Steve Buchanan

CTO at UNest

Steve Buchanan is currently the CTO at UNest. Prior to this, they were the head of Big Data Products at First Derivatives from December 2014 to May 2016. In this role, they were responsible for heading the big data product suite and leveraging Kdb for target Capital Markets needs. Steve also successfully won a major contract to integrate the solution into the core back office of a major Australian Bank.

From September 2004 to December 2014, Steve was the Director of Engineering at Calypso, where they were instrumental in scaling the startup from 60 to 600+ employees with $200+ million in revenue. During their tenure, they successfully architected and built multiple financial solutions from concept through to delivery, including exotic derivatives structuring. Additionally, they built, managed and scaled a multi-zone team to own and grow the front office derivatives trading suite of products.

Some of Steve's notable accomplishments include developing, evolving and managing SDLC to ensure high quality, efficient delivery of CI/CD enterprise solutions; working with pre-sales to help win a number of deals; and heading IRD product team & creating multiple new product offerings, particularly in emerging markets such as Brazil & China.

Steve Buchanan completed a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Computer Science at The University of Edinburgh, graduating with first class honours and summa cum laude.

Steve Buchanan works with Mike Van Kempen - COO & Head of Growth, Chloe Etsekson - VP, Communications, and Maria Humphrey - Compliance Officer. Steve Buchanan reports to Ksenia Yudina, Founder & CEO.

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