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Valentine Samko

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Chief Technology Officer at Wintermute

United Kingdom

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About

CTO with over 20 years in software architecture, including 15 years at banks such as Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered and trading firms like XTX. Holds a PhD in Computer Science/Maths.

Experience

  1. WintermuteCTO, head trading platform developercurrent2019 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
  2. Undisclosed algo trading LLPpartnercurrent2013 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
  3. Standard Chartered BankLow latency trading platform developer/consultant2015 — 2017London, United Kingdom
  4. Barclays CapitalVice President2010 — 2012
  5. Barclays CapitalVice President2010 — 2012
  6. Morgan StanleyDesk Strategist, Vice President2006 — 2011
  7. Morgan StanleyVice President, Credit Derivatives Desk Strategist2007 — 2009
  8. Morgan StanleyQuant Developer2006 — 2007
  9. Barclays CapitalManager, Team Leader2004 — 2006
  10. Cardiff Universitytutor2001 — 2004
  11. Cardiff UniversityAssociate2000 — 2004
  12. Center of Mobile Communications at Cardiff UniversityResearch Associate2004
  13. Centre for Mobile CommunicationsResearch Associate2004
  14. self employedFreelance Software Developer2002 — 2004
  15. Rostov State UniversityGraduate degree1995 — 1999

Skills & more

C#5Unix3Python3XML2C++7Java3Linux2VBA6Derivatives10Databases1Multithreading4SDLC
+8 moreTradingAlgorithmsFixed IncomeEquity DerivativesMicrosoft SQL ServerTrading SystemsCredit DerivativesQuantitative Finance

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Colleagues at Wintermute

Alain Passini
Head of Risk at Wintermute
Evgeny Gaevoy
Founder and CEO at Wintermute
Jonathan Chan
Global Head of Business Development and Partnerships at Wintermute
Lilian Tan
Chief Compliance Officer at Wintermute
Marina Gurevich
Chief Operating Officer at Wintermute
Morgan Vincent
Head of Trading at Wintermute
Nalaka Gamage
Chief Financial Officer at Wintermute
Wanmeng Zhang
Investor at Moonfire Ventures

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Who is Valentine Samko?
CTO with over 20 years in software architecture, including 15 years at banks such as Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered and trading firms like XTX. Holds a PhD in Computer Science/Maths.
Where does Valentine Samko work?
Valentine Samko is Chief Technology Officer at Wintermute.
Where did Valentine Samko go to school?
Valentine Samko studied at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd (PhD, Computer Science, Mathematics); Cardiff University (School, Computer Science).

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