Byron Vielehr

Who is Byron Vielehr?

Byron Vielehr was most recently the Chief Technology Officer for the

U.S. Private Client Group at Merrill Lynch. In this role, Byron was

responsible for a budget of over $1 billion and an organization of over

1500 employees, 500 consultants, and 400 offshore developers. Earlier

at Merrill Lynch, Byron worked as Global CTO for Merrill Lynch

Investment Managers (MLIM). Byron's responsibilities included front,

middle, and back office platforms, Internet platforms, and provisioning

all infrastructures for the division. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch,

Byron was the head of eBusiness and Vice President for Strong Capital

Management, a $45 billion Mutual Fund Complex (eighth largest direct

marketer of funds). Before joining Strong, Byron was Vice President and

Director of Information Technology at Thrivent Capital Management

Corporation where he was responsible for all technology for a $10

billion Mutual Fund Complex. In addition, Byron served as President of

Systems and Software Technology where he held general management

responsibilities for this $10 million value added reseller. Byron has a

MBA from the Wharton School of Business, and has done graduate work at

both MIT and the University of Chicago. He also has a Bachelors of

Science degree from Drexel University.