John Shelburne

Owner & Technology Lead

• Acquired machine-learning trading platform IP from ING spinout for £25,000 following prior £5M valuation
• Reduced cloud infrastructure costs by more than 80%, generating approximately $2.3M in operational savings
• Operated production systems supporting $50B+ daily processing capacity across fixed income analytics workloads
• Improved distributed pipeline latency by 73% through infrastructure and data-processing optimization
• Maintained 99.99% production uptime across cloud-native systems
• Managed deployment and operation of ML-driven relative value analytics platform achieving 91% trade-identification accuracy across 200M+ bond-pair combinations
• Technology Stack: Go, Python, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, GCP, Terraform, Apache Beam, BigQuery, Docker

Sales & Business Development Advisor

• Developed institutional go-to-market strategy for machine-learning fixed income analytics platform
• Secured Google Cloud Partner Advantage status
• Led Bloomberg Terminal integration strategy extending platform visibility to 325,000+ terminal users
• Managed strategic partnerships, digital growth initiatives, and investor communications across US and European markets
• Participated in April 2021 EIS funding round at £5M pre-money valuation

Sales Development Representative

• Built enterprise pipeline for institutional market intelligence and analytics products
• Supported hedge funds and asset managers implementing alternative-data workflows
• Developed strategic relationships across institutional trading and investment teams

Founder & CEO

• Founded cloud-native FIX infrastructure company focused on regional bank modernization
• Designed FIX connectivity, certification, and electronic trading workflows for institutional fixed income clients
• Developed go-to-market strategy for electronic trading infrastructure services
• Built relationships with regional banks and institutional trading firms across Texas markets

European Client Relationship Manager

• Managed strategic relationships with tier-1 global investment banks and institutional asset managers
• Led deployment of ALFA liquidity aggregation platform across European and US fixed income markets
• Implemented institutional trading workflow solutions including Synchronicity and Honeycomb platforms
• Supported cross-border expansion initiatives positioning Algomi as a leading electronic trading provider

Vice President, Fixed Income Trading

• Oversaw electronic trading operations and fixed income desk infrastructure
• Developed algorithmic trading and execution workflows
• Managed institutional connectivity and electronic execution systems
• Contributed to revenue growth across fixed income trading operations

Senior Sales Executive — Trade Order Management Systems

• Generated more than $10M in recurring revenue through Bloomberg TOMS implementations across the Western United States
• Achieved more than 150% territory growth during tenure
• Designed and implemented fixed income trading infrastructure for institutional clients including City National Bank, Bank Investment Group, and Thomas Weisel Partners
• Led migration of legacy trading systems to Bloomberg institutional workflows
• Trained and mentored junior sales professionals on complex electronic trading system deployments