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For the people.

OUR ETHOS

At StrikeX we believe in making complex things appear simple! Developing easy-to-use, inclusive & innovative software solutions for an ever-growing list of blockchain use cases.

We strive to bring the undeniable power of blockchain to the people, building products that just make sense which people & businesses alike love to use.

We’re here to distribute the undeniable power of blockchain.

“Our goal is to ensure that anyone, anywhere has the tools they need in order to reap the benefits of blockchain technology.”

ORIGINS OF STRIKEX Founded in London in early 2021, StrikeX was born. With a founding team consisting of passionate technologists, stock traders & front-end developers, we believe our unique & broad range of expertise lend themselves to providing the key market insights essential to navigate this rapidly evolving exciting sector.
HOW WE WILL BE DIFFERENT We truly believe in the power of community, and developing software from the ground up, with the end user in mind — every step of the way. We lean on the knowledge and advice our ever-growing community of likeminded individuals in order to keep our finger on the pulse. A design and usability-led focus whilst implementing the demands of the average user, enables us to develop software that people truly love to use.
Who we are

Leadership

Joe Jowett

CEO & Co-founder

Joe co-founded StrikeX in early 2021 with the goal of producing innovative yet user-friendly blockchain-based tools that make investing simple and secure. His highly successful background as a trader and spirited community leader makes him the perfect candidate to innovate in building an ecosystem that puts the user’s needs first, and provide them with the most valuable and useful tools possible.
Kishan Vadgama

CCO & Co-founder

Kishan co-founded StrikeX as a disruptive technology company with the sole purpose of getting the world investing with the quality of innovative tools that people deserve to own. With over 12+ years of industry-leading experience in Design, Product, and Marketing, Kishan has a demonstrated history in developing and delivering complex solutions packaged in simplicity, and shaped for practicality.

Rob Clark

Chief Technology Officer

Passionate technologist with a proven track record in delivering innovative solutions and platforms to large enterprise, cloud and service providers. Extensive technical background (across storage and infrastructure systems, networking, security and dev-ops) enabling a holistic and overarching view of the digital enterprise environment; and how existing, and emerging tech can be taken to market in mission critical environments.

Laurence Booth

Board of Directors

Laurence has more than two decades of experience managing, growing, and evolving core execution services across multiple asset classes in multiple geographies working for the world’s leading investment banks. Prior to joining CMC to lead their transition from CFD provider to the full suite of execution services, Mr Booth held senior leadership roles with Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Nomura & Nikko Europe.

Simon Campbell

Board of Directors

Simon is Group Head of Trading at CMC Markets. He has been with the company for over 17 years and has held a variety of senior roles, including Head of Quantitative Analysis and Head of Quantitative Pricing. In his current role, Simon is responsible for the overall management of the Quantitative Strategies department, covering trading strategy, risk management, and front office development. He is also a member of the company’s executive leadership team and is a CFA Charterholder. Simon has a strong background in quantitative finance and has a deep understanding of financial markets.

Joe Jowett

CEO & Co-founder

Joe co-founded StrikeX in early 2021 with the goal of producing innovative yet user-friendly blockchain-based tools that make investing simple and secure. His highly successful background as a trader and spirited community leader makes him the perfect candidate to innovate in building an ecosystem that puts the user’s needs first, and provide them with the most valuable and useful tools possible.
Kishan Vadgama

CCO & Co-founder

Kishan co-founded StrikeX as a disruptive technology company with the sole purpose of getting the world investing with the quality of innovative tools that people deserve to own. With over 12+ years of industry-leading experience in Design, Product, and Marketing, Kishan has a demonstrated history in developing and delivering complex solutions packaged in simplicity, and shaped for practicality.

Rob Clark

Chief Technology Officer

Passionate technologist with a proven track record in delivering innovative solutions and platforms to large enterprise, cloud and service providers. Extensive technical background (across storage and infrastructure systems, networking, security and dev-ops) enabling a holistic and overarching view of the digital enterprise environment; and how existing, and emerging tech can be taken to market in mission critical environments.

