Authors

Get to know the experts driving Arcesium’s thinking. Each contributor brings deep domain expertise and a passion for solving complex challenges in data and finance.

Abhishek Agarwal

Senior Vice President, COO of Technology, Arcesium

Abhishek leads cross-cutting technology transformation and innovation across the organization. His past work includes building core platform modules for Arcesium products and driving technology innovation to enhance both operational and application efficiency. He is currently leading the AI adoption initiative at Arcesium.

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Isaac Alexander

Vice President, Forward Deployed Solution Architect

Isaac supports Arcesium's flagship clients in his capacity as a Forward Deployed Solution Architect. Isaac’s focus is on delivering for clients and maximizing their positive experience on the Arcesium platform. He loves talking about sports, movies and food.

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Himanshu Bagri

Himanshu is the product lead for the Treasury suite at Arcesium. He oversees solutions including margin replication, collateral management, securities lending, cash management, and counterparty risk. He defines product strategy, drives development from concept to launch, and ensures timely delivery of the solution.

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Chris Barrow

Head of Business Development Europe, Middle East and Asia

Chris Barrow is Head of Business Development Europe, Middle East and Asia for Arcesium.

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Ashley Bell

Vice President, Financial Operations

Ashley is Vice President of Treasury Financial Operations at Arcesium. In this role, Ashley serves as head of the team responsible for collateral management, margin, and financing services.

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Rahul Bighane

Product Manager, Product Management

Rahul brings over 8 years of product management expertise to Arcesium, tackling complex technical and functional challenges. His passion lies in untangling complex data, regulatory, and functional issues within product areas like Platform Integration and Treasury.

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Phillip Bodenstab

Sales Operations & Enablement

Phil joined Arcesium in 2024 after 16 years at FactSet Research Systems where he focused on specialty sales of investment portfolio performance, market sensitivity and risk analytics for insurers and asset managers. At Arcesium, Phil partners with sales teams on acquiring new clients as well as retaining and expanding existing client relationships through technical demonstrations of Arcesium's trade lifecycle management and domain-aware data platform solutions.

 

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Bhargava Borahalli

Vice President, Project Management

Bhargava describes his role as project manager focused on implementing solutions for large, and complex enterprise clients. Bhargava has more than a decade of experience in the investment management and FinTech industries.

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Ram Chidambaram

Senior Vice President, Product Management

Ram leads the India-based product management teams responsible for the Aquata platform and products like Financial Data Stack, Treasury, and Reconciliation on the Opterra platform. He is an engineer-turned product manager with close to two decades of experience in the investments industry.

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James Cicalo

Vice President, Sales Operations & Enablement

James is responsible for managing relationships with third-party providers, establishing alliances and partnerships, developing commercial strategy, and supporting clients’ ability to integrate their third-party solutions with their Arcesium environment.

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Sourabh Dhawan

Senior Vice President, Solution Architecture

With over 16 years of experience at the intersection of finance and technology, Sourabh has held senior engineering and client-facing roles across some of the industry's most sophisticated platforms. At D. E. Shaw, he spent six years developing and managing middle- and back-office systems, rising to lead engineering teams responsible for operational scale and reliability. For the past decade at Arcesium, Sourabh has served as a Forward Deployed Solution Architect and previously as a Technical Relationship Manager, guiding clients through complex implementations and designing tailored solutions across the investment lifecycle.

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Alex Dobson

Senior Vice President, Head of Product US

Alex Dobson currently holds the position of Senior Vice President at Arcesium, where he is responsible for overseeing the product team in the US. Before taking on this role, Alex served as SVP and services relationship manager in the Financial Operations group, where he successfully managed multiple large client engagements.

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