
He meant to make music in New York. Instead, Michael Chin spent three decades changing the tempo of financial technology - from trading desks to cloud software, and from chief executive to trusted advisor.

He helped turn JavaScript into a serious application platform. Now the Option Alpha founder is applying the same systems instinct to a less obedient piece of software: the trader.
Eva Sehic is the CEO of Lime Trading, a New York agency broker that provides fast, scalable direct market access to US equities and options markets. She stepped into the top job in September 2024 after joining as COO a year earlier, and brings more than two decades of markets experience from Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Sberbank's New York operation, where she served as COO and CEO. Known for pairing operational discipline with a bet on AI, blockchain and machine learning, she was named Excellence in Innovation winner at the 2024 Markets Media Women in Finance Awards and Vendor Professional of the Year at the 2025 Witad Awards.