Expert View: James Glyde, CCO at Spotware

Introduction to James Glyde

James Glyde is the youngest member of the management team at Spotware. He joined the company in December 2014 as a Business Development Manager. Over the past four years, he has climbed the ranks to become the company’s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). He plays an important role in both the company’s growth and the day-to-day operations. We are excited to talk to James and find out the company’s plans for both growth and sustainability in the increasingly restrictive regulatory landscape.

Our Questions for James

We have prepared a series of questions for James and they have been designed so we can get some interesting insights for our readers. All questions are based on our own research and knowledge of Spotware and cTrader.

Overview at Spotware

You’ve been at Spotware a while, what has been the most interesting project that you worked on at Spotware?

Over the past four years, I have worked on a number of interesting projects. Some of them are flourishing today, others never went further than the research and planning stage. At Spotware we are actively engaged in research all the time. Before we do anything, we need to evaluate the feasibility, opportunity and finally consult with brokers and/or traders before we push it into development. We look for new ways to improve our products and services, as well as create new products, for example, our cryptocurrency exchange platform called cXchange which we recently launched. That was a huge project which we started almost 12 months ago. For everyone involved it was a great experience to be able to take on something completely new to us. Other than that, I have enjoyed working on other successful projects, such as cTrader Copy, Spotware’s unique answer to Copy Trading and PAMM and the cTrader Partner Program.

The Crypto Exchange

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