Christopher Killeen Evans

About Christopher Killeen Evans

Software architect/developer specializing in trading systems and computational finance.Experience with start-ups; key employee selection; technical due diligence; establishing development process and standards; team leadership and mentoring; managing technology departments and initiatives; and software design, coding and integration.Specialties: Designing algorithmic solutions that strike a balance between computational efficiency, simplicity, and development cost. Recognizing where and how to best apply technology and process for strategic advantage.

Experience

1. Founder Software Engineer

   Tradequery Capital Advisors, Inc

   May 2015 — Present · Lighthouse Point, FL, US

   Envisioned and developed tools for portfolio performance enhancement, applying machine learning to create new investment strategies and improve returns of existing assets. Technologies used include Azure.NET Framework/.NET Core, CUDA, FIX, ASP.NET, REST, JavaScript, React, Telerik, and SQLProprietary software applies a holistic approach to trading and portfolio evaluation, managing and training on a > 20 terabyte database of intraday trade and quote data for more than equities back several years.Approach validated managing a private exempt portfolio >$1M in a formal advisory capacity from 20••••20. Performance consistently exceeded market returns while reducing risk and exposure.

Education

• University of Tampa

  B.S., Finance/Economics/Quantitative Analysis

• Nova Southeastern University

  M.S., Computer Information Systems

Skills

• Application Architecture
• Combinatorial Optimization
• Web Applications
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Linq
• Software Development
• Tfs
• Scrum
• Trading Systems
• Technical Analysis
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Parallel Programming
• Soa
• Software Design
• Resharper
• Architectures
• Saas
• Option Pricing Models
• Visual Studio
• Strategy
• C#
• .net
• Oop
• Multithreading
• Sql
• Distributed Algorithms
• Integration
• Backtesting
• Derivatives
• Web Services
• Multi-Core Programming
• System Architecture
• Ants Profiler
• Requirements Analysis
• Object Oriented Design
• Evolutionary Algorithms
• Agile Methodologies
• C++
• Database Design