Our Team
The Leadership Behind TradeIntel
Experienced professionals in volatility trading, fintech, fund administration, and strategic finance.
Meet the Team
Ali Zandi
Founder & CEO
Before founding TradeIntel, Zandi's entrepreneurial career was rooted in technology. In 2013, he co-founded multiple business messaging platforms that were ahead of its time, long before platforms like Facebook Messenger for Business or Slack rose to prominence. Later, recognizing that smaller market participants lacked access to the institutional-grade analytics tools available to large firms, he founded TradeIntel to bridge that gap.
Suganthan V. Krisnarajah
Co-Founder · President · COO
As founder and chairman of multiple startups including AptPay Inc., Kris is a serial entrepreneur who has spent over a decade developing data-analytics efficiencies across industries as diverse as automotive, real estate, gaming, and lead generation.
Mustafa Abbasi
Advisor
A financial strategist with an MBA in Investment Banking and over two decades of expertise in high-value deal-making. As founder of Zolo, Canada's largest independent digital real estate brokerage, he drove more than $10 billion in cumulative sales before orchestrating its landmark sale to Questrade Financial Group — the largest transaction in Canadian real estate history.
Alexander Sarante
Advisor
Director of Commercial for the Dominican Embassy in Qatar and a seasoned business development leader with extensive experience in scaling ventures across borders. He has a Master's Degree in Logistics, MBA, Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering, Post-Graduate Degree in High-Level Business Management.
Michael Listman
Volatility Expert
Michael has been actively trading since 1986, starting with commodities and equities before spending a decade focused on OEX options. In 2015 he shifted to UVXY premium collection, a strategy he continues to develop and refine as market conditions evolve. A serial entrepreneur who has founded companies across commercial printing, consumer electronics, IT services, web development, and real estate, Michael now trades full-time.