Andrew F. Bach, as Head of Product Development for SFTI at SIAC, oversees all aspects of the SFTI product line. Under his management, SFTI's products and services have increased to include exchanges, market centers and industry utilities. It now offers a variety of financial service content providers to more than 600 firms, representing over 99% of nationally listed market order flows. Additionally, Mr. Bach serves as Vice President of SIAC's Communications Engineering Planning and Development area, where he is responsible for planning the company's private fiber-optic network that links all SIAC, NYSE and American Stock Exchange (AMEX) sites throughout New York City and the national networks SIAC operates. Prior to SIAC, Mr. Bach was the manager of software development at EDO Corporation where he developed advanced sonar signal processing equipment for the world's navies. Mr. Bach sits on the board of the Promise Fund at Polytechnic University in New York City, where he also is an adjunct professor for graduate studies in networking. He also is a member of the Nortel Customer Advisory Board, and the Wall Street Technology Association and is an active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM). Awards for Mr. Bach's contribution to the industry include the prestigious ComputerWorld Smithsonian award in 2000 for his role in the integration of IP multicasting technology in the financial services industry. He also holds multiple patents in communications technologies. Mr. Bach received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the Pratt Institute.