Proven CJC Expertise in Real-Time Market Data Platforms

LONDON, March 9, 2026 – WatersTechnology, the leading financial market technology information provider, has announced that Kirti Katiyar, Cloud Engineer at CJC, has been named “Engineer/Programmer of the Year” at the 2026 Women in Technology & Data Awards. The award recognises her exceptional contribution to modernising how real-time market data distribution platforms are engineered, deployed, and operated in cloud environments.

Over the past 12 months, Kirti has delivered significant advancements in deployment automation for market data distribution platforms across AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). She has been instrumental in designing and implementing robust deployment pipelines using GitLab, and more recently in exploring GitHub-based pipelines. These improvements have materially reduced manual deployment effort while increasing consistency, traceability, and reliability across environments. Her work has helped establish a new internal standard for deploying and maintaining market data platforms at CJC, enabling teams to deliver changes faster and with greater confidence.

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2026 WITDA Awards: Kirti Katiyar named “Engineer/ Programmer of the Year”.

Operational resilience and auditability are critical in high-availability market data environments. Kirti combined deep expertise in real-time market data with a cloud-native mindset, proactively identifying inefficiencies in release and deployment processes and designing solutions that addressed root causes. She improved platform stability, scalability, and long-term sustainability while reducing deployment risks. Her impact extends beyond technical delivery into collaboration and capability building. She is recognised for her supportive, practical approach, regularly sharing expertise and explaining complex cloud and market data concepts in clear terms that raise confidence across teams.

Kirti has supported financial firms globally as part of CJC’s 24/7 team of market data experts for almost ten years. This year’s award is the second time her cloud engineering expertise has been recognised at the Women in Technology & Data Awards by WatersTechnology, previously named 2024’s Consultant of the Year. The Women in Technology & Data Awards celebrate and promote the achievements of women in technology and data roles within the capital markets, honouring winners across more than 30 categories.

Reacting to her latest award, Kirti said, “I’m deeply grateful for this award and for the opportunities CJC provides to innovate and grow. Advancing cloud-native approaches for market data platforms has been incredibly rewarding, and I look forward to contributing further to our engineering vision.”

Bill Reynolds, Global Head of Engineering at CJC, adds, “Kirti combines deep real-time market data expertise with advanced cloud automation capabilities to modernise and streamline platform delivery. Through CI/CD pipeline design and cloud engineering across AWS and GCP, she has materially reduced manual deployment effort while enhancing scalability, stability, and long-term sustainability.”

Peter Williams, Chief Technology Officer at CJC, added that “we operate at the heart of global financial markets, delivering round-the-clock technical market data management where failure is not an option. Our approach combines specialist experience, knowledge, accountability, and performance engineering at scale.”

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 Waters Technology

WatersTechnology, part of Infopro Digital Group, fosters dialogue on IT advancements and the issues facing buy- and sell-side financial technologists across the wholesale investment banking community, while also providing capital-markets technology and data news, analysis, and research. It is made up of the editorial teams and publications under the WatersTechnology portfolio: Waters, Buy-Side Technology, Sell-Side Technology, Inside Market Data, and Inside Reference Data.

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