- Project Management & Cost Control: Managed $20M project and controlled costs to stay below budget.- Developed Trading System Platform: Developed trading systems including native API development, match engine development, account management of trading permit holders (TPH). - Streamlined Operations & Performance Optimization: Reduced existing trading platform latency; multiple architectural and implementation changes to reduce latency, jitter and to perfect transaction ordering.- Process Improvement & Functioning: Oversaw continuous improvement initiatives to existing infrastructure, applications, systems, and software.- Lead High-Performing Technical Teams: Managed teams of 20 staff and 16 consultants and established key processes that ensure reliable and efficient technical services organization-wide.- Training & employee Development: Highly experienced in designing and developing training and development program to enhance employee’s skills for high performance

- Co-designed Vector trading platform architecture – low-latency, high-speed, high-availability system. - Oversaw the introduction of JIRA agile task management, continuous integration testing, code coverage, and automated deployment to the organization.- Managed the hiring of 13 new staff members and handled their integration and team building- Provided continual technical consultation and support to teams- Designed and developed architecture for the project and laid out a plan for implementation - Mentored others on systems design and led teams for implementations- Performed code reviews and analysis

- Managed team of 10 to reduce existing trading platform latency; multiple architectural and implementation changes to reduce latency, jitter, and to improve transaction ordering (modified threading models, remodeled processes, implemented new messaging bus, simplified communication paths)- Implemented many features and components in the existing match engine- Designed implied market (synthetic leg quote) features- Managed development of parameterized risk controls for CFE

- Developed quote risk management features for match engine - Mentored server development teams for the creation of an electronic options and futures trading systems- Directed architecture with service oriented architecture (SOA) that incorporates an RDBMS and CORBA communications using JAVA - Developed the architecture for real-time trading systems, market data distribution systems, network and bus translation systems for IP communications and order management systems

- Provided technical consultation & support to CBOE as primary client- Oversaw other clients: ABN Amro (bank), HFC (financial) technical requirement and provided solutions- Designed and developed components of CBOE Command trading platform

- Developed OO inheritance model and data structures in C- Developed core communications router for land/earth stations for the Inmarsat satellite network (C++)