# The Team Cantex is developed by **CaviarNine**, a team with deep experience in derivatives trading, electronic markets and DeFi protocol engineering. CaviarNine was founded in July 2021 and the team initially built the leading suite of on-chain products on the Radix L1 Network, including: * A concentrated liquidity DEX * An on-ledger order book * Liquid staking products * The Surge perpetual DEX * The JustLock token locker These products became the dominant DeFi ecosystem on Radix by TVL and trading volume. This experience informs how Cantex is designed and built on Canton. As of 2025, the team is fully dedicated to building on Canton. ### **Leadership** **Oliver Scott-Simons - CEO, Co-Founder of CaviarNine**\ Oliver has a background in Mathematics from Imperial College London and spent over a decade trading exotic and multi-asset FX options at Barclays Capital, Standard Chartered and Dresdner Bank. He later founded fintech and algorithmic trading ventures and now leads product and engineering for Cantex. **Chris Colman - Executive Chairman, Co-Founder of CaviarNine**\ Chris studied Theoretical Physics and Computer Science at the University of Cambridge. He began his career in derivatives and systematic trading at Dresdner Bank before moving to Barclays Investment Bank, where he rose to Managing Director and Global Head of FX Options and Electronic FX Trading. He provides strategic oversight and governance for Cantex. ### Smart Contract and Protocol Engineering **FrostByte - Lead Smart Contract Architect**\ Frost studied Physics and Computer Science at the University of British Columbia and leads protocol and smart contract development. Over the years, he has designed and delivered systems including: * perpetual DEXs * limit order books * concentrated liquidity AMMs * liquid staking protocols. ### **Product and Development Team** Cantex is built by a compact, senior team covering: * **Backend engineering** handles matching engine integrations, ledger connectivity, data pipelines and monitoring. * **Frontend engineering** delivers the trading interface, account management flows and real-time market data experience. * **UX/UI design** ensures that complex workflows, such as funding, order entry and risk views which are clear, consistent and usable for both professional traders and newer participants. The team works closely across product and engineering, focusing on correctness, security and clear user workflows. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.cantex.io/about/the-team.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.