Who We Are
Ryan Kessler
Co-Founder & CEO
Ryan spent seven years writing low-latency C++ at a Chicago proprietary trading firm before co-founding Cox. He is an open-source contributor to several systems-programming projects and believes the best software is the software you barely notice. He studied Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.
Priya Nair
Co-Founder & CTO
Priya designed embedded trading systems for an energy trading desk before joining Ryan to start Cox. She leads all architecture decisions and personally reviews every pull request that touches the critical path. She holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech.
Tommy Huang
Head of Product
Tommy ran product at a developer-tools startup that was acquired by a major cloud provider. He brings a relentless focus on developer experience and believes documentation is a feature, not an afterthought. He is responsible for Cox's famously concise README files.
Elena Vasquez
Lead Systems Engineer
Elena spent five years on the Linux kernel networking team at a major tech company before joining Cox. She is the architect behind the zero-copy tick recorder and the kernel-bypass networking layer that powers the execution engine. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from MIT.