Summary
Chris Anderson is a seasoned CTO and software engineer with 15 years focused on high-performance trading and ETRM systems across US, EU and Japanese power markets. He blends hands-on architecture and development of real-time execution, automated trading strategies, dashboards and service applications with deep functional and object‑oriented design experience. As founder/consultant and current CTO of Energy Cognito, he has led cross‑discipline teams to deliver low-latency, auditable trading platforms and production-grade integrations for commodity firms. His career spans lead engineering roles and long-term consulting engagements, showing an ability to move between strategic leadership and day‑to‑day coding. Based in Austin and grounded in economics from Rice University, he brings a market-aware technical perspective that helps align trading strategy with robust system design.
14 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
BA Economics, BA Economics at Rice University