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Financial institutions operate some of the world’s most demanding computing environments, managing hundreds of thousands of cores to power everything from sub-second pricing to massive multi-hour risk simulations. Yet, for too long, this scale has been locked behind silos, leading to fragmented infrastructure with utilization rates as low as 15% to 40%. As the industry increases AI-driven workloads, these inefficiencies will be amplified.
In this panel discussion, industry leaders will share how they are collaborating on open standards and projects (including HTC-Grid, OpenGRIS, Open Resource Broker and 5-Spot) to build a unified, AI-ready approach to high-performance computing (HPC). Drawing on real-world experience, they will discuss how these open technologies simplify access to compute, improve utilization, reduce wasted capacity, and optimize the balance between fixed and elastic compute.
Join us to learn how this collaboration will enable risk, quant, and AI teams to operate efficiently at the scale needed for the next generation of financial innovation.
Director - Head of Kubernetes Platform Engineering, RBC Capital Markets
Erick Bourgeois is a platform engineering specialist focused on Kubernetes operators and infrastructure automation for regulated industries. Creator of Bindy, an open-source DNS controller built in Rust, Erick brings expertise in cloud-native architecture, compliance frameworks (SOX... Read More →
Senior Compute Specialist, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Flamur is a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect at AWS focused on helping customers with their modernisation journey, from designing and building complex infrastructures to running large scale workloads efficiently. Prior to joining AWS, Flamur spent 4 years at JP Morgan, leading... Read More →
Ritesh Bansal has spent over two decades building core trading and quant infrastructure at global banks and hedge funds. His work spans data ingestion pipelines, simulation engines, execution platforms, and distributed compute frameworks. Ritesh is passionate about turning infrastructure... Read More →
