BJ Fesq is Chief Data Officer at CIT Group where he is responsible for the firm’s technology strategy, enterprise architecture, and data management practices. BJ is currently leading strategic efforts to modernize CIT’s technology platform through the use of innovative capabilities in areas including data virtualization, master data management, mobile apps & devices, scrum, ALM, and data center automation. BJ has worked at several of the world’s largest financial services institutions, most recently as Chief Architect and one of the first Technology Fellows at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was responsible for grid computing and mobile strategy for the enterprise. He has held several prior architecture and application development roles at JP Morgan Chase, Standard & Poors, Credit Suisse, and Chubb. BJ holds several patents and graduated from the University of Rochester where his honors thesis studied the application of artificial intelligence to the robotics domain.