Jason Shaffer

Jason Shaffer Occupation Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer & Head of Americas Employer Trading Technologies Location Chicago area Twitter @shafferjason LinkedIn Profile Website https://www.tradingtechnologies.com/ Jason Shaffer is executive vice president, chief technology officer & head of Americas at Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT). He leads TT’s global product management and development, and he spearheads the strategy for new product development, integration and experience for client-centric solutions. He also oversees business operations throughout the Americas. He previously served as line-of-business manager for execution services and led a group within TT's in-house trading entity focused on algorithmic commodity trading. He has been with Trading Technologies since 2015. From 2009 to 2015, he worked as a proprietary futures trader for TT, before joining the company’s product development arm. Background Before joining TT, he spent almost six years at TradeCo Trading. Earlier, he was a professional consultant to Trading Technologies from Oct. 2007 to July 2009. He began his career as a software engineer for Harris Communications in 2006. Education Shaffer graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in computer science and from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with an MBA. References

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