Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based CTO’ operating in the Trading Platform space. If you think a CTO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Matt Tuzzolo
CTO of Blockchain.com
Matt Tuzzolo is a CTO at Blockchain.
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About Blockchain.com: Blockchain.com is a platform that offers ways to buy, hold, and use cryptocurrency.
Paolo Ardoino
CTO of Bitfinex
I am a computer scientist, a geek, an innovator and a creative. My strength is to continuously learn new technologies and improve my programming skills so that I can conceive new ideas, tests and projects. Newly learned informations allows me to constantly improve existing projects. Programming languages and technologies (expert level): Javascript, Node.js, GoLang, C, C++, C#, Java, ZeroMQ, RabbitMQ, Linux (Kernel and User-space), MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL, PHP, Websockets, Socket.io, AngularJS, HTML5, JQuery, D3.js, CSS3 (LESS). I have an extensive knowledge and have coded algorithms applied to many fields, from artificial intelligence and automated learning to data analysis, cryptography and networking: SOM, Genetic Algorithms, GNG, k-NN, large integer factorization algorithms (Pollard P-1, Lenstra’s Elliptic Curve), etc.
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About Bitfinex, Ethfinex: Bitfinex is a digital asset trading platform offering state-of-the-art services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers.
Ashwind G. Soonarane
Founder & Chief Technology Officer of DMALINK
Ashwind Soonarane is an institutional electronic foreign exchange specialist drawing from his multi-displinary management and technical expertise to formulate and implement strategic plans aimed towards generating competitive advantage for sustainable growth. Ashwind holds an MSc in Finance, MBA and a Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) degree. He is a a certified technical analyst of the Society of Technical Analysts, UK.
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About DMALINK: DMALINK is a data-centric trading and RegTech platform for professional Foreign Exchange traders globally.
James Powell
CTO & Co-Founder of Sellar
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About Sellar, Waffle: Sellar is the new trade ordering experience for breweries selling beer directly to trade customers.
Simon Morley
Chief Technology Officer of Vaultoro
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About Vaultoro: Vaultoro is a financial technology company specialized in digital assets and commodities trading.
Derek Ewing
CTO of KITE EDGE LTD
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About : Customisable Search Platform for Asset Managers/Banks
Willem Muller
CTO and Founder of BunkerEx
Willem Muller is the CTO and founder of BunkerEx. He is an experienced technologist with deep knowledge of the Microsoft stack in an enterprise environment. I’ve worked extensively in digital security, online betting and insurance using web and middle tier technologies. Also have experience in entrepreneurial settings, as CTO, founder and as technical hand heavily involved in online customer acquisition. Willem Muller earned his degree at Victoria Park.
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About BunkerEx: A new world for Marine Fuel.
Will Cavendish
CTO / CSO of Tradefox
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About Tradefox: The leading business intelligence & trading platform for the global trade of scrap & recyclable commodities.
Matt Stupple
CTO of Equiduct
Matt Stupple is the CTO at Equiduct.
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About Equiduct: Equiduct is a trading platform offering premium Best Execution services and a lit central limit order book.
