Expanding Vendor-Neutral Expertise for Better Outcomes

LONDON, March 16, 2026 – Crown Jewels Consultant (CJC), the award-winning market data technology consultancy and professional services provider for global financial markets, today announced that it has become a member of Strategic Technology Analysis Center (STAC). The move further strengthens CJC’s industry-recognised technical market data expertise by enabling its global teams access to STAC’s independent benchmarking, research, and evidence-based industry dialogue for even better client outcomes.

CJC provides vendor-neutral consultancy, commercial and technical managed services, and observability solutions for mission-critical market data systems. Across its work with financial firms, CJC is known for its SRE-driven approach to help clients design, build, and potentially operate complex market data technology, operations, governance, and commercial challenges across the financial data landscape. STAC, the trusted voice for technology performance, helps financial and technology firms make smarter decisions through rigorous benchmarking, independent research, and high-impact events spanning low-latency systems, advanced analytics, AI and machine learning, cloud, and next-generation infrastructure.

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STAC’s evidence-based approach complements CJC’s expertise-led model by adding a broader industry perspective and benchmarking contexts to augment its specialised market data managed services across the full market data vendor platform landscape, including RTDS, Bloomberg BPIPE, Exegy, Activ Financial, ICE Consolidated Feed, Solace, Kafka, and associated distribution technologies. By becoming a member, CJC aims to deepen its access to independent market insights and support its mission to help clients improve control, reduce complexity, and optimise mission-critical market data environments.

Jack Gidding, Chief Executive Officer at STAC, said, “We’re pleased to formally welcome CJC into the STAC community. I’ve known the team for many years and have great respect for the technical depth and practical engineering expertise they bring. Their involvement will strengthen industry dialogue around market data platforms, performance standards, and evolving infrastructure models.”

Paul Gow, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at CJC, said, “Our engineers operate at the intersection of market data distribution, governance, and infrastructure performance every day. Through STAC, we can contribute that practical, real-world experience to industry discussions while also benefiting from access to independent benchmarking frameworks and peer-level technical dialogue. Maintaining visibility into evolving performance standards and infrastructure trends is critical to delivering informed, vendor-agnostic advice to our clients.”

About Crown Jewel Consultants (CJC)

Crown Jewels Consultant Ltd (CJC) is the leading market data technology consultancy and service provider for the global financial markets. CJC delivers award-winning consultancy, managed services, cloud solutions, observability, and professional commercial management services for mission-critical market data systems. As a vendor-agnostic and ISO 27001-certified company, CJC enables its partners the freedom to focus on their core business.

About STAC
Strategic Technology Analysis Center (STAC) provides independent, evidence‑based insight to help financial institutions and technology providers make informed technology decisions. The organisation conducts rigorous, vendor‑neutral research and develops industry‑standard benchmarks through the STAC Benchmark Council, a global community of financial firms and technology vendors. Its work focuses on performance measurement and technology evaluation in areas such as market data processing, real‑time analytics, risk computation, and AI‑related workloads.

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