Kathryn Zhao is Adjunct Professor of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology at Cornell University and Global Head of API Product at OKX, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges. At OKX, she is responsible for improving the exchange’s latency, performance, and robustness, and for delivering a high-performance API experience to institutional and retail clients alike. Kathryn joined OKX from Cantor Fitzgerald, where she was the Global Head of Electronic Trading and successfully rolled out an algorithmic trading suite across equities, foreign exchange, fixed income, and cryptocurrencies. Before Cantor Fitzgerald, she spent several years at JPMorgan, first as Head of Linear Quantitative Research in Asia and then, after relocating to New York, as Global Head of Algorithmic Quantitative Research. In that role, she led quantitative research for Electronic Trading, Delta-One, ETF Market Making, Automated Market Making, Cash, the Central Risk Book, and Block Trading. Earlier in her career, Kathryn worked at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong, starting as a portfolio trader and later taking charge of the APAC Electronic Trading team. Her portfolio trading experience, deep knowledge of Asian market microstructure, and strong quantitative background give her a distinctive foundation in electronic trading. An experienced quant, Kathryn has a long track record in financial services, with expertise in electronic trading across asset classes, market microstructure, data analysis, and portfolio management. She holds double degrees in Statistics and Finance from Cornell University and Purdue University.