About
Eric Pahl is Vice President of Investment Systems at Conning, based in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. In this role, he leads the design and development of advanced investment technology platforms, supporting Conning’s asset management and portfolio analytics needs for institutional clients in sectors such as insurance, pension, and reinsurance. His technical leadership is central to optimizing systems for fixed income, equities, and multi-asset portfolios, directly supporting decision-making across these asset classes.
Eric has a strong background in technology architecture and investment systems, previously serving as Lead Architect at Farm Credit Financial Partners, Inc. and Group Leader at the Western Massachusetts Development Technology Users Group. Over his 20+ year career, he has pioneered data integration and analytics frameworks for financial services organizations, significantly improving operational efficiency and risk management capabilities.
Eric holds a BS in Computer Science with a focus on Artificial Intelligence from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His expertise spans investment data management, AI-driven analytics, and system integration for large-scale investment operations, establishing him as a key contributor to the evolution of specialized technology strategies within the institutional investment management sector.
Career History
| Organization | Role | Date Range | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conning | Vice President of Investment Systems | Nov 2015 to Present | Design, develop and support web-based software solutions for Conning and it's clients. Lead software design sessions and recommend solutions that meet business requirements and growth plans. Document ... |
| Western Massachusetts Development Technology Users Group | Group Leader | Jul 2010 to Jan 2025 | Group leader for the Western Massachusetts Microsoft Technology Group. This group is sponsered by Microsoft UGSS and INETA. Organize monthly meetings and present topics on trending Microsoft technolog... |
| Farm Credit Financial Partners, Inc. | Lead Architect | Jul 2010 to Nov 2015 | Architecting SaaS, Security and SOA initiatives to modernize FPI's core business product named Empower. Modernization will provide for service based solutions, globally accessible websites and mobile ... |
| Babson Capital Management | Director | Dec 2006 to Jul 2010 | • Lead application architect to oversee things that are built and bought for the Firm. The primary business area that is serviced by this group is the Front and Middle Offices of Babson Capital. • Per... |
| Landscape Vision | Consultant | Jan 2006 to Jan 2008 | Upgraded and enhanced Landscape Vision software for a Hartford based client. Application software is used to model landscape designs for homes and create a purchase order list of plants based on an aw... |
| TRIAD Healthcare, Inc. | Consultant | Jan 2006 to Jan 2007 | • Senior .Net architect responsible for design & development of several Winforms and Internet ASP.Net applications in support of Triad’s Pain Management Suite. |
| The Hartford | Specialist | Jan 2002 to Jan 2006 | • Architected, designed and coded a WinForms based applications for the Staff Legal division. This is coded using C#, the .NET Framework, Infragistics, Enterprise Services and SQL Server 2000. • Plann... |
| Connecticut Judicial Branch | Senior Consultant | Jan 1999 to Jan 2002 | • Project leader for a diverse team of developers providing training and mentoring for team members, setting object oriented design principles, establishing extensible infrastructure and creating data... |
| United Health Care | Consultant | Feb 1998 to Nov 1998 | • Evaluated and recommended several competing Best of Breed tools for OLAP analysis to meet United HealthCare’s need of delivering sophisticated reports to a their Specialty customers via the Web and ... |
| The Phoenix Companies | Consultant - Lead Architect | Jan 1997 to Jan 1998 | • Lead Architect and developer of a 3-tier Visual Basic 5.0 Object component that connects to, and controls an IBM CICS application. IBM MQ Series and FEPI technologies are used for messaging and IBM ... |
| Command Systems Inc. | Technology Manager | Jun 1994 to Jan 1998 | • Manager of Microsoft technologies and Visual Basic for a group consultants working in-house and externally on contracts in New York, Connecticut and Bangalore, India. • Organized semi-monthly meetin... |
| Springfield Technical Community College | Instructor - Adult Education | Mar 1996 to Mar 1997 | • Instructor for 15-30 students in the use of DAO (data access objects) in Microsoft Visual Basic and Access. The course teaches students to use MS Access as a stand-alone product for database applic... |
| MassMutual Financial Group | Consultant | Jan 1995 to Jan 1996 | • Designed a data marshalling component in Visual Basic, utilizing the WinAPI. • Designed and developed two client/server agency planning systems in Visual Basic and Access. |
| The Phoenix Companies | Consultant | Apr 1994 to Feb 1995 | • Designed and implemented a project estimation tool used to cost, schedule and plan Video Production Shoots. • Designed, developed, and implemented an Asset Requisition and Purchase Order System used... |
| The Travelers | Information System Specialist | Jan 1991 to Jan 1994 | • Created several VB tool applications in support of field offices for Residual Market Workers Compensation Insurance. • UNIX System Administrator for a SparcStation-10 server running Sybase and KBMS.... |
Education
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
BS, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
1986 — 1990
Skills & Expertise
Others at Conning Inc. (22)
| Name | Role | Location |
|---|---|---|
 | Senior Equity Analyst | Hartford, CT , United States |
D Delando Clarke | Senior Associate | Hartford, CT , United States |
 | Vice President, Investment Research | Hartford, CT , United States |
 | Vice President, Investment Applications | Hartford, CT , United States |
 | Vice President- Structured Product Trading | New York, NY , United States |
K Karen Kelleher | Portfolio Manager | Hartford, CT , United States |
R Raymond Crosby | Vice President, Portfolio Management | Hartford, CT , United States |
 | Head of Quantitative Research | New York, NY , United States |
A Andrea Chang | Portfolio Manager | CT , United States |
 | Senior Analyst | Hartford, CT , United States |