Fredrick Dande

Sr. Manager, IT Platform Services · Circle Internet Financial · company speakers →

Dr. Fredrick Dande is a senior IT platform manager and doctoral scholar with more than 15 years of leadership experience deeply rooted in highly regulated financial services environments spanning modern fintech, global tax, wealth management, and banking. Currently serving as the Sr. Manager of IT Platform Services at Circle Internet Financial, he manages enterprise AI governance within the ITSM platform strategy for global 24x7 operations. As Circle’s ITSM AI Ambassador, he partners directly with Security, Legal, and Compliance to ensure the scalable and ethical adoption of AI assisted automation. Dr. Dande’s career is defined by his ability to bridge the gap between complex infrastructure management and executive business strategy. Prior to Circle, he served as IT Director for Global Tax at Ernst & Young (EY), where he led ITSM modernization for over 10,000 global users, improving SLA compliance by 20%. His extensive financial sector tenure also includes Technical Services leadership at Janney, where he oversaw multi-million-dollar IT budgets and managed critical Disaster Recovery data center migrations, as well as NOC Management for PFFCU. Throughout roles at Comcast and PHH, he built resilient operational frameworks, championing rigorous '5 Whys' root-cause analysis to mitigate high-severity incidents. A dedicated educator, Dr. Dande has over 10 years of college-level teaching experience as an Adjunct Professor, specializing in Security Essentials, Cloud Computing, and Disaster Recovery. He recently completed his PhD in Technology Management from Indiana State University, focusing his research on CMDB adoption within complex IT environments. A certified PMP and ITIL practitioner, Dr. Dande is recognized for his ability to translate high-velocity technical challenges into clear, actionable, ROI-based risk frameworks that empower executive decision-making.

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