Douglas M. Schafer, Jr. Email & Phone Number

Princeton, New Jersey, Us

Responsible for the design, development, deployment and on-going operations of four U.S. Equity Options Exchanges (MIAX Options, MIAX Pearl, MIAX Emerald & MIAX Sapphire), a U.S. Equity Exchange (MIAX Pearl) and a U.S. Futures Exchange (MGEX) designated contract market and derivatives clearing organization.Decision maker for all aspects of the technology build-out and business operations, working in concert with the business strategists and the executive management team. Responsibilities include oversight of all aspects of the technology and business operations including staff development planning and hiring, technology and operations budgets, data center strategy, trading floor design and operation, Trading System/Middle and Back-Office architecture, centralized clearing system architecture and functionality, network architecture and development, Support Desk functionality, Corporate Desk-Top Environment, Trading Operations and Business Strategy.Member of the Miami International Holdings board of directors since April 2011.

MIAX Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Miami International Holdings, the parent company of the MIAX Options, MIAX PEARL and MIAX Emerald Exchanges. Our mission is to help organizations from the financial and government sectors to capitalize on the experience and expertise of MIAX Technologies to implement processes, technology solutions and business intelligence platforms that help them substantially reduce their IT costs, improve the performance of their most complex operations, launch disruptive technologies and become lean and efficient organizations. MIAX Technologies leverages the patented technology developed for the MIAX Options Exchange, recognized for its best-in-class technology and infrastructure and its operational excellence.

New York, Ny, Us

Managed software development teams responsible for the NASDAQ OMX U.S. Derivatives Trading Systems (PHLX XL and NOM Options, NFX Futures). Responsible for definition, development and support of the all electronic trading platforms, a hybrid floor-based derivative trading system, and the OLTP back-office systems that support the trading systems..

ManagerManager/lead engineer responsible for new product conception and development. Led team of five to develop products for real-time emergency response systems in the petro-chemical industry.Manager of Software - Flight Training DevicesResponsible for all software development of FAA certified flight simulators. Designed the software/hardware architecture which required the simulation and stimulation of actual aircraft avionics. Responsibilities included managing a team of 8 software engineers, development of technical and cost proposals, tracking development schedules and budgets, interfacing with customers, vendors, and FAA personnel. Nominated in 1988 and 1990 for Pacer Systems Outstanding Employee of the Year Award.Senior Software EngineerResponsible for development of software/firmware for US NAVY research programs. Main accomplishment was the design and development of a multi-microprocessor system to control optical sensors onboard a reconnaissance aircraft.

Systems Engineer responsible for reverse engineering of an Electronic Counter Measures System for the purpose of generating software maintenance documentation.

Mscs Candidate, Software Engineering

Bscs, Computer Science/Engineering