Simplex Trading

HQ
Chicago
120 Total Employees
51 Product + Tech Employees
Year Founded: 2004

Simplex Trading Leadership & Management

Updated on September 09, 2026

What People Are Saying About Simplex Trading

  • Strategic Vision & Planning: Leadership frames a technology-led market-making strategy anchored by firmwide pillars (People, Process, Trading Edge, Technology) and a growth agenda into new products and geographies. Feedback suggests CEO and role-level mandates (e.g., expanding business lines, JBO build-out) tie high-level vision to concrete avenues for scaling.
  • Open & Transparent Communication: The team page notes that leadership shares firm-level priorities regularly, clarifies decision authority, and strengthens trader–developer collaboration. Feedback suggests these practices improve alignment and execution even as external roadmaps remain intentionally high-level.
  • Resource Support: Recent additions of a Managing Director for Strategic Business Development, a General Counsel, and a Chief Compliance Officer indicate deliberate resourcing for expansion and regulatory rigor. Feedback suggests these hires equip the organization to scale partnerships, enter new products/geographies, and operate with disciplined controls.

Simplex Trading's Benefits

Defined policies promoting a professional, respectful workplace

Hosts in-person all-hands meetings

Open office floor plan to encourage communication and collaboration

Promotes a strong in-person office culture

Utilizes an open door policy that encourages accessibility