I am seeking a leadership role where I can help scale businesses, improve operations, and drive sustainable growth. I thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy combining strategy, execution, technology, and team development to deliver measurable results. I am particularly interested in technology, fintech, AI, and innovation-driven organizations.
Andre Haynes
@andrehaynes
Executive fintech leader building scalable digital-asset trading and liquidity platforms with hands-on technical and process excellence.
What I'm looking for
Accomplished leader with over 10 years of experience in FinTech, Digital Assets, and Trading. I bring a unique blend of hands-on technical skills
and a talent for developing processes to support organizational growth from startup to established enterprise. Skilled in building and leading
high-performing teams, optimizing processes, and delivering scalable technology solutions that drive operational excellence.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Advisor
Zeneca
Aug 2024 - Present (1 year 10 months)
Provided high-level guidance on operational frameworks and processes to enable individuals to invest in US equities using stablecoins and local payment methods, with investments starting from as little as $5. Advised on supporting the introduction of tokenized US stocks and ETFs for Panama and broader Central American markets.
Data Strategy Advisor
Illuminodes
Apr 2024 - Present (2 years 2 months)
Advised on data architecture, privacy frameworks, and integration strategy for global health data standards in the open-sourced SALUD Protocol built on NOSTR. Supported the development of tamper-proof, trustworthy, and accessible health data management concepts and implementation approach.
Chief Executive Officer
Merkle Hedge
Jan 2022 - Present (4 years 5 months)
Led growth of the prop trading business to 30% annualized returns by building data-driven tools that shorten time-to-execution for crypto arbitrage. Scaled market-making to $1B+ annual trading volumes, providing liquidity for 40%+ of Canadian exchange volumes and managing $35M+ in aggregate inventory.
Co-founder & CEO
Tokamak Technologies
Aug 2019 - Present (6 years 10 months)
Led strategic direction and product creation across crypto market data and trading infrastructure, including a token database delivering REST API/CSV access to 50B+ trades and 10B+ order book snapshots across 8,700+ markets. Built and guided a modular exchange platform (Daxxr) and algorithmic trading infrastructure suite (Trady.ai) for configurable execution, monitoring, and strategy management.
Market-Making Consultant
Bitbuy (WonderFi)
Feb 2020 - Sep 2023 (3 years 7 months)
Managed ~$30M CAD in inventory across proprietary market-making strategies, helping drive efficient low-cost execution and support growth to 40%+ of Canadian trading volume. Maintained and extended in-house market-making infrastructure, implemented market-making P/L reporting to the CFO, and oversaw daily reconciliations, exposure management, and real-time risk monitoring.
Chief Operations Officer
Linq Liquidity Network
Jun 2020 - Dec 2021 (1 year 6 months)
Built and scaled trading technology for prop trading and market making, including low-latency execution on 15+ crypto exchanges and high-frequency arbitrage strategies. Managed integrations and operations that supported liquidity growth, including Loopring market-making and team expansion from 3 to 10+ employees/contractors.
Various Positions
Bitt Digital
Jul 2015 - Apr 2017 (1 year 9 months)
Managed and architected products for a regulated digital asset platform, including launching the first Caribbean crypto-exchange and ATM network and contributing to the design and launch of the “Barbados Digital Dollar” CBDC. Led product strategy and scaled teams from 10 to 50+ employees while supporting compliance and treasury tools and helping secure a $16M investment from Overstock.com.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Waterloo
Bachelor of Mathematics, Statistics
2014 -
Bachelor of Mathematics program with a major in Statistics and a minor focus in Pure Mathematics, Machine Learning, and Philosophy.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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