Founding Partner And Head Of Product Development
Thinkorswim
Built award-winning trading platform (ranked #1 in Barron's survey of online brokers in 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010, and #2 in 2008) that was acquired by TD Ameritrade (US) for over $600 mln. Created unique "voice" for the brand, and revolutionized the online brokerage space. Managed 30 software developers by monitoring their progress on projects, wrote specifications for new tools, and oversaw Q/A process.Created the probability models, risk metrics, margining algorithm, volatility tools and all the customer-facing features for the thinkorswim platform, which was ranked #1 for option traders by Barron's between 2004 and 2009 Created thinkorswim's back-end risk management system to monitor account margins, balances, and portfolio risk that allowed us to head off potential problems in real time. This system was adopted by TD Ameritrade upon acquisition in 2009. Wrote copy for thinkorswim and associated websites, as well as client emails.