Summary
Kevin Y is a telco and infrastructure operations specialist with eight years of experience building and running low-latency trading and enterprise infrastructure across financial services. He has led data center telco programs, market-access migrations, and production engineering projects at firms including Tower Research Capital, Commonwealth Asset Management, Lazard Asset Management, and now Citadel Securities. Kevin blends hands-on systems and telecom expertise with cross-functional ops leadership—covering cybersecurity, trade support, and asset management technology—to keep latency-sensitive platforms resilient. He holds BS and MS degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Binghamton University, which inform his process-driven approach to operational reliability. Notably, his career tracks repeated responsibility for colo/matching-engine migrations and new build-outs, indicating deep practical experience in the physical network and trading stack convergence.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Brooklyn Technical High School
Master of Science Industrial and Systems Engineering, Master of Science Industrial and Systems Engineering at Binghamton University