Nick Forster
CEO, Cofounder at Derive Labs
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Forster is a founder and operator focused on upgrading the financial system, currently CEO and cofounder of Derive Labs in New York with 11 years of experience across trading, risk, and software. He began his career as an equity options trader at Susquehanna, bringing quantitative rigor and market-making instincts to product and strategy. Trained in mathematics at the University of Sydney and in advanced software engineering at Hack Reactor, he blends quantitative modeling with hands-on engineering to ship production systems. Prior roles in tutoring and education signal a knack for distilling complex concepts and building curricula—skills he applies to team development and product design. Early exposure to financial risk management at KPMG rounded his understanding of governance and treasury considerations. He pairs trader-level speed and decisiveness with an engineer’s attention to robust, scalable implementation.
11 years of coding experience
Advanced Software Engineering Immersive, Advanced Software Engineering Immersive at Hack ReactorThe University of Sydney
Github Skills (4)
java9
blockchain4
solidity4
ethereum3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
derivexyz/LEAPs
Sep 2021 - Dec 2022
LEAPs
Contributions:101 commits, 27 PRs, 50 pushes in 1 year 2 months
javaleaps
flyingmongeese/flyingmongeese
Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
Contributions:106 PRs, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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