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10 Morgan Stanley engineering leaders
These ten people hold or have held executive director or managing director engineering and technology roles at Morgan Stanley, from a co-CTO and division CTOs and CIOs to platform, Kubernetes and application development engineering leaders. A reader can learn how engineering leaders build and run their teams in banking companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Hina Shamsi
LinkedInExperience: CIO Wealth Management · Morgan Stanley
CIO Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley since March 2026. Former Managing Director, CTO US Banks and Head of Banking, Advisory and Investment Solutions Technology at Morgan Stanley (2021–2026). Former EVP, Chief Information Officer at Texas Capital (2019–2021), and former SVP Technology (2018–2019) and VP Technology (2016–2018) at Fidelity Investments.
Krista Moutzouros
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Application Development · Morgan Stanley
Executive Director, Application Development at Morgan Stanley since April 2021. Former Senior Director Application Development (2020–2021) and Director Software Engineering (2018–2020) at E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley, and former Director of Software Engineering (2011–2018) and Manager of Software Engineering (2008–2011) at CME Group.
Merav Pepere
LinkedInExperience: CIO, Managing Director · Morgan Stanley
Former CIO, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley (1993–2023); the profile describes an International and Data CIO role in 2021–2023, appointment as EMEA Senior Manager (SMF24), and membership of the Morgan Stanley EMEA Operating Committee and Global Technology Operating Committee. Member Board of Directors at IDBNY since July 2024 and Board Member at CORE Foundation since February 2024.
Merveille Nagarsheth
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Application and Infrastructure Engineering · Morgan Stanley
Executive Director, Application and Infrastructure Engineering at Morgan Stanley since January 2015, a role the profile lists in the Engineering and Technical department. Former President and Partner, USA at Systems Plus Solutions (2008–2015), former Head - Web Application Engineering and Hosting at TIAA (2005–2008) and former Sr. Consulting Architect at IBM (2001–2005).
Michael Poser
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Co-CTO at Morgan Stanley · Morgan Stanley
Managing Director, Co-CTO at Morgan Stanley since February 2022; the headline lists Global Head of Technology Infrastructure, Shared Application Services, Technology Architecture, and Cloud Transformation. Former CIO of Enterprise Technology and Risk at Morgan Stanley (2011–2022), former CIO, Group Technology Infrastructure Services at UBS (2005–2011) and former Global Head of Technology Infrastructure at JPMorganChase (1992–2005).
Nicholas Zinn
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer for Global Operations · Morgan Stanley
Chief Technology Officer for Global Operations at Morgan Stanley since January 2020 and Managing Director since May 2019; the profile says the role supports broker dealer operations for the Wealth Management and Institutional Securities businesses. Former Managing Director, Global Head of Bank Resource Management Technology (2009–2016) and Executive Director, Global Head Prime Brokerage Risk & Margin Technology (2006–2009) at Morgan Stanley.
Niti Singh
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director - CTO of US Banks and Head of Banking Technology · Morgan Stanley
Managing Director - CTO of US Banks and Head of Banking Technology at Morgan Stanley since May 2026. Former Managing Director - Head of Banking Technology, Deputy CTO of US Banks (2025–2026), Managing Director - Head of Treasury and Funding Technology (2024–2025), Managing Director - Head of Treasury Technology (2023–2024) and Executive Director - Head of Treasury Technology (2019–2023) at Morgan Stanley.
Oscar Sumano
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Head of Kubernetes Engineering · Morgan Stanley
Executive Director, Head of Kubernetes Engineering at Morgan Stanley since September 2018, based in New York City. Former Director, Head of Cloud Engineering at Credit Suisse (2014–2018), former Director at Condé Nast (2011–2013), former Director Of Operations at NYSE (2010–2011) and former Associate Director, Digital at Condé Nast (2004–2010).
Ray Hiltbrand
LinkedInExperience: Distinguished Engineer, Managing Director - Platform and Data Engineering · Morgan Stanley
Distinguished Engineer, Managing Director - Platform and Data Engineering at Morgan Stanley since January 2024; the profile says Ray leads Business Aligned Platforms for Enterprise Technology & Services and is the Alpharetta site lead. Former Distinguished Engineer, Executive Director - Engineering - Analytics, Data, and Foundation Services (2020–2024), and former Executive Director Engineering and Architecture at E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley (2016–2020).
Rupesh Saxena
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director (Director of Engineering) · Morgan Stanley
Executive Director (Director of Engineering) at Morgan Stanley since January 2020, based in Bengaluru; the headline also lists site lead and system design and architecture. Former Vice President (Senior Engineering Manager) at Morgan Stanley (2015–2019), former Vice President (Engineering Manager) at S&P Global (2012–2015) and former Software Designer at RBS (2008–2012).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should a global bank split engineering ownership between shared infrastructure and business-aligned technology teams?
- 02What does it take to move core banking and trading platforms to cloud and container infrastructure under regulatory oversight?
- 03How do engineering leaders integrate technology teams that join through acquisitions?
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