John Bryant Email Address

Chief Technology Officer

Options is the leading global provider of financial technology managed services, hedge fund technology and IT infrastructure products.

I have over 15 years experience in technology and management roles in Financial Services, both for cloud service providers and financial institutions. I have held the role of Chief Technology Officer for Options Technology, a private cloud service provider since 2012, having joined the firm four years earlier. I am responsible for the development, design and continued operation of Options’ global private cloud infrastructure which underpins service delivery to over 200 corporate clients using our ultra-low latency market data/trading & colocation, application hosting and full infrastructure outsourcing products. In my time as CTO, I have lead a number of technology programmes, including the refresh of our low latency network, SAN storage, platform monitoring and Internet/VPN firewall estates. Current projects include desktop, server and network deployment automation and our security practice including the adoption of a new penetration testing regime, security patching, vulnerability scanning and SIEM platforms. Before joining Options, I worked for Insinger de Beaufort where I delivered technology initiatives including migrating disparate front, middle and back-office systems to a single cloud-based platform, a turn-key trader voice/VOIP solution, dealing floor fit-outs and was heavily involved in the due-diligence and integration of numerous acquisition and corporate finance targets.