Summary
Ian Bashford is a seasoned reference data and systems architect with over a decade leading global market and security master programs for quantitative trading firms. Currently Head of Reference Data at Quadrature after eight years in the same function at WorldQuant, he combines product design, API and data architecture skills with hands-on big-data and Hadoop experience to deliver auditable, scalable reference data platforms. His background spans enterprise architecture, regulatory readiness (MiFID II), and low-latency market data engineering, giving him rare cross-domain fluency between trading needs and robust data infrastructure. Based in the New York metro area and originally trained in physics with astrophysics, he brings a methodical, measurement-driven approach to solving complex data provenance and integration challenges.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Physics with AstroPhysics, Physics with AstroPhysics at University of Leicester