Eze Castle names Winalski MD, operations & general counsel; Turek director, products

Source: Eze Castle Integration

Eze Castle Integration, Inc., a leading outsourced technology provider to the financial services industry, today announced the addition of Chris Winalski as managing director of operations and general counsel and Chris Turek as director in the product group.

Winalski is responsible for day-to-day company operations including overseeing purchasing, human resources and facilities management. Turek is charged with development of new technology service offerings and strategic consulting.

As seasoned and successful executives, Winalski and Turek join Eze Castle Integration to further the company's position as the foremost provider of outsourced IT solutions for the hedge fund and investment markets. Today, Eze Castle Integration has more than 400 customers, with more than 50 of the firms managing assets in excess of $1 billion.

"As the premier provider of IT services for investment firms, Eze Castle Integration must continue hiring and retaining the industry's best and brightest to maintain our competitive edge," said John Cahaly, CEO and president of Eze Castle Integration. "Chris Winalski and Chris Turek are two highly experienced professionals who further enhance our first-class team. Winalski deepens our executive management team, bringing proven strategies for increasing operational efficiencies; while Chris Turek adds another CTO caliber technologist and senior consultant to our team."

Chris Winalski joins Eze Castle Integration from Deutsche Bank where he was a director in the Global Sourcing Group. At Deutsche Bank, Winalski served as global head of Human Resources Sourcing and was most recently part of the team responsible for defining and outsourcing accounts payable and procurement operations globally. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Winalski was a partner and part of the start-up team at Silver Oak Partners, a management consulting firm. Previously, he served as a management consultant at the Mitchell Madison Group and a lawyer at Travelers Insurance.

Chris Turek brings to Eze Castle Integration deep expertise in building and managing effective technology systems for financial clients. Previously, Turek was the chief technology officer for New York-based hedge fund Bridger Capital, where he managed the firm's technology infrastructure, business continuity planning, end-user support and assessment of new technologies. Formerly, Turek was director of technology for Zinc Capital Management where he oversaw the firm's technology infrastructure including implementing an Order Management System and designing a customer Profit & Loss system. He has also designed and managed systems for Merrill Lynch, IBM, Pequot Capital and Andor Capital.

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