Al Barbieri

Al Barbieri is President and Chief Operating Officer of CSS, a position he has held since August 2020. As President, Al oversees the day-to-day running of the firm. Al had served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since 2017, leading securities processing, product development, client services, customer acquisitions solution team, enterprise project management, and transformation. Al brings over 30 years of experience in housing finance with an emphasis in capital markets fixed-income operations and cash management including 20 years with Fannie Mae in a variety of executive positions, most notably as Senior Vice President where he managed large middle and back-office operations as well as many mission-critical projects.

Earlier in his career, Al held several senior positions responsible for overseeing mortgage securities operations for Wall Street firms such as First Boston, Morgan Stanley, and Nomura Securities. Al also worked on the MBS trading desk at Chase Bank where he traded MBS repurchase agreements. Al attended Queens College New York, is a Certified Treasury Professional designated by The Association for Financial Professionals, and has completed Executive Development Programs at Harvard Business School. Al previously was a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s FEDWIRE Securities Customer Advisory Group, and formerly held his Series 7 General Securities Representative license and Series 63 Uniform Securities Agent license.