James Putra
James Putra is Vice President and Head of Product Strategy at TradeStation, an online trading firm for serious self-directed traders and investors. As a blockchain guru and resident innovator, he runs the innovation labs and is heavily focused on cryptocurrency. Putra has been in the fintech space for more than 15 years, building companies, managing money, and cultivating teams. He is a major industry advocate for the launch of exchange-listed blockchain products. He constantly seeks to help people in finding innovative ways to participate in this space.
James Putra Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Vice President and Head of Product Strategy
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Director Product Strategy and Innovation
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Senior Manager of Product Management, TradeStation Platform
Academic History
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BBA in Management Information Systems and Marketing
CURRENT AREAS OF FOCUS
- Developing a crypto mining and investing group
- Advising blockchain startups
- Strategy and Innovation leadership for TradeStation Technologies
PRIMARY FOCUS ON PRODUCT STRATEGY
- Digital asset exchange, liquidity, clearing, and settlement services for B2C
- Crypto lending and collateral management service for C2B2B
- Crypto interest and trading solutions for B2C
PASSIONS
- Building new products that change how consumers interact with money
- Developing new business lines that take advantage of crypto finance
- FinTech innovation, blockchain, capital markets, and crypto assets
SPECIALTIES
- Client Facing Trading Solutions
- Trade Clearing
- Crypto Assets
- Cryptocurrency Lending Business and Systems
- Cryptocurrency Trading Systems
- Exchange Technology
- Orderbooks
- Intelligent Order Routing
- Settlement and Reconciliation systems
- FOREX
- US Equities
- Japanese Equity Markets
CAREER AT TRADESTATION
- Putra is looking for partnerships, projects to advise, and awesome people to talk about the future of blockchain.
- He is often described as "the guy with the crazy idea that might actually work."
- He led a number of projects in blockchain relating to investing, mining, and strategy while Director of Strategy and Innovation for TradeStation Technologies.
- He co-founded the TradeStation Sandbox, an innovation lab focused on developing firm knowledge through innovation projects.
MEDIA
- Putra is active in the blockchain community with speaking engagements, TV appearances, educational content, and mentoring.
- He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.