Community Spotlight

We’re excited to spotlight Dov Katz, Managing Director, Distinguished Engineer at Morgan Stanley for this month’s FINOS Community Spotlight.

As a long-standing FINOS board member (since its formation) and a FINOS board chair, Dov Katz has been more than just a strategic leader. He has rolled up his sleeves to make significant hands-on contributions to the community. An example of this is his role in the creation and ongoing development of TraderX. TraderX is a trading application reference architecture designed to showcase open source and emerging technologies within a financial services tech stack. Dov’s vision and dedication have been significant in driving the success of this project, which provides a critical platform for demonstrating integrations of open source projects tailored to real-world financial services use cases.

Recently, Dov took time from his busy schedule to lead the kick-off event for our Tech Sprint centered around TraderX. As detailed in our recent blog post, this Tech Sprint offers developers in our community the opportunity to engage in active code collaboration. The focus is on building working Proofs of Concept, Reference Architectures, and Integrations based on validated and scoped financial services industry (FSI) use cases. During the event, Dov provided an insightful overview of TraderX and answered questions from the community, ensuring that participants were well-prepared with a solid foundation to dive into the Tech Sprint.

TraderX plays a crucial role in building a FINOS ecosystem with integrated projects that provide a cohesive technical open source stack for financial services. Dov has been the driving force behind this project since its inception, initially spearheading the creation of TraderX for a hackathon. Since then, he has consistently led project calls and promoting TraderX at conferences. promoted TraderX at conferences. The Tech Sprint is a natural progression in TraderX’s journey, offering a hub for connecting and enhancing the ecosystem of open source projects within the financial services industry.

With five active projects participating in this Tech Sprint, as highlighted in our blog post, we are eager to see the innovations and integrations that will emerge. These projects represent a significant step forward in our mission to foster innovation and collaboration within the FINOS community.

Dov’s contributions exemplify the spirit of collaboration and innovation that drives the FINOS community. His leadership and commitment to TraderX have not only advanced the project itself but also strengthened the broader open source ecosystem for financial services.

We extend our deepest thanks to Dov Katz for his remarkable dedication and continued support. 

Get involved:

• Check out TraderX and start contributing today
• Join the discussions on GitHub: Explore the use cases and share your insights or questions.
• Join us for our upcoming in-person coding session as part of the ongoing FINOS Tech Sprint on September 12th. Sign up here.
• Attend the Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) on September 30th - October 1st in NYC: View project demos, network with industry leaders and participate in workshops at OSFF. Register here.