Summary
Todd Strader is an experienced engineer with 12 years in high-performance trading and market data systems, currently contributing to Hudson River Trading from New York. His background includes senior FPGA and ASIC roles at Two Sigma, Exegy, and IBM, where he specialized in low-latency trading systems, market data ingestion, and network adapters. Todd blends deep hardware design expertise with practical systems-level engineering, often working at the intersection of FPGA/ASIC development and production trading infrastructure. He has led teams and managed FPGA engineering efforts, demonstrating both technical leadership and hands-on design skills. Trained in computer engineering at Penn State, he brings a hardware-centric perspective to solving software and systems challenges in finance. Colleagues would note his rare combination of chip-level experience and production trading systems know-how.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at Penn State University