For some context (as an ex-Goldman employee myself), "Armen" in the quote is most probably https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/outlook/bios/armen-ava... , who has quite a legendary reputation within the firm for the work he's done. He was also one of the first to be hired as a "strat", which used to be how Goldman referred to its quants who sat between front office and tech systems and worked with both sides.
SecDB/Slang originated around 1992 at the commodity trading shop J Aron, which GS had bought 1981. Later (end of the 90s) there was a push to extend it to the rest of the firm, first fixed income, then equities. Armen flew the whole world-wide strat team to NY and gave a presentation, and to drive the point home, he played a clip from StarTrek: "You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile!"
