Berk Ozdogan
Berk Ozdogan, better known as FireStorm, is Head of Strategy at Dexalot, a revolutionary decentralized, central limit order book exchange. He is also the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of FireStorm Capital, a digital asset management firm focusing on opportunities in blockchain-based technologies. FireStorm is an entrepreneur and start-up executive with a passion in technology, product development, business planning, talent acquisition, team building and execution. He is also an electronic trading expert across FX and equities asset classes focusing on algorithmic execution, automated market making, and liquidity curation. Previously, he was Head of FX Algo Trading at JP Morgan and Head of HFT Operations at Deutsche Bank. He was the CEO and CSO of two crypto startups focusing on execution services and decentralized exchange.
Berk Ozdogan Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Managing Partner and Co-Founder
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Head of Strategy
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Head of Currencies and Emerging Markets
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Equity Market Making
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Head of Electronic Trading
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Electronic Trading Technologies
Academic History
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B.S., Electrical Engineering
EXPERTISE & EARLY CAREER
During his time at JP Morgan, he was involved in currencies and emerging markets.
He was involved in Electronic Trading Tech at Bank of America, and was a Software Engineer for National Instruments.
He is an expert in scaling Web3 projects and educating investors on crypto.
He is also an active investor and advisor to various DeFi projects.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Ozdogan has been featured in various media outlets and publications, including International Business Times and Blockworks.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.