Laurence Booth

Board of Directors

Laurence has more than two decades of experience managing, growing, and evolving core execution services across multiple asset classes in multiple geographies working for the world’s leading investment banks. Prior to joining CMC to lead their transition from CFD provider to the full suite of execution services, Mr Booth held senior leadership roles with Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Nomura & Nikko Europe.

 

Simon Campbell

Board of Directors

Simon is Group Head of Trading at CMC Markets. He has been with the company for over 17 years and has held a variety of senior roles, including Head of Quantitative Analysis and Head of Quantitative Pricing. In his current role, Simon is responsible for the overall management of the Quantitative Strategies department, covering trading strategy, risk management, and front office development. He is also a member of the company’s executive leadership team and is a CFA Charterholder. Simon has a strong background in quantitative finance and has a deep understanding of financial markets.

Team members

Jason Butler

Interim Chief Security Officer

As a seasoned Engineer, Developer and Innovator with a wealth of experience — Jason has built an extensive background in cybersecurity. Jason’s expertise has proven to be critical in architecting secure, highly scalable and resilient systems for start-ups, large enterprises, service providers and multinational distributors alike.

Samuel Taylor

Director of Investor Relations

With a background in the engineering industry, Sam has an extensive record of managing highly complex projects under large corporate clients. Currently acting as liaison between the company and investors, Sam’s role involves looking after investors, and analysing corporate opportunities and networking activities to build and strengthen relationships.

Mark A. Mangion

Tech Advisor

Mark is equipped with a history of web development, and in-depth experience of blockchain and trading. He is responsible for conducting the coordination & research of technical activities. Mark also provides counsel with the scope to optimize the strengths of the organisation and deliver a workable solution in the best interest of the business and its’ users.

Jason Butler

Interim Chief Security Officer

As a seasoned Engineer, Developer and Innovator with a wealth of experience — Jason has built an extensive background in cybersecurity. Jason’s expertise has proven to be critical in architecting secure, highly scalable and resilient systems for start-ups, large enterprises, service providers and multinational distributors alike.

Samuel Taylor

Director of Investor Relations

With a background in the engineering industry, Sam has an extensive record of managing highly complex projects under large corporate clients. Currently acting as liaison between the company and investors, Sam’s role involves looking after investors, and analysing corporate opportunities and networking activities to build and strengthen relationships.

Mark A. Mangion

Tech Advisor

Mark is equipped with a history of web development, and in-depth experience of blockchain and trading. He is responsible for conducting the coordination & research of technical activities. Mark also provides counsel with the scope to optimize the strengths of the organisation and deliver a workable solution in the best interest of the business and its’ users.

Roadmap

Our vision

2021

Q2 - Q4

$99/month
  • Concept, research, core team assembled and project launch
  • Lite paper / website / pitch deck
  • Development and marketing team assembly and core team expansion
  • Deploy new StrikeX token ($STRX) alongside updated materials
  • TradeStrike Lite (Staking platform): Soft launch
  • Commence Development on TradeStrike (flagship trading platform), TradeX (DeFi trading platform) & StrikeX Wallet (Web3 Wallet)
  • List $STRX on centralised exchanges
  • TradeX & StrikeX Wallet public reveals

2022

Q1 - Q3

$99/month
  • Upgraded Website implementation with improved underlying infrastructure
  • TradeStrike: Public reveal of prototype alpha build
  • TradeStrike: Closed in-house testing, research & feedback
  • StrikeX: Promo video
  • StrikeX Wallet: Beta
  • StrikeX Wallet: Launch
  • TradeX (TradeStrike Lite v2.0) Beta
  • TradeX (TradeStrike Lite v2.0) Launch
  • Lite Paper v2.0
  • Strategic partnerships
  • Further expansion of core team and advisory board

2022

Q4

$99/month
  • TradeStrike: Beta
  • TradeStrike: Promo Video
  • TradeStrike: QA
  • Review further CeFi exchange listings
  • TradeStrike: Public launch
  • Scope product updates and additional verticals