Smarkets Team

Jason Trost

CEO / Co-founder

Prior to founding Smarkets, Jason was an application developer at UBS’s Global Asset Management (New York) where he focused on innovative web technologies. Jason founded internet startup Descipher, a consumer medical website and has also been an equities trader at Great Point Capital (Chicago).

Jason Trost

Hunter Morris

CTO / Co-founder

Prior to founding Smarkets, Hunter was a senior software engineer at Wolverine Trading (Chicago / London). Hunter was responsible for developing market making systems and trading infrastructure for Wolverine’s derivatives trading desks.

Hunter Morris

Bradley Wright

Director of Web Development

Brad has previously worked for Yahoo!, where he led global front end development for Yahoo! Answers. Answers is currently live in more than 20 countries and receives approximately 1 billion page views per month. He has also worked on re-launching the Classic FM and XFM web sites for Global Radio, the UK's largest commercial radio group.

Bradley Wright

Alex Lee

Head of Experience

Alex is a user experience specialist who has worked with companies such as RealNetworks, the BBC and Virgin Media. He has a record of successful and user-focused launches on some of the strongest brands in the UK, including Global’s Capital Radio and Yahoo! TV.

Alex Lee

Russ Garrett

Head of Technical Operations

Prior to Smarkets, Russ was one of the first employees at Last.fm (via Audioscrobbler). Russ also started the Hackspace Foundation which provides a collaborative environment for people to work on technology.

Russ Garrett