Paul Reed
Founder & CTO at Escape Velocity Labs
New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Reed is a seasoned software leader and founder with a track record spanning enterprise-grade data systems and startup building. He spent a formative decade at Thomson Reuters (Reuters) as Technical Lead, tackling real-time data challenges, implementing an in-house real-time database, and building automated testing frameworks while guiding global teams. As founder & CTO of Escape Velocity Labs (2025–present), he oversees data strategy, data engineering, analytics infrastructure, and go-to-market insights powered by user intelligence. Over the past year he has led multiple AI initiatives, from integration to model fine-tuning, underscoring his belief in AI as a strategic business tool. Based in New Territories, Hong Kong, he has bridged corporate and startup ecosystems across leadership and hands-on development roles, including technical leadership at Brite Advisors. He holds a BSc in Chemistry from The University of Sheffield, illustrating a versatile, cross-disciplinary foundation driving practical, production-focused engineering.
9 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Chemistry, BSc, Chemistry at The University of Sheffield
Github Skills (6)
fixprotocol5
interactive-brokers5
brokers4
api4
trading-systems3
golang2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
paul-at-nangalan/db-util
Sep 2021 - Feb 2025
Contributions:35 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 5 months
paul-at-nangalan/stats
Jun 2021 - Feb 2024
Contributions:9 pushes, 3 branches, 1 tag in 2 years 8 months
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