Simplify. Unify. Lead.

About Us

HPR builds Capital Markets Infrastructure. Our technology powers the next-generation electronic trading stacks of global investment banks, clearing firms, asset managers, market makers and exchanges with a comprehensive suite of hardware and software solutions.

TECHNOLOGIES OF SCALE

As Cloud or Infrastructure-as-a-Service (“IaaS”) providers continue to advance into the financial services sector, established financial institutions are realizing they need to create similar offerings to remain relevant. Hence, they are increasingly looking for technology partners to arm them with the tools that are now required to compete.

HPR’s team is comprised of industry-leading architects and engineers with a vast array of required skills, including: Networking/Telecommunications, Silicon Design (FPGA), Electronic Trading Systems and High-Performance Computing.

RELENTLESS FOCUS

HPR has built a technology core that will drive product successes for years to come. Whether you require Direct Market Access, Real-time Risk Management, Market Data Delivery, Surveillance, Latency Measurement or Reporting, HPR is able to provide all of these services on a single unified platform.

HPR has become a leading financial technology player in the electronic trading space, now handling over 10% of the daily equities trading volume in the U.S., 15% in Australia and a large percentage on the HK/China Stock Connects. Since 2011, we have enabled our clients to substantially grow their businesses, and they are now taking our platform global; by the end of 2019, we will support over 80 markets worldwide.

OUR VALUES

SIMPLIFY

Simplicity must be an obsession if one is to build the world-class technology stack of the future. Financial firms are often pinned down under the weight of numerous technologies that have been mounting for years. Systems come and go. Technologies come and go. The result is a maze of applications that are difficult to support.

UNIFY

Simplicity alone will not solve the problem. Updating technology will not solve the problem. To truly succeed over time, companies must unify their myriad of applications and endless array of design patterns into a highly efficient framework.

LEAD

HPR’s vision is bold and forward-looking and lives at the cutting edge of technology. Our success is rooted in a core team that is fearless and willing to take on any challenge.

Our Team

No one else brings together our deep experience across a wide array of skill sets from telecom to software and hardware combined with unparalleled market micro-structure expertise.

ANTHONY D. AMICANGIOLI

Founder, President and CEO

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THOMAS S. WILSON

Founder, Head of Business Development

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RACHEL SWENSON

Vice President, Finance and Corporate Operations

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BRIAN C. GERMANI

Vice President, Risk and Compliance

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TIMOTHY G. FIELD

Vice President, Engineering

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ANTHONY D. AMICANGIOLI

Founder, President and CEO

Anthony’s responsibilities include setting overall strategic direction for the company and providing day-to-day leadership of the management team.

Prior to founding HPR, he served as Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director of Lime Brokerage LLC, a direct market access technology provider. His oversight and leadership drove the creation of robust and advanced trading technology.

Anthony’s professional experience includes extensive experience in the data communications industry, with leadership roles at Juniper Networks and BBN Systems & Technologies, where he oversaw the development of routers, switches and one of the industry’s first voice/data multimedia access devices. His startup experience includes building companies to address utility hosting (cloud computing) and print-on-demand technology. He has seven patents currently issued or pending.

Anthony earned an S.B. (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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THOMAS S. WILSON

Founder, Head of Business Development

Tom is responsible for managing global sales, developing strategic relationships and identifying new business opportunities for the company.

Tom has over 25 years of professional experience building successful financial technology and brokerage businesses.

Prior to co-founding HPR, Tom ran Low Latency, Direct Market Access Sales for North America at UBS and played a key role in starting “Quant Solutions”, the company’s global investment services business for quantitative asset managers.

Prior to UBS, Tom served as Senior Vice President of Sales at Lime Brokerage, where he was instrumental in establishing the company as a leading broker in US equities trading volume and provider of high-performance financial technology.

Tom earned a B.A. in History from St. Lawrence University and is a graduate of The Hotchkiss School.

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RACHEL SWENSON

Vice President, Finance and Corporate Operations

Rachel brings a wide breadth of business expertise to HPR. Prior to joining HPR, Rachel was the Chief Business Development and Finance Officer for The Help: Boston, where she was instrumental in leading and managing the startup company’s operations while contributing to sales growth and financial oversight.

Prior to joining the startup world, Rachel’s professional journey began at Deloitte & Touché, where she gained extensive experience in tax consulting and client service, focusing on private equity and real estate clients. With a desire to gain private industry knowledge and experience, she joined the finance team at Highland Capital Partners, a venture capital firm. There, Rachel was responsible for portfolio and data analysis, fund accounting and reporting, providing management company support and creating policies and procedures for various functions of the finance department.

Rachel earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Northeastern University, with a degree in accounting and management. She is a CPA registered with the Massachusetts Board of Public Accountancy.

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BRIAN C. GERMANI

Vice President, Risk and Compliance

Brian brings more than 15 years of governance, risk and compliance experience as well as industry best practices, primarily in the financial services and technology industries. Prior to joining HPR, Brian served as the Chief Compliance Officer of a boutique SEC-registered investment advisor and its wholly owned subsidiary broker-dealer where he focused on providing, implementing and reviewing risk management and regulatory compliance frameworks.

Prior to this, Brian was a client service manager within the Risk Assurance practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Boston, where he provided consulting services and expertise to a range of complex global clients focusing on all areas of their businesses, including compliance, risk and regulatory issues.

Brian earned an MBA from Suffolk University and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire. He is a CPA registered with the Massachusetts Board of Public Accountancy and also a non-practicing Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) as recognized by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association. Brian also holds a Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) from the Institute of Internal Auditors and has passed the FINRA Series 7 and 24 exams (currently non- registered).

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TIMOTHY G. FIELD

Vice President, Engineering

Tim joins HPR from iRobot and brings a decade of experience from the software and embedded systems industry, leading teams developing highly complex systems.

Prior to joining HPR, Tim led engineering teams at iRobot that designed and developed cutting-edge robotic systems for defense and enterprise consumer markets. In his role, he was responsible for the full life cycle of several products, from early prototyping through production releases. Tim is the inventor of multiple patents issued or currently pending.

Tim earned an M.S. and a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maine.

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