Chris Adams

Engineering Director at Meta

New York, New York, United States

About

I am an engineering and organisational leader with extensive experience across Investment Banking and Tech industries. I have a track record of delivering large, transformational projects at both the technical and people level and consistently drive value to the business through technology. I have specific expertise in Privacy and Global Markets, particularly Fixed Income. As a leader I have supported teams of 500+ engineers across a global footprint and have driven significant improvements in talent, culture and delivery through close business engagement, hands-on design and architecture and a focus on developer efficiency and modern software delivery methods.

Experience

  • Director of Engineering at Meta
    Jul 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 1 mo

    In my Engineering Director role at Meta I support orgs developing solutions for Risk Review and Regulatory Response- two of the most critical compliance processes at the company. Our team builds products and automation that allow Meta engineers to Move Fast whilst ensuring we meet our obligations to customers and regulators

  • Managing Director, Global Head of Credit Technology at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    Aug 2015 - Jul 2021 · 6 yrs

    As Global Head of Credit Technology I was responsible for strategy, design and implementation of front office technology including global-scale eTrading, Trade Processing and Risk & PnL. I had additional responsibility for Athena Trade & Risk Services across Markets and supported a combined organisation of 550+ engineers and over $100m in managed budget. Throughout my time in this role I supported teams delivering complex, strategic and high-impact projects including a full re-engineering of the Spread eTrading and Risk platforms.

  • Director, Global Head FX eTrading Technology at Citi
    Sep 2010 - Aug 2015 · 5 yrs

    I was a Director at Citi and Global Head of FX eTrading Technology, part of the Markets and Securities Services Technology organisation. In this role I was responsible for the pricing, trading and automated risk management platforms for FX and local markets Rates products, where Citi is the market leader. My team was directly integrated with the trading desk and quants and delivers technology covering the major liquid instruments such as FX spot, forwards, precious metals and NDF. My responsibilities extended to all aspects of electronic trading, from market connectivity, co-lo infrastructure and KDB data capture to pricing models, hedging and algorithmic execution. The liquidity provided by the FX eTrading platform is distributed to a wide range of venues such as client API, ECN's, multi-bank platforms and Citi's own single-dealer trading platform - Velocity

  • Senior Technologist at Aspect Capital
    Aug 2008 - Aug 2010 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Senior Developer at Deutsche Bank
    Sep 2002 - Aug 2008 · 6 yrs