Kayne Eccles Email & Phone Number

Queenstown, Ota, Nz

As a co-founder of a startup aimed at revolutionizing the event ticketing process through blockchain technology, I helped create a platform that ensures secure, transparent, and efficient ticket management. By developing and implementing proprietary smart contracts on the Flow blockchain network, we provided a solution that guarantees ticket authenticity, traceability, and fraud protection, significantly enhancing the user experience. Throughout the early stages, I played a key role in integrating cutting-edge blockchain advancements, including emerging standards and protocols, to maintain a competitive and technically excellent code base. Currently, I contribute at a strategic level while my co-founder oversees daily operations.

Queenstown, New Zealand

Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand

I leveraged advanced quantitative analysis, machine learning algorithms, and coding optimizations to develop and refine trading strategies, significantly enhancing trading efficiency and profitability. Working within a small global team, I created two proprietary high-frequency trading strategies: an order book-based strategy capturing momentum and a statistical arbitrage strategy capturing mean-reversion. Both strategies are now fully operational, consistently delivering strong results across multiple Futures asset classes. Additionally, I developed innovative, multi-threaded, latency-reducing solutions for order management, optimizing market-making and liquidity-taking operations to improve trading performance and reduce transaction costs.

Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand

I expertly managed real-time algorithmic trading operations, ensuring the smooth execution of strategies and quick adaptation to changing market conditions, which enhanced overall performance and profitability. By providing timely reports on market trends, trading activities, and risk assessments, I supported strategic decision-making and optimized trading strategies. I also developed analytical tools that enhanced performance insights and decision-making capabilities. My role involved close collaboration with trading and analyst teams to test and deploy new strategies and algorithms, ensuring robust and successful production outcomes. Additionally, I interacted with brokers and performed clearing operations to maintain daily alignment between in-house data and broker systems.

Palmerston North

As the inaugural Student Manager and Investment Education Coordinator, I was instrumental in establishing the Investment Room and overseeing its operations to ensure smooth daily functioning. My responsibilities included supervising activities, promoting the facility, and collaborating with University faculty to achieve both short- and long-term objectives. By implementing effective programs and managing the facility with meticulous attention to detail, I fostered engagement and created a positive experience for both students and staff. I also designed, developed, and implemented educational courses on financial modeling and investment strategy, which were so successful that they continued to be used even after my tenure. Additionally, I instructed students on effectively using the Bloomberg terminal, guiding them to obtain their Bloomberg Market Concepts certificate and enhancing their understanding of financial markets, investment strategies, and data analysis.

I founded and operated Analog Trading, an online subscription service that offered in-depth lessons on a successful low-frequency manual trading strategy. Through this service, I shared market knowledge and insights to help individuals enhance their trading skills and achieve their financial goals. Demonstrating strong communication skills and the ability to connect with a diverse global audience, I built a subscriber base that, at its peak, included 23 students across 6 countries. I provided timely notifications and guidance when proprietary signals aligned, enabling students to effectively implement the strategy and gain practical trading experience while learning.

Diploma, Stem, A

Pursued a Diploma in STEM to expand my knowledge of quantitative methods beyond the scope of my Bachelor of Business degree. This.

Bachelor Of Business, Finance, A

Graduated with a focus on Financial Modelling, Financial Markets, Econometrics, and Financial Derivatives. Recognized for academic.