Chris Akers

Chris Akers is an experienced production engineer currently at Marshall Wace, providing technical support for a variety of complex in-house services. Previous roles include SRE Manager at Citadel, overseeing a global team responsible for data services, and Head of Support Engineering at R3, where Chris built and managed a global support team. Prior positions also include leading production support for the Fixed Income trading platform at MarketAxess and managing trading systems at the London Stock Exchange. Chris began a career as a software engineer at Accenture, developing distributed systems for the London Stock Exchange. Educational background includes a BSc in Computer Science from Durham University.