Simon Whitear
Global Head of Infrastructure | Experienced Cloud Practitioner
- Role
- Global Head of Infrastructure at Citadel Securities
- Location
- Miami, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Simon Whitear
With over 20 years of experience in technology leadership, systems architecture, and development, I have a proven track record of delivering enterprise-scale solutions for complex data and trading challenges. I have successfully grown and led agile teams across multiple geographies and domains, using a philosophical approach to leadership that fosters collaboration, communication and accountability. I have a deep interest in using leading-edge technology for innovation, process improvement, and organizational growth.As the former Chief Technology Officer at Akuna Capital, I was responsible for the majority of the core technology in the US, covering infrastructure, application development, and project execution. I redefined the technology strategy to improve agility and stability, increased the deployment frequency of the trading platform, and introduced key performance metrics. I also played a key role in redefining the Technology & Data functions for the firm, and led multiple cross-functional teams in delivering strategic, multi-quarter projects based on a scalable, highly distributed platforms.
Experience
Global Head of Infrastructure
Oct 2023 — Present · Miami, FL, US
Education
Loughborough University
MSc (Hons), Computing and Management
1994 — 1998
Cass Business School
Executive MBA, Business
2007 — 2009
Skills
- Databases
- Strategy
- Sql
- Linux
- Asp.net
- Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
- Ext Js
- System Architecture
- General Awesomeness
- C++
- Test Driven Development
- Leadership
- Testing
- Soa
- Enterprise Software
- Solution Architecture
- Software Engineering
- Architecture
- Scala
- Web Applications
- Electronic Trading
- Strategy Development
- Wpf
- Team Management
- .net Framework
- C#
- .net
- Distributed Systems
- Process Development
- Mongodb
- Representational State Transfer (Rest)
- Agile Methodologies
- Jetty
- Big Data
- Team Building
- Management
- Team Leadership
- Integration
- Database Design
- Application Development
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