Careers

Miles Sherman

Chief Technology Officer

Miles is a software engineer with eight years of experience in trading system development. Previously, he worked on FPGA and C++ infrastructure and low-latency strategy implementation at Global Trading Systems. More recently, Miles successfully implemented his own market-making strategies for cryptocurrency. He holds a BA in physics from Occidental College, and an MS in electrical engineering from Columbia University.

Qian Wan

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Qian is an expert in market microstructure and quantitative trading with many years of Wall Street experience. Most recently he served as Managing Director in charge of electronic trading at multi-billion dollar quantitative hedge fund PDT Partners. Prior to PDT he developed algorithmic trading strategies at top-tier firms including GETCO and Two Sigma. Qian holds a BS in physics from the University of Science and Technology of China, and a PhD in theoretical physics from Yale University.

Kristin DeMeo

Chief Operating Officer

Kristin has wide-ranging expertise in all areas of business operations honed over more than a decade in quantitative investment management. She was an early hire to Morgan Stanley’s elite prop trading unit – later spun-out as multibillion-dollar hedge fund PDT Partners – and brings both Wall Street and entrepreneurial perspective to Lonk. She is an avid puzzle-solver and she holds a BS in business administration from Stonehill College.

Clayton To

Technology

Clayton is a software engineer with a passion for entrepreneurship.  Before coming to Lonk, he worked at a startup developing software for industrial manufacturing and design workflows.  He is a long-time enthusiast and advocate of blockchain, having followed the technology since its infancy.  He holds a BA in computer science and a BA in mathematics from Pitzer College where he founded the Programming Club and played for the Claremont Colleges rugby team.

Julian Ranz

Technology

Julian spent the last several years as a software engineer at a broker-dealer in Boston before coming to Lonk.  In the past he worked on blockchain-related projects using Hyperledger and Ethereum for both the London Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.  Julian holds a BS in computer science and a BS in finance from Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was a rower and coxswain for the varsity crew team.

Bingchu Huang

Data Science

Bingchu is an accomplished physics researcher.  His work at Brookhaven National Lab led to the discovery of a new elementary anti-particle, and he spent several years on projects as part of the STAR Collaboration.  Bingchu was an alpha researcher at a quantitative trading fund before coming to Lonk.  He is enthusiastic about cryptocurrencies and blockchain, and he holds both a BS and a PhD in physics from the University of Science and Technology of China.

Xinyue Chen

Technology

Xinyue spent a number of years as a core developer at Hudson River Trading where he worked on high frequency trading platforms. He became interested in blockchain technology early in 2016 and he built several applications that run on EOS. He is a formidable player of table tennis, Texas hold’em, and Street Fighter. Xinyue holds a BS and MS in computer software from Tsinghua University, and an MS in data science from Carnegie Mellon University.

David Wang

Technology

David is a software engineer with extensive experience in quantitative strategy and trading system development. He got his start working in electronic trading at Lehman Brothers (and, after Lehman’s acquisition, Barclays Capital) and he spent a number of years at Tower Research Capital immediately prior to joining Lonk. He has a BS in physics from Peking University, and an MS in computer science from Rutgers University.

Cameron Clifton

Technology

Cameron worked as a software engineer at a startup specializing in biometric authentication prior to joining Lonk. He became passionate about blockchain and its potential uses several years ago while working on projects implementing smart contracts on Ethereum. Cameron holds a BS in computer engineering and an MS in computer science from Lehigh University where he graduated with highest honors and was a President’s Scholar.