Mohan K. Patnam

CTO

New York, New York, United States28 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

18+ years in trading tech and infrastructure.
Expert in low latency systems and trading algorithms.
Proven leadership in managing tech teams and projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert specializing in trading systems and low latency infrastructure.

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Skills

Core Skills

Trading SystemsC++Software DevelopmentDatabase Management

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAlgo infrastructureAutomated TradingClearCaseDark PoolsData RoutersDatabasesDistributed SystemsElectronic TradingEquitiesEquity TradingExchange ConnectivityJavaLow LatencyLow latency

About

An experienced Tech-Lead/Manager with 18+ years experience in designing, building, optimizing large scale systems, and refactoring solutions both from scratch and existing legacy systems, focusing primarily on trading tech/infrastructure on both BuySide and SellSide trading firms. Extensive background as a Linux/C++ Developer/Tech Manager, with excellent communication skills suitable for client interaction, project mgmt, running teams, and mentoring juniors. Works exceptionally well as part of a team, as a manager, or independently.Specialties:UNIX based large scale distributed and high availability systems (Linux, Solaris). Advanced C++1x, Python, Java, SQL, Kdb.Large scale databases: KDB time series, SQL server, BigQuery, Sybase IQ/ASEMessaging: TCP/IP, Multicast/High performance/Low latency bus, Kafka, Etcd cluster, FIX, Sequencer architecture, TIBCO. Project mgmt and Tools:Github CoPilot, LLMs/agentic tools, Attlassian (Jira, GIT bitbucket, Confluence, svn)

Experience

28 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

7 yrs

Average Tenure

16 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Citadel investment group

Tech Lead

Feb 2010 – Present · 16 yrs 2 mos · New York City · On-site

Focus Areas:
Sequencer based BuySide Trading systems
Low latency ATS Crossing Engine (Darkpool)
Multi-Asset OMS/EMS (Equities/Fixed-income/Futures/FX/Options). Buyside and Sellside.
Retail/Client Execution services.
Institutional Sales and Trading.
Algo Infrastructure.

C++Low latencyTrading systemsAlgo infrastructureTrading Systems

Bloomberg lp

2 roles

Tech Lead

Mar 2006 – Feb 2010 · 3 yrs 11 mos · New York City

As part of Trading tech team, I was responsible in leading and developing various key features of the platform in C/C++/STL on AIX/Solaris platforms
Focus areas:
ATS Matching engine (Darkpool),
Market Data Feeds
Low latency DMA/ECN platform,
Exchange Connectivity
Smart Routing/Posting algos
Darkpools, Trading algos,
IOI communities
Large scale data mining.

C++Market Data FeedsExchange ConnectivityTrading Systems

Team Lead

Aug 2003 – Mar 2006 · 2 yrs 7 mos · New York City

· As part of Bloomberg messaging team, refactored legacy messaging applications and infrastructure using object-oriented design/C++ and developed service-oriented tasks that are scalable both in time/space.
· As a team lead, I was responsible for managing a suite of hundreds of backend databases (proprietary) that holds an average of 15M messages on a daily basis and providing various tools for easier access and maintenance. I was also responsible to mentor team members in understanding various legacy aspects of Bloomberg terminal and was responsible in managing various team projects and delivering them in a timely manner.

C++Object Oriented DesignDatabase ManagementSoftware Development