Cboe Australia has announced the appointment of Rylan Uherek to the role of Head of Software Engineering, APAC.

Mr Uherek joins Cboe Australia from Cboe FX’s New York office, where as Director of Software Engineering he led the Server Development team responsible for Cboe core FX’s low latency platform.

In his new role, Rylan Uherek will lead Cboe’s growing Asia-Pacific Software Engineering teams, which comprise more than 15 staff across Web Engineering, C++ (Realtime) Engineering, Batch Engineering and QA Engineering as Cboe Australia continues with the delivery of the Cboe Tech migration.

Prior to his role as Director of Software Engineering for Cboe FX, Mr Uherek was a Software Engineering Manager for Cboe Global Markets. In this role, he oversaw the Server Development team responsible for the Cboe FX platform’s matching engine, order entry, market data processes and improved the execution experience for customers trading large sizes by implementing continued enhancements to the Cboe FX Full Amount product.

Mr Uherek will report to Michael Aikins, Cboe Australia Chief Technology Officer, APAC.

Mr Aikins, said:

“The APAC Software Engineering team has undergone significant growth over the past six months as we integrate Cboe Global Markets’ leading technology platform in Australia, a process to which Rylan’s skill and expertise will be critical. We expect the team to continue to grow over the next 12 months, and Rylan’s appointment is an important milestone in that journey.”

Mr Uherek holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Rutgers University.