A leader in the field of Market Data Technology Engineering, mastering in areas such as direct exchange low latency market data and connectivity along with middleware messaging and enterprise integration technology.

Personal Services Company. Providing specialised market data, connectivity and technology consulting, project management skills and resources.

Expanded the markets Quantlab connected to by onboarding three new venues. Developed the business cases for these projects including budget, cost/benefit and risk analyses, for senior management approval.Secured significant latency savings in connectivity through leveraging long-term relationships with key peers in the industry.Reduced telco costs by 15-20% by re-negotiating supplier contracts and cancelling obsolete services. Responsible for the EMEA budget, tracking and projecting… Show more Expanded the markets Quantlab connected to by onboarding three new venues. Developed the business cases for these projects including budget, cost/benefit and risk analyses, for senior management approval.Secured significant latency savings in connectivity through leveraging long-term relationships with key peers in the industry.Reduced telco costs by 15-20% by re-negotiating supplier contracts and cancelling obsolete services. Responsible for the EMEA budget, tracking and projecting changes on monthly and annual bases as well as reviewing/approving invoices.Presented new business opportunities to Trading, Quantitative Analyst, Legal, Compliance, Development, Infrastructure and Senior Management teams, working with trading venues, prime brokers, technology vendors and specialist suppliers to discover these.Defined and implemented processes for vendor selection, vendor management, budget control, contract management automation, regulatory reporting and change tracking, as part of a global Business Development team. Show less

Expanded and upgraded the European trading system install base, achieving significant latency savings and trading P&L growth. Starting from 10 servers in one data center trading 5 venues, growing to 9 exchange co-locations with over 60 servers, supporting multiple trading systems trading on 15 venues.Set up the London office, including selecting premises and hiring initial team.Drove the next phase of technology advance and growth of the EMEA region, by mastering proprietary… Show more Expanded and upgraded the European trading system install base, achieving significant latency savings and trading P&L growth. Starting from 10 servers in one data center trading 5 venues, growing to 9 exchange co-locations with over 60 servers, supporting multiple trading systems trading on 15 venues.Set up the London office, including selecting premises and hiring initial team.Drove the next phase of technology advance and growth of the EMEA region, by mastering proprietary technology and applying it to solve problems and provide opportunities. Show less

Managing a team growing from 3 to 7 people, delivering low-latency direct-exchange market data from 13 different feeds/venues to over 10 internal and external high-frequency and algorithmic trading clients.Responsible for budgeting, planning, reporting, vendor- and change-management.Implemented and improved latency- and data-quality-monitoring, including order book consistency checking and cross-feed relative latency monitoring.

Set up firm-wide standards for Middleware usage and implementation, including TIB/RV and RVRD, TIB/EMS, Informatica ETL and others.Developed enterprise-wide application monitoring using TIBCO/HawkImplemented tools to monitor enterprise wide middleware tools.

Core member of Synetix Solutions, a Joint Venture between Capco and Reuters operating as a web-based Application Service Provider for reference data management, failed trades management and address matching.

Developed and delivered custom solutions for trading, contact management and web-content creation, integrating content from disparate internal systems, as well as external content providers (e.g. Bloomberg).

Expert on TIB-based message-oriented middleware, helping architect, develop and deliver major customer projects, from order routing to legacy application integration