Summary
John Muehlhausen is a hands-on software leader and managing member based in Chicago with over two decades of experience building high-performance financial systems and leading engineering teams. He has architected and implemented equity self-clearing, market data processing, order/trade management, and risk/accounting platforms, and later scaled cloud-based strategy backtesting and alternative data services at CloudQuant. Known for melding practical engineering with open standards and AI agents, he focuses on performant, auditable architectures that serve traders and quantitative researchers. A Purdue-trained engineer with deep roots in both low-latency trading infrastructure and cloud backtesting innovation, he pairs entrepreneurial instincts with a rare blend of systems-level rigor and product-minded execution.
8 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
BS CEE, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Philosophy, BS CEE, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Philosophy at Purdue University