Jitesh Thakkar - Founder and President

Jitesh is the founder and President of Edge Financial Technologies.  Jitesh is an industry veteran known for his expertise in creating algorithmic trading systems and low latency high frequency systems in the futures industry. Jitesh has over 15 years of technical experience and has been serving the trading industry for 12 years.  He is passionate about creating great software and delivering value to clients.  In his career, he has created several algorithmic trading systems, Order Routing Systems, High Frequency Low Latency Trading Systems, and Exchange Connectivity/ Gateways to several futures, options and FX exchanges.

Prior to starting the firm Jitesh worked with UBS, Trading Technologies, Stafford Trading, TD Securities and Andersen Consulting.  Jitesh has a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Jitesh speaks at industry events on a regular basis on High Frequency Trading Technologies, Low Latency Software and Next generation of trading. 

A few of the recent speaking events include:

The Traders Expo in NY on Feb 21, 2012, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF HIGH FREQUENCY TRADERS

High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2010