HC Tech

Founded by Joe Niciforo and Charlie Carey in 2007, Chicago-based HC Technologies (or HC Tech) is a premier algorithmic and discretionary trading firm with a specialty in the Foreign Exchange (FX) and Future markets. Maintaining offices in Chicago, New York and London, the firm equips its talented employees with state-of-the-art technology and robust risk management to uncover trading opportunities and serve clients throughout the world. Its New York office, designed by BR Design, is a 10,000-square-foot, one floor facility located in the Murray Hill district of Manhattan where occupants work in a bright, open and highly functional contemporary environment that accommodates both individual and group activity. Providing open workstations, private offices, a conference room and a reception area, the New York office expresses openness and accessibility through its careful use and juxtapositioning of glass partitions, black-painted, CNC-tooled aluminum screens, white walls, exposed ceilings and floors in carpet or concrete, imparting shape and direction to the space without subdividing it. The work space is minimal in its aesthetics, yet it pays proper attention to the creature comforts that make hours of intense effort manageable by giving the staff ergonomic furnishings, quality lighting, and excellent acoustics—as well as sweeping views of Midtown Manhattan.