Ian Koenig, Chief Architect, Thomson Financial
Ian Koenig joined Thomson Financial in September 2005. Prior to joining Thomson, Ian was the Chief Architect for Products and Platforms at Reuters, where he worked for 19 years. Ian assumed the role of Chief Architect reporting to the CTO. Ian has global responsibility for technology strategy, information architecture, application architecture, physical architecture and architecture governance.Throughout his 20+ year career, Ian Koenig has held technical positions of increasing scope and responsibility, beginning his career at Reveal Software on Long Island in 1982. In 1986, Ian joined Reuters, with responsibility for the Reuters Terminal product. Ian was one of seven people who received the Microsoft Pioneer Award in 1994. Ian was recognized by the Industry as one of the individuals who significantly contributed to the ultimate success of the Microsoft Operating system. The award was presented by Bill Gates at Spring Comdex in 1994. Ian received Bachelors degrees in Mathematics and in Biology from the University of Rochester.