James Cotis is an Innovative Technologist with a strong background in designing, administering, deploying, and securing large-scale global financial technology systems.

He excels in refactoring legacy systems, creating transitional approaches, and advocating for change while demonstrating a team-oriented and lead-by-example management style.

His expertise spans areas such as ISO 27001, Infrastructure Engineering, IT Operations, Information Security, Project Management, Team Building, Retail & ECN Trading, Equities, and various financial instruments.

James is proficient in a wide range of programming languages including Go, C, bash, PowerShell, Java, JavaScript, Python, and many more.

He has experience working with a multitude of operating systems like CentOS, RedHat, Windows, Solaris, AIX, as well as various infrastructure software such as Oracle, MySQL, Kafka, Docker, Jenkins, AWS, and more.

James Cotis studied at The Chubb Institute and has held notable positions at Pico Global, Scivantage, Bloomberg LP, Macmillan Learning, Gain Capital, Marketaxess, TD Ameritrade, and other prominent organizations.