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Blue Ocean Technologies, LLC has appointed Chinmay Patel, Chief Technology Officer, Blue Ocean ATS, and Marcus Chan, Sales Representative, Blue Ocean Technologies for Hong Kong and China, as the capital markets fintech firm expands its technology leadership and regional presence in Asia-Pacific.
Mr Patel will be based in Toronto and will lead the organisation’s technology strategy, infrastructure development and blockchain roadmap while overseeing the engineering team.
Mr Chan will take on a newly created role based in Hong Kong, responsible for business development, regional growth strategy and customer relationship management across Hong Kong and mainland China.
Blue Ocean Technologies operates the Blue Ocean Alternative Trading System (BOATS), enabling trading in US National Market System stocks during overnight US hours. Its Blue Ocean Session allows market participants in global time zones to trade US equities between 8:00 pm and 4:00 am ET from Sunday to Thursday.
The firm said the appointments come as it expands its technology and commercial capabilities around after-hours trading and tokenisation strategies.
Brian Hyndman, Chief Executive Officer, Blue Ocean Technologies
Brian Hyndman, Chief Executive Officer, Blue Ocean Technologies said:
“During this pivotal time of growth and diversification for our company, we are thrilled to welcome Chinmay Patel as our new Chief Technology Officer and Marcus Chan as our Sales Representative for Hong Kong and China. Chinmay's proven track record in scaling technology teams and driving product innovation will accelerate our technology roadmap, while Marcus's deep Asia-Pacific expertise will unlock significant growth opportunities in these new vital markets. These appointments position us to continue to drive our tokenization strategy, data solutions and business expansion in the evolving afterhours trading of US equities in the global capital markets.”
Chinmay Patel, Chief Technology Officer, Blue Ocean ATS
Chinmay Patel, Chief Technology Officer, Blue Ocean ATS, brings more than 15 years of experience building and scaling technology teams focused on financial products, with expertise spanning product strategy, software engineering and cross-functional leadership.
He previously served as Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of PERCS, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of API Garage / BlockX Labs, and Chief Technology Officer at Dossiya.
Marcus Chan, Sales Representative, Blue Ocean Technologies, has more than 20 years of experience in financial technology and capital markets sales. He previously held sales roles at Bloomberg, Refinitiv (LSEG), Sungard and FlexTrade.
Blue Ocean Technologies, LLC is a capital markets fintech firm focused on enabling global investors to trade US equities during overnight US market hours. Founded in 2019, Blue Ocean ATS operates the Blue Ocean Session and provides access to US National Market System stocks during non-traditional US trading hours. The firm is a member of FINRA and SIPC.
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