2022 STANY Conference Speaker Bios

James Angel, Ph.D., CFP^®, CFA
Associate Professor of Finance
Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business

James Angel is an associate professor of finance at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. His work is at the intersection of financial market structure, technology, and regulation.  His interests include fintech, cryptocurrencies, and payments.  He has visited over 70 stock and commodities exchanges around the world in his quest to learn the details of how markets really operate. 

Professor Angel has served as a Visiting Academic Fellow in residence at the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD – now FINRA) and also as a visiting economist at the Shanghai Stock Exchange.  He served as chairman of the Nasdaq Economic Advisory Board and later on the board of directors of the Direct Edge stock exchanges prior to their acquisition by BATS Global Markets. He is now the Academic Director of the FINRA CRCP^® program at Georgetown.

Jim is a co-inventor on 12 fintech patents.  He has testified six times before Congress about issues relating to the design of financial markets.  In addition, he has been quoted in thousands of media articles and has appeared numerous times on radio and television.  

He began his professional career as a rate engineer at Pacific Gas and Electric, where he worked on FERC and CPUC related issues in electricity regulation.  After earning his MBA at Harvard, he worked at BARRA (later part of Morgan Stanley) where he developed transactions cost prediction and equity risk models used in portfolio management. 

Jim earned his B.S. from the California Institute of Technology, his MBA from Harvard Business School, and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.  He has been a professor at Georgetown University since 1991. From 2012 to 2014 he was a visiting associate professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  The courses he teaches include Investments, Fintech, Capital Markets, and World Equity Markets, as well as Complex Financial Instruments and Derivatives.

Follow Dr. Jim on Twitter  @GUFinProf or contact him via email at [email protected]

Chen Arad
Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer
Solidus Labs

Chen Arad is Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer of Solidus Labs. Named by Citigroup category-definer for crypto market surveillance, Solidus Labs offers Halo - the first comprehensive, testable and automated crypto-native market integrity hub. Crypto firms, DeFi platforms, financial institutions and government agencies globally rely on Solidus' technology to enable the merits of digital assets, while mitigating their new risks.

Arad leads Solidus Labs' market engagement and communications strategy, working closely with the firm’s regulatory and strategic partners to proactively promote integrity standards in the digital asset industry. He is a Founding Advisory Council Member and Market Integrity Chair of Global Digital Finance, where he led the development of a market integrity code of conduct for the crypto industry. A winner of the New York Department of Financial Services' Virtual Asset supervision Tech Sprint, Arad founded the Solidus-initiated Annual Digital Asset Compliance and Market Integrity Forum and the Crypto Market Integrity Coalition.

Michael Blaugrund
Chief Operating Officer
New York Stock Exchange

Michael Blaugrund is Chief Operating Officer of the New York Stock Exchange, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE). He is responsible for the NYSE’s five equity and two options markets, as well as the Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC). 

Most recently, Blaugrund was Director of Business Development at Tower Research Capital, where he focused on expanding the firm’s global market access and developing strategic assets. Prior to that role, Blaugrund led U.S. equity product strategy at Nasdaq and held product management roles at Thomson Reuters.

Blaugrund graduated from Harvard University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Ivan Brown
Head of Options and Business Development
NYSE Group

Ivan Brown is Head of Options and Business Development for NYSE Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), responsible for the competitive strategy, development and oversight of the NYSE Amex and NYSE Arca options markets as well as the commercial policy and business development activities across the NYSE's transactions businesses, which include its five equity and two options exchanges.

Since taking the helm of NYSE Options in 2016, Brown has driven significant growth and advancement, primarily by implementing new features and functionality to enhance risk management and liquidity sourcing. Notably, he led the re-platforming of the existing markets onto new hardware to facilitate higher determinism and lower latencies, leading to a 50% reduction in average latency.

Brown was also instrumental in expanding the NYSE’s West Coast presence through the 2019 launch of a new, state-of-the-art NYSE Arca Options trading floor in downtown San Francisco. That year, he was also named to Business Insider’s Rising Stars of Wall Street list, which recognizes leaders in the finance industry under the age of 35.

Previously, Brown was Director of Strategic Initiatives for NYSE Options, where he drove the strategic and financial analysis of new business initiatives, pricing, competitive response, and partnerships.

He graduated top of his class from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Organizational Behavