The Algomi team is comprised of some of the most innovative, forward-thinking and experienced operators in today’s financial technology landscape. Usman Khan, the chief technology officer, is just one of them. He is committed to taking pioneering technology ideas to market.

In this article, Fintech Investment Reviews highlights some of Usman’s career history and awards to showcase what he brings to Algomi.

Career – past and present

The formation of Algomi in 2012 was the genesis of a future bond trading revolution. Tapping into streams of big data for analysis and use by traders and teaming up with other big and forward thinking companies like Euronext and OpenFin are just a few of the bold steps taken by Algomi. Investments like these meant that the liquidity-discovery start-up is looking to create an avalanche of opportunities within the bond-trading market within the next few years by tapping, organising and improving the accessibility of previously unreachable data streams. Indeed, they have already been responsible for the creation of swathes of liquidity in the market with their data crunching platforms. Their software, Honeycomb, already boasts connections with more than 240 buy-side clients and 17 international banks creating billions of data points.

Khan comes to Algomi from international giant UBS where a colleague had this to say about him: ‘Usman’s always been a highly respected individual and I’ve have nothing but positive feedback from my team members across the board.’

Usman is also a board advisor for Cognism. They are considered experts in financial narrative that communicates risk and opportunity to help drive sales.

Awards

Usman was named one of the top 40 under 40 rising stars of trading and technology by the Wall Street Journal eFinancial news in 2014 and 2015.

He was also listed as one of the 40 Coolest People to Know in Fintech by Business Insider. They describe him, affectionately, as a ‘fintech geek’ citing the fact that ‘he built a mock-up blockchain at home using rented AWS servers just to see how the thing works’.

This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to awards that have landed in Usman’s office. These cover his personal contribution to the industry as well as the work he has done collectively with the Algomi team.