Full Name
Linda Apsley
Speaker Bio
Managing Director, GFT Engineering and Data Services at Citi
Linda Apsley is a seasoned technology professional who is passionate about leading technology system alignment and innovation. She specializes in delivering large complex software solutions with sound engineering architecture. An expert in data management, her focus is on getting customers to access the right data – while keeping it safe and compliant – on systems that are resilient, accurate, and secure.
Linda joined Citi in June 2020 as an MD, where she oversees GFT’s architecture and technology modernization and is responsible for the finance and risk data eco-system. Before Citi, Linda spent three and a half years at Capital One where she was responsible for modernizing and moving the data eco-system to the cloud. Preceding Capital One, Linda worked at Time, Inc. for close to three years, moving their data eco-system, including analytics and just-in-time advertising, to AWS. Before working on the East Coast, Linda spent 18 months at Amazon building their Financial Ledger on AWS, and twelve and a half years at Microsoft in multiple roles, including working as an architect on Office 365 and Xbox, leading the effort to reverse engineer Windows for the Consent Decree, and various technical roles in the Windows Division, such as building out pre-release customer and partner technical integration programs.
Outside of work, Linda likes to relax and decompress bicycling, baking desserts, reading, and ballroom dancing, at which she is getting better every week.
Linda Apsley is a seasoned technology professional who is passionate about leading technology system alignment and innovation. She specializes in delivering large complex software solutions with sound engineering architecture. An expert in data management, her focus is on getting customers to access the right data – while keeping it safe and compliant – on systems that are resilient, accurate, and secure.
Linda joined Citi in June 2020 as an MD, where she oversees GFT’s architecture and technology modernization and is responsible for the finance and risk data eco-system. Before Citi, Linda spent three and a half years at Capital One where she was responsible for modernizing and moving the data eco-system to the cloud. Preceding Capital One, Linda worked at Time, Inc. for close to three years, moving their data eco-system, including analytics and just-in-time advertising, to AWS. Before working on the East Coast, Linda spent 18 months at Amazon building their Financial Ledger on AWS, and twelve and a half years at Microsoft in multiple roles, including working as an architect on Office 365 and Xbox, leading the effort to reverse engineer Windows for the Consent Decree, and various technical roles in the Windows Division, such as building out pre-release customer and partner technical integration programs.
Outside of work, Linda likes to relax and decompress bicycling, baking desserts, reading, and ballroom dancing, at which she is getting better every week.
