Benjamin Small
Experienced Technology Leader (also still a nerd)
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About
After attaining a PhD at Columbia University, I worked in the financial services sector for ten years, primarily in high-frequency trading and market-making at some of the most successful institutions, including Citadel Securities, UBS and Credit Suisse. I then shifted into fintech startups and began holding leadership positions, including director of engineering, CTO, COO and chief data officer. I'm now looking for a new challenge where I can leverage my experience and expertise in software engineering (principally low-level), system architecture, data analytics and technology leadership and management.
I truly enjoy building teams, mentoring and coaching.
Experience
- Director of engineering, Vaticle Ltd (2023–present)
- Cofounder and CDO, ThreatKey (2018–2023)
- Software engineer, Mako Trading (2020–2021)
- Chief technology officer, Genesis Global Trading (2018–2019)
- Chief operating officer, Gemini.com (2016–2017)
- Head of quantitative research, IEX (2014–2015)
- various quantitative researcher and developer roles, Citadel Securities, Credit Suisse, UBS (2007–2014)
Education
BS (Hons), electrical and computer engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2001)
MS, electrical and computer engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2002)
PhD (distinction), electrical engineering, Columbia University (2005)
