Harun Ozkan
Head Of Quantitative Trading Systems And Engineering
Istanbul, Türkiye Turkey
Summary
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Top SchoolHarun Ozkan is a seasoned technology leader with over a decade building ultra-low-latency trading systems and leading quantitative engineering teams across power, gas and cross-asset derivatives. Currently Head of Quantitative Trading Systems and Engineering at Vitus Commodities, he designs architecture and runs production trading platforms that span execution, data engineering and pre/post-trade risk controls for distributed teams in Istanbul, Izmir, Berlin and Ankara. His background blends hands-on C++ and direct market access expertise with a PhD in Economics, enabling him to bridge rigorous quantitative modeling and pragmatic trading infrastructure. Previously he led ultra-low-latency platform development at Matriks and founded early trading-technology efforts, consistently focusing on performance, reliability and measurable risk controls. Notably, his career mixes academic depth with operational leadership—often taking responsibility for both hardware and software stacks in latency-sensitive environments.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Economics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Economics at İstanbul Bilgi ÜniversitesiBachelor of Science (BSc), Management Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Management Engineering at Istanbul Technical UniversityMaster of Science (MSc), Computations in Science and Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Computations in Science and Engineering at Boğaziçi University
English, French, Turkish
Github Skills (9)
intellisense6
python5
vscode5
vscode-extension5
visual-studio-code4
visual-studio4
pylint3
python-extension2
parse1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
martingale/RODBC_for_Mac
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:19 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
martingale/tbliste
Feb 2016 - Jan 2022
Contributions:2832 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 11 months
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