Summary
Tim Xian is a fintech-focused technology executive with over a decade of experience building buy-side and sell-side trading and information platforms, currently serving as CTO at Evolution Asset Management. He combines deep hands-on engineering—C++/C# low-latency system design and familiarity with TensorFlow—with product and R&D leadership from founding a quantitative asset manager and architecting Ping An Bank’s asset management platform. Tim has led teams through platform architecture, risk frameworks, and operationalizing quant strategies for institutional and retail clients, managing an AUM-backed firm and driving technical roadmaps. Known as a proactive fast learner and team builder, he blends rigorous engineering discipline with strategic planning and IT governance. A less obvious strength is his cross-domain perspective, grounded in biomedical engineering and accounting study, which informs his quantitative rigor and interdisciplinary approach to financial systems.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange, Accounting, Exchange, Accounting at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
English, Chinese