TradAir appoints co founder of Integral and ex CTO of EBS Viral Tolat as CEO

Trading technology solutions provider TradAir has announced that it has appointed Viral Tolat as Chief Executive Officer.

TradAir co-founder Ayal Jedeikin was leading the company, along with other members of the senior executive management team, after the previous CEO Illit Geller decided to step down in June 2017. With Mr. Tolat’s being named CEO, Ayal Jedeikin will ‘move back’ to his previous role as CMO of TradAir.

Viral Tolat

Viral Tolat

The company said that Dr. Tolat will be working closely with TradAir’s current management team to take TradAir to the next stage of its technological leadership in the FX market.

Dr. Tolat joins TradAir from EBS, where he held the position of CTO between 2013 and 2017. Prior to EBS Viral was at Integral, the FX trading technology provider which he co-founded in 1993.

Viral Tolat holds post-graduate degrees (Ph.D. and M.S.) in electrical engineering from Stanford University, where he did research in the fields of computer architecture and artificial intelligence. He completed his undergraduate Electrical Engineering degree at the University of Miami.

Cliff Lewis, Chairman of TradAir said:

We are fortunate to have Viral join TradAir. With his unparalleled technology background and deep FX market knowledge Viral is a natural leader for the company and will be instrumental to the continued success of the company.

Ayal Jedeikin, CMO and Co-Founder of TradAir added:

It is an exciting period for TradAir who has positioned itself over the years as a leading FX trading solution for banks, institutional brokers and margin brokers. Our market has been evolving rapidly and Viral with his unique skills and depth of experience is the ideal person to lead the company and grow it’s success. I look forward to our working together.

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