As CEO of Oktay Technology Steve Yatko has led this boutique consulting firm of IT Experts over the past seven years into multi-year strategic technology advisory partnerships with some of the most innovative and successful firms on Wall Street, including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Bloomberg, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, and Bridgewater Associates. Oktay’s technology leadership and extensive relationships help firms gain significant advancement into new-age Big Data Analytic & AI systems, and the most advanced technically architected Trading Systems in the world. We’ve commercialized the methodology of enterprise IT Applied R&D and our clients’ benefit from a resource and time optimized approach to innovate for competitive advantage and help assess their specific area of IT against what good looks like. Our team has extensive experience applying emerging technologies to the most challenging business initiatives including the assessment of existing strategies or design and implementation of Real-time Streaming Big Data Systems including AI and ML, and Ultra-resilient, Massive Scale, Ultra-low Latency Algorithmic and High Frequency Trading Systems. Our experience is also deeply engaged in assessments against what good looks like, holistic design, testing and technology identification within the emerging spaces of DevOps, Containers, Micro-services, Operational Analytics, Hybrid Cloud technology and blockchain. Our Collaborative approach helps provide guidance and mentorship from junior to senior level professionals during the entire innovation process creating sustained partnerships bound by trust.