Trading Technology ยท Financial Markets

Dan Collier

Trading Technology Leader / Systems Architect

I build and lead the technology behind electronic and high-frequency trading: low-latency systems, market-making infrastructure, and the risk and compliance that keep them safe, across global exchanges, MTFs, and crypto markets. Hands-on, AI-enhanced engineering from start-up to enterprise.

20+
Years in technology & trading
0→1
Start-up, scale-up & enterprise leadership
AI+
Hands-on AI-enhanced engineering
3×
Regulated C-level Board roles: CEO, CTO, CRO
01 / EXPERTISE

Trading Technology Expertise

Deep, hands-on experience across the full trading stack, from the wire to the boardroom.

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Low-Latency Trading Systems

Deploying, optimizing, and troubleshooting low- and ultra-low-latency HFT systems for exchanges and venues across the EU, US, Asia and Brazil.

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Market-Making & Electronic Trading

Technology for market-making on Euronext and electronic trading via exchanges and venues (CEX/DEX/MTF/OTC), spanning derivatives, fixed income, commodities, and crypto liquidity provision.

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Market Data & Quant Infrastructure

FIX/FAST/ITCH connectivity, market-data receivers, data-warehouse pipelines, and trading engines running medium- and short-term algorithmic models on cloud-native infrastructure.

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Risk & Compliance

Building the systems and processes behind position and risk management, trade monitoring and confirmation, and compliance with MiFID II, MiCAR, DORA, PSA/TRM (Singapore), KYC/AML, and ISO 27001.

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AI-Enhanced Engineering

Hands-on, AI-augmented development across the stack: using LLMs, ML libraries, and modern tooling to ship faster, automate operations, and sharpen data analysis and monitoring.

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Systems Architecture

Designing resilient, scalable distributed systems on Kubernetes and multi-cloud, with the high availability and tuned performance that trading workloads demand.

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Technology Leadership

Regulated C-level managing-director roles as CTO, CEO, and Chief Risk Officer. Building teams from start-up through scale-up to enterprise, setting strategy, and serving on statutory management boards.

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Skills & Toolset

Trading & Markets

High-Frequency Trading Market-Making Systems Algorithmic Trading Engines Latency Optimization Market Data Pipelines Position & Risk Management Trade Monitoring & Confirmation Mid-Office Systems

Engineering & Data

Python Rust C++ TypeScript SQL pandas / scikit-learn LLMs / GenAI Tooling AI-Assisted Development InfluxDB / OpenTSDB Grafana

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS / Azure / GCP Kubernetes & Docker Microservices CI/CD Pipelines MySQL / PostgreSQL System Design

Leadership & Governance

Technology Strategy Team Building & Mentoring Statutory Board Experience MiFID II / MiCAR / DORA ISO 27001 KYC / AML PSA / TRM (Singapore)