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This expert has more than 20 years of experience in the industry. This expert has has a great impact at his various employers – from doubling profits for Santander and quadrupling them for Morgan Stanley. They also developed a cybersecurity innovation for BBVA (red and blue teams) and soon expanded to innovation in algorithmic trading. Specialising in algorithmic trading, cyber security, and deep technology design they have experience working at some of the world’s largest financial firms to being an entrepreneur.
Key Achievements:
✔ Received the award as ‘Best Trading Platform in Europe’ at the Banking Technology Awards
✔ Achieved a 48% return in a year (2020-2021) for a family office
✔ Lead of innovation in algo trading, algo portfolio construction, algo advisory and algo risk management
✔ Quadrupled profits for Morgan Stanley
✔ Doubled profits for Santander
✔ Undertaken roles such as: CIO, Global Head of Algo Trading & Global Head of Data Science, and Advisor
This expert has 10+ years of experience in the European and Asian global financial markets. They have worked as a developer, designer, and architect of software for trading across industries such as energy, FOREX, and digital currencies. In addition, they have developed front-office software applications and has a proven track record of building and leading global technology applications that deliver solutions in the foreign exchange (FX) and capital markets.
Key Achievements:
✔ Next Generation Intraday Trading platform development
✔ eFX Algorithmic/Quantitative Trading Developer at HSBC Global Banking and Markets
✔ Deisgned and built Smart Liquidity-Seeking algorithms
✔ eFX algorithmic trading applications development
✔ Responsible for integration with downstream systems: Clearing and Settlement, Regulatory Reporting (REMIT)
This Expert is a specialist in technology, capital markets, AI and machine learning, and trading. This Expert managed the development of TradeForecaster Global Markets. Also understanding roles like CTO, the Expert revamped software engineering practices and quality assurance practices within the firm to incorporate agile programming concepts including greater user participation, short development cycles and extensive unit testing.
Key Achievements:
✔ Providing new and innovative financial products
✔ Managed multiple trading and technology projects
✔ Managed the development of a firm from start-up to positive net income including strategic shift from software service model to investment firm
✔ Completed machine learning pilot testing external cloud implementations as applied to a specific quantitative modeling issue, using Python, AWS, GCP and Watson Studio.
✔ Delivered web-based risk management, data analytic and data visualization tools for equity portfolio management.
Now running his own consulting company, bringing decades of working at the cutting edge in New York’s Finance industry to the Energy and Commodities sectors.
“I have 20 years of experience in the design, implementation, and management of applications software, analytics, and enterprise architecture for investment management, with a focus on quantitative algorithmic proprietary trading and market-making in fixed income, equities, and commodities markets globally.”
Key Achievements:
✔ Design, develop and deploy algorithmic trading strategies
✔ CTO and Head of Data Analytics for Fundamental Strategies
✔ Developed application software and supporting investment process leveraging over 1,000 alternative data sets
✔ Managing Director at a multinational investment bank and financial services company
✔ Chief Technology Officer of a fintech trading technology company
✔ Developed OPRA and L1 Pricing and Order flow interface with REDI infrastructure