After eight years at Jefferies, I decided to roll the dice and start a software company with two of my associates. For now, we're leveraging our domain expertise in finance and working towards building products for the financial services industry but we're also looking to expand to other industries.

Co-Founder & CEO @ We develop software for the financial services industry. Our first product, CorpAxe, aims to aggregate corporate access & analyst marketing events across the industry. From May 2015 to Present (4 months) Greater New York City AreaManaging Director @ 2007-2009 Worked as a Quant/Risk Developer on the Equity Options desk building tools for traders to manage their risk, hedge their positions, etc. I honestly don't remember what these days were like but I do remember them being quite enjoyable. 2009-Present While on the options desk, I created a platform called TickR in my spare time, an information sharing portal modeled after social networks. Jefferies asked me to build this portal into the firm-wide CRM, Corporate Access Portal, Commission Reporting system, Research Portal and the Intranet just to name a few of the tools. Currently working on Investment Banking's CRM and Pipeline application, Vetting Database for Equity Research & Investment Banking, Agile Project Management tool for IT, Learning Management System (LMS) for HR & Compliance and an Analytics Suite for Equities/Fixed Income/Futures client management teams. I started off managing one developer to a team of 30+ developers, BAs, PMs and Support personnel. Awards * 2010 Jefferies Strategic Implementation Award * 2011 Jefferies Year End Award (given to two recipients in the entire firm) Achievements * 2010 Promoted to Senior Vice President * 2012 Promoted to Managing Director * 2013 Head of Investment Banking Technology * 2014 Interim Head of Compliance Technology From March 2007 to March 2015 (8 years 1 month) Greater New York City AreaCTO @ Spun off of Polaris Advisors, designed and developed the first web-based convertible bond exchange. From January 2006 to March 2007 (1 year 3 months) Director of Software @ Director of Software for a 500MM Convertible Bond hedge fund. From August 2003 to January 2006 (2 years 6 months) Senior Application Engineer @ Developed UIs for their iBudgets Application From June 2001 to July 2003 (2 years 2 months)

M. Eng, Computer Science @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology From 2000 to 2001 B.S., Computer Science @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology From 1996 to 2000 Edward Byon is skilled in: C#, SQL, Web Applications, Software, SDLC, Java, Cloud Computing, Databases, Microsoft SQL Server, Requirements Analysis, JavaScript, Software Development, SOA, Analytics