AFA is one of the first providers of both execution and order management systems to institutional traders with multi-broker/multi-prime requirements. The AFA flagship product, IMPACT Pro™, offers broker neutral FIX execution to over 60 brokers as well as DMA through its in-house BD, EGS. The system allows for a complete trading experience including portfolio management, allocation, and reporting for trade reconciliation with 25 prime brokers.

• Initiated architectural changes to allow future technology to converge with business requirements

+ Identified and corrected initial system shortcomings providing immediate extensibility for future business enhancements

+ Developed the next generation system design and drove implementation conversations

• Designed and built system to consume executions from an outside EMS (GS:REDIPlus®) over FIX for use in IMPACT Pro™ OMS.

• Expanded IMPACT Pro™'s available asset classes to include international equities

• Managed IMPACT Pro™'s real-time market data subsystem

+ Incorporated international feeds from IDC's MDG product as well as eSignal

+ Enhanced both the content and performance of the existing eSignal data feed

+ Designed and developed a new agnostic data handling subsystem

• Supported and enhanced all of IMPACT Pro™'s EMS and OMS subsystems