Farhad VarzekarChief Technology Officer · Essays & perspective

Farhad Varzekar / Chief Technology Officer

What institutions need our software to explain

Perspectives from a life in leadership.

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Reconciliation engineering and ambiguity

  1. Reconciliation engineering and ambiguity6 min read

    The pair that looks right still needs a reason

    A high matching rate can conceal the records for which several relationships remain plausible. Good financial software preserves the evidence needed to decide among them.

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Capacity allocation in institutional software

  1. Capacity allocation in institutional software6 min read

    A shared worker pool is also a commercial agreement

    Aggregate throughput does not reveal which customer is waiting. Scheduling rules should express an agreed service policy rather than the influence of the largest import or loudest escalation.

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Portability of financial-workflow evidence

  1. Portability of financial-workflow evidence6 min read

    A customer export should survive the first question asked of it

    A complete row count does not prove that a receiving team can understand the cases it inherits. Exit testing should examine meaning, evidence and authorised scope outside the supplier's application.

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