Trading Technology & Risk Consulting

Trading technology & risk consulting

I help exchanges, brokers, systematic funds and digital-asset businesses design, build and improve trading infrastructure.

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What I do

Trading Systems Architecture

1–2 weeks

Typical scopeDesign, review and improvement of production trading systems: either an existing platform needs an independent assessment, a new one is being built from scratch, or a focused latency, scalability or reliability problem needs investigation.

OutcomeA buildable architecture or a prioritized roadmap addressing risk, bottlenecks, latency, scalability and operational resilience.

Execution & OMS · Matching engines · Market data · Pre-trade and real-time risk · Positions & P&L · Persistence · Recovery · Reconciliation · Connectivity · Observability

Exchange & Product Design

2–6 weeks

Typical scopeTurning a trading concept into a viable product and production system: centralized, decentralized or hybrid.

OutcomeProduct requirements, contract specifications, market structure, risk model, system architecture, technology choices and build-vs-buy recommendations.

Trading contracts design · Market structure · Execution mechanics · Margin · Liquidity · Trading workflows · Settlement

Technical Due Diligence

1–2 weeks

Typical scopeIndependent technical due diligence for VC funds and investors evaluating trading platforms, exchanges, brokers and market infrastructure startups, aligned with the investment process and the level of technical access available.

OutcomeA clear view of technical strengths, material risks, claims that need validation and the priorities that should follow an investment.

Architecture · Scalability · Execution integrity · Risk controls · Operational resilience · Engineering capability · Technology roadmap · Delivery risk

Fractional CTO

Ongoing or interim

Typical scopeSenior technical leadership for founders and engineering teams without the commitment of a full-time CTO, adapted to the team and stage of the business.

OutcomeA sharper technical roadmap, stronger engineering decisions and experienced ownership of critical production concerns.

Architecture · Technical strategy · Hiring · Design reviews · Engineering process · Critical production problems

Selected work

Xena Exchange

Building a crypto derivatives exchange

Co-founded Xena Exchange and led its trading technology from initial architecture through live production operation.

10,000orders / second

~10 ms end-to-end latency

The platform covered the complete trading lifecycle: matching, order management, market data, pre-trade risk, margin, positions, derivatives, persistence, recovery, reconciliation and market-maker connectivity.

Exchange architecture · Matching · Market data · Risk · Derivatives

About

I have spent approximately 20 years building technology for financial markets.

My background includes institutional financial technology at Deutsche Bank, co-founding the crypto derivatives venue Xena Exchange, building systematic trading infrastructure at Xena Algos, and working as Director of Product—Markets at Qredo after its acquisition of Xena Exchange.

Today I am the founder of QuantInfra, where I develop high-performance infrastructure for systematic trading. My work sits at the intersection of financial markets, trading technology and software architecture. I focus on problems where understanding all three matters.

Electronic tradingExchange architectureSystematic tradingMarket dataOMS / EMSPre-trade riskDerivativesMarket structureLow-latency systemsCrypto & DeFiReconciliationProduction infrastructure

Let's discuss the system behind your next move.

For new platforms, architecture reviews, financial products and the hard infrastructure problems that need experienced attention.

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