Cofounder at Zenbe
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Co-founder & CTO at Zenbe
- Past
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- Software Engineer at Two Sigma Investments
- Quantitative Research Developer at Pragma Financial Systems
- Systems Consultant at Ameritrade
- Senior Developer at Datek
- Web Developer at Hewson Group
- Education
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- New York University
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Tom Alison’s Summary
Versatile technologist with a broad range of experience spanning web product design and implementation to large scale, high performance enterprise server applications.
Tom Alison’s Specialties:
Internet application design, agile development methodologies, high-frequency trading software, heuristic execution optimization, scalable networked Java applications.
Tom Alison’s Experience
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Co-founder & CTO
Zenbe
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Startup co-founder focused on product design and technical implementation of an AJAX-driven, consumer-oriented email product.
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Software Engineer
Two Sigma Investments
(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)
December 2005 — September 2006 (10 months)
Worked on automated electronic execution platform and related strategies to support quantitative trading models in multiple markets and asset classes.
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Quantitative Research Developer
Pragma Financial Systems
(Financial Services industry)
July 2005 — December 2005 (6 months)
Discovery and implementation of optimal execution models for high volume trading institutions based on proprietary empirical research and market microstructure theory.
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Systems Consultant
Ameritrade
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AMTD; Computer Software industry)
April 2002 — July 2005 (3 years 4 months)
Developed low latency direct exchange feed market data distribution systems for US equities and options supporting 100K+ retail clients.
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Senior Developer
Datek
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1999 — April 2002 (2 years 8 months)
Designed and developed web-based user interfaces specialized for highly active retail traders in DHTML and Java.
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Web Developer
Hewson Group
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)
October 1996 — September 1999 (3 years)
Tom Alison’s Education
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New York University
BA , Philosophy , 1996 — 1999
- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Beta Kappa, Scholar's Club
