Hidekazu Sugiura

Joined Fujitsu Limited in 1997 after graduating from the Faculty of International Politics and Economics, Aoyama Gakuin University. After working in system sales for foreign-affiliated securities, he was engaged in the development of securities back office system packages as a system engineer. In 2003, he joined CLSA Securities as the system manager for the launch of the Japanese business, leading the introduction of the stock trading system. In 2005, he joined Simplex Inc. He leads large-scale projects such as the construction of a stock trading system for major securities and the construction of the OSE FX exchange system of the Osaka Securities Exchange as a project manager. After assuming the position of Executive Officer in the development department of stock-related solutions, he provided cutting-edge low-latency solutions such as trading systems and algorithmic trading systems for major and second-tier and online securities companies. In 2016, he plans and launches a dark pool solution among securities companies, including the first online securities company in Japan.

In June 2018, participated as a co-founder of HiJoJo Partners.