About
Lawrence Miller is a technology and cybersecurity executive with deep experience across global financial services and health sciences. He has built and scaled engineering organizations, secured critical platforms against sophisticated threats, and steered companies through major mergers, cloud transformations, and intense regulatory scrutiny.
Mr. Miller is currently an Operating Partner with Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, a leading U.S. private equity firm that has raised and managed funds totaling over $33 billion of committed capital, where he focuses on the firm’s healthcare portfolio.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Miller was Chief Technology Officer of Wilshire, a global provider of market-leading indexes, advanced analytics, and multi-asset investment solutions, with over $1.4 trillion in assets under advisement and $121 billion in assets under management.
Prior to joining Wilshire, Mr. Miller was Chief Technology Officer of Signant Health, a leading global provider of clinical trial technology and services to the pharmaceutical industry, including patient solutions, clinical supply management, and endpoint quality services.
Prior to joining Signant Health, Mr. Miller was Chief Security Officer for Symphony Communication Services, where he led Symphony’s security program, oversaw platform operations, and directed the firm’s regulatory and government affairs. Mr. Miller also served on the CFTC’s TAC Cybersecurity Subcommittee, and the Board of the FINOS FinTech Open Source Foundation.
Earlier, Mr. Miller worked for BlackRock for 11 years in both New York and San Francisco, where he was a Managing Director, overseeing the Development Services team for Aladdin, BlackRock’s asset management platform. While at BlackRock, he was closely involved in the creation of Symphony, and served as a board observer of Symphony Communication Services. Mr. Miller began his career at JP Morgan Chase, leading development for one of the firm’s electronic trading platforms.
Mr. Miller holds a BA in Physics from the University of Chicago and an MS in Computer Science from The George Washington University, with a concentration in communications security and parallel computing. He has served two terms on the University of Chicago’s Visiting Committee on the College and Student Activities, and has also served two terms on the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Council.
Highlights
Selected experience
- Operating Partner — Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
- Chief Technology Officer — Wilshire
- Chief Technology Officer — Signant Health
- Chief Security Officer — Symphony
- Managing Director — BlackRock Solutions
- Vice President — JP Morgan Chase
Boards & public service
- CFTC Technology Advisory Committee — Cybersecurity Subcommittee
- FINOS (FinTech Open Source Foundation) — Board
- Symphony Software Foundation — Board
- Symphony Communication Services — Board Observer
- Wilshire (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. — Director
- Bridgewater Fund Limited (Jersey) — Director
- University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Council
- University of Chicago — Visiting Committee on the College
Education
- BA, Physics — University of Chicago
- MS, Computer Science — The George Washington University (communications security & parallel computing)
Patents
- System and method for single sign-on session management without central server — U.S. 10,432,607 (2019)
- System and method for online trading using an electronic spreadsheet — U.S. 8,635,149 & 8,744,955 (2014)
- System and method for single session sign-on — U.S. 8,707,410 (2014)
- Integrated trading platform architecture — U.S. 8,429,676 (2013)
- Method and system for determining receipt of a delayed cookie in a client-server architecture — U.S. 7,472,171 (2008)
- Method and system for delayed cookie transmission in a client-server architecture — U.S. 7,143,174 (2006)
- Method and system for data element change across multiple instances of data base cache — U.S. 6,938,139 (2005)