High Performance in Financial Trading Systems

Topic: How Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) used technology, and high-performance computing in its growth from a 6 person startup to a 25 billion dollar company and the largest financial marketplace in the world, including the acquisition of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 2013.

Speaker: Edwin Marcial, former Senior VP & founding CTO, ICE

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As Chief Technology Officer I led the technologysuccess of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) as we grew from a six-person startup to a 25 billion dollar market capitalization within 15 years. It was my technical vision and design of an Internet-based commodity trading system that would evolve to become the ICE trading platform. I In 2005, ICE had one of the largest IPOs in Georgia history, and in 2013, ICE purchased the New York Stock Exchange to become the second largest operator of financial markets in the world. My greatest achievement, however, is the creation of arguably one of the most talented and effective technology teams in the country. This team of over 350 developers and technologists designed and built every mission-critical system used to operate ICE markets, exchanges and clearing houses. The technology team has consistently innovated and executed to facilitate the rapid growth of ICE. Today the ICE trading and clearing platforms are considered among the best in the financial markets industry.

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5:30-6:30 PM: Happy hour w/ Blue Moon Pizza, beer

6:30 PM: Edwin begins his presentation

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