Robert McMillen

Robert McMillen is Battea’s Chief Security Officer, responsible for data security and the design and implementation of the company’s data center and telecommunications infrastructure. He has over 25 years of experience building and supporting financial technology and infrastructure. Prior to joining Battea, he was a member of the management team at NYFIX, Inc., where he held various leadership roles, including Director of Applications Development and VP of Systems Architecture. He co-designed, implemented and supported six generations of the NYFIX Data Center, a leading financial trading network processing millions of real-time trading transactions on a daily basis. He designed and implemented the Data Center’s WAN infrastructure used on the NYSE floor and on NYFIX’s client trading desks in the buy-side and sell-side community. He was also responsible for the design, implementation, and support of the company’s Oracle and Sybase databases and EMC storage infrastructure.

Robert has worked for and consulted to a number of top financial firms and Fortune 500 companies, including Eastman Kodak, Donaldson Lufkin and Jenrette, Smith Barney, Reuters, Digital Equipment Corporation, JP Morgan, and SoftBank Corp. He has consulted to firms in international financial centers in London, Tokyo and Singapore. During his tenure with these firms, he designed, developed, enhanced, and implemented numerous trading and/or market data platforms.