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A veteran in the financial services industry, Jamil Mina is passionate about the value of open source and how it can help financial institutions be successful in achieving their Digital Transformation objectives. As Chief Architect for Financial Services at Red Hat, his goal is to be a strategic partner and trusted adviser to his clients, which means investing a lot of time listening to their needs and concerns.
Previously Mina was a leader at BMO Financial Group, a large financial institution in Canada and in the top 50 worldwide. During his tenure, he was responsible for enabling continuous deployment, data center automation and container orchestration. Driving complex transformational capabilities required a strong collaboration with the business and application development teams.
Mina has a Master in Business Administration with specialization in Financial services from Dalhousie University.