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Olga Holin
Michael James Ward
March 6th, 1979 - September 3rd, 2022
March 6th, 1979 - September 3rd, 2022
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Judd Orr
I met Mike in 2008 when we were working at Prime Trading in NY together. We became friends and stayed in touch ever since. Mostly through emails, but every few months we'd catch up via phone to talk about financial markets and life. His insights and sense of humor will be greatly missed. My deepest condolences to Olga and his family.
Philipp Leser
I only knew him as an anonymous user on an internet forum on quantitative finance. His true idedentity was revealed to me today. He always went out of his way to help people there (including me). Always friendly, patient and with a great sense of humor. My hearfelt condolences to family, loved ones and friends!
Steve Zheng
Mike, you have been such a great colleague, a friend, and member of our DCIG family. We will all miss you dearly. I trust that you are onto better and greater things in this next chapter of yours. This is not a good bye. Perhaps just a "see you later"!
Nick C
I knew Mike when we worked together in London starting back in 2002. I still remember the day we met and how I was confused by his calm stillness, and my inability to understand what he was thinking. That never changed. He was kind. He was thoughtful. He was patient and understanding and it was always a pleasure to hear his sly humour delivered with his Scottish lilt. He was a good man. He was a giver, not a taker. Hardworking. Intelligent. Private. Well-liked. My world was definitely a better place because of his presence.
Kris Kumar
I first met Mike through Wilmott forum around 2003 and have seen him over the years evolve in his career. He was one of the nicest guys and thoughtful. He liked his whisky and in later years took to wearing white sneakers before they became cool for finance types to do so. He had good taste in music and always enjoyed my banter on markets will miss you Mike. Om Shanti.
Jenny Chang
Mike and I became friends as we carpooled to work for several years while he was at Verition. Each morning, we made the nearly one hour drive from Manhattan to Greenwich, CT and through those bleary-eyed early morning conversations I learned what an incredibly intelligent, laid back, and funny person he was. He left the company in December of 2013, later telling me, "Anything to get out of the Christmas party." When my second was a newborn and I was incredibly exhausted and sleep deprived, Mike stopped by for a quick visit. I handed him the baby and only realized almost 2 hours later that he had been holding him the entire time with no arm support…yikes. His arms were sore the next day, but we were incredibly grateful for the brief but glorious break from carrying a baby. Mike was generous to the core, and for the past 10+ years he shared everything from recipes, whisky samples, pictures of family and travels, to articles he thought might be of interest (North Korea, snapchat, kpop!) I miss him dearly and am looking forward to visiting Revelstoke one day and riding some fresh powder in his memory and to experience something he enjoyed so much.
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