Adam May

Background

About Adam May

Energetic technology professional with over 20 years development experience specialising in finance- Vast market and product knowledge spanning Equities, Futures, Options, Fixed Income, Prop Trading and FX with specific knowledge in the European and Asian markets (Australia, HK, Korea)- Experience in building, leading and managing technical teams, such as those building algorithmic trading and real-time trading tools- While lead teams, remained hands-on throughout career, including architectural design and development- Extensive technical background with a focus on scalability, stability and performance- Technical experience covers both implementation, plus highly technical business logic – including the use of probability and statistics for model design- Passion for delivering solutions (either tactical or strategic) that are “fit for purpose”, yet have a focus on quality and reduced complexity- Multiple industry sector experience covering major domestic markets of finance and real estate.Technology Specialities.Net (all versions, mainly C#, but also some F#)- Winforms/WPF/Webforms/MVC/MVVM- Client and Server usage- Asynchronous processing/threading- C/C++/Java (dated)-Experience with software life cycle tools such as Jira, Bamboo, Mocking frameworks, Unit testing frameworks)- SQL Server (all versions), including profiling/tuning- Statistical modelling tools – MATLAB, R- Python – pandas/numpy/scipy (for time series analysis)