Ari Eaton

AVP, Quant — eFX Sep 2026 — present

Quant — eFX Jun 2025 — Sep 2026

• Optimized FIX session handling, reducing disconnects by 80%+ and eliminating associated resubscription overhead across currency pairs and tenors, while reducing operational risk from trade timeout incidents.
• Created AI bot infrastructure on an MCP server and the State Street AI API, automating operational processes like position checks and opening access to proprietary data for non-technical users.
• Built a scalable framework for AI-powered applications on TickDB, enabling rapid iteration and deployment of future intelligence tools.
• Optimized skew class calculations, reducing latency and improving accuracy in real-time quoting.
• Led automated monitoring and reporting enhancements across trading systems, reducing manual oversight and improving operational visibility.
• Conducted self-guided research on signal generation and optimization, identifying ways to improve portfolio performance.
• Pitched a new business opportunity leveraging existing database infrastructure to senior leadership.

Professional Development Program

• eFX Market Making
  • Implemented and evaluated a high-frequency autoregressive model.
  • Implemented Symphony API integration enabling real-time data access and interaction within the messaging platform.
  • Designed analysis tools to automate pricing evaluation and improve reporting efficiency.
• eFX Benchmarks
  • Improved tooling for benchmarking execution performance and market selection effectiveness.
  • Developed a visualization framework to streamline signal generator testing and validation against production standards.
  • Built a backtesting tool to analyze parameter changes and quantify PnL outcomes, enabling data-driven optimization of execution strategy.

Intern

• Used MATLAB to research and backtest an EM FX hedging strategy based on a deployed G10 approach.
• Worked with the Indirect and StreetFX sales teams to automate a daily task in Python, saving 5 hours a month.
• Combined proprietary indicator data with industry-standard signals to produce the August FX Hedging Monitor publication.

B.A., Computer Science

• Minor in Integrated Design, Engineering, and Applied Science (IDEAS). Ski team captain.