopf reports to Marion King, managing director, MFXTS.