Ben Ross

Current

• Account Executive - IT Practice at Forrest Solutions
• Account Manager IT Practice at Forrest Solutions

Education

• Colgate University
• Colgate University
• Brunswick School

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Recommended

9 people have recommended Ben

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Human Resources

Websites

• Twitter
• My Blog
• My Website

Ben Ross’s Summary

Executive Recruiter for Trading (Portfolio Management), Quants (Strategy and Development) and IT application development and infrastructure. I have great interest in the world of Algorithmic Trading, CEP and Dark Pools of Liquidity. I believe that dark books and program trading are the wave of the future and I am looking to meet individuals who share that sentiment. I am interested in connecting with people who are well versed in Agile Development. Currently seeking top tier Software Developers to work with top with Financial Software firms using the latest technologies including C#, Python and some established ones, Java, C++.

Ben Ross’s Specialties:

C#, WPF, .NET,C++, Java, Swing, Algo Trading, OMS, EMS, Quant

Ben Ross’s Experience

• Account Executive - IT Practice

  Forrest Solutions

  (Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  June 2009 — Present (2 months)

  In addition to my recruitment and Account Management responsibilities, I will now be the Sales Manager for the Information Technology Search Practice of Forrest Solutions.

• Account Manager IT Practice

  Forrest Solutions

  (Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years)

  Full desk, full lifecycle executive recruitment for financial services, financial technologies and emerging technologies.

Ben Ross’s Education

• Colgate University

  1950 — 2007

• Colgate University

  BA , 1999 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  Delta Upsilon Fraternity, Colgate Thirteen

• Brunswick School

  HS , 1992 — 1999

  Activities and Societies:

  Blue Notes Jazz Band

Additional Information

Ben Ross’s Websites:

• Twitter
• My Blog
• My Website

Ben Ross’s Interests:

Golf, Jazz Singing, Startups and Venture Capital

Ben Ross’s Groups:

Brunswick School, Delta Upsilon Fraternity, Colgate 13 (Acapella Group), Spence-Chapin Adoption Mentorship,

•    Colgate University Alumni
•    Python Community
•    Delta Upsilon International Fraternity
•    Link to Wall Street™
•    Global Petroleum Group
•    Agile Alliance
•    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
•    .NET People
•    Capital Markets Network
•    Banking and Finance Technologies
•    FIX Protocol Organization
•    Linked .NET Users Group (LIDNUG)
•    Hedge Fund Group (HFG)
•    Securities Industry Forum
•    Hedge Fund Network
•    Family Offices Group
•    Private Equity Investment Group
•    .Net Professionals
•    Liquidity Management Network
•    Colgate Capital Markets
•    Global Trade Network
•    Brunswick Alumni Group
•    ExchangeLink
•    Prop Traders
•    Colgate Connections
•    Electronic Trading Group
•    Algorithmic Trading
•    Colgate University
•    Artificial Intelligence in Trading
•    Fixed-Income Electronic Trading
•    Quant Finance
•    High Performance & Super Computing
•    Multi-Asset Class Algorithmic Trading
•    Systematic Trading and Statistical Arbitrage Network
•    Trading Chicago
•    Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) Group
•    Traders in EMS Design
•    Wall Street Financial Candidates
•    eXtreme Programming (XP)
•    Electronic Trading Jobs
•    Multicore & Parallel Computing
•    Colgate 13 Alumni
•    Front Office Equities Technology
•    Global Value Investing Forum
•    Monster Call / Put Option Plays
•    Direct Access Traders
•    Automated Trading Strategies
•    Brunswick-Greenwich Academy Network (BGAN)
•    TradingMarkets

Ben Ross’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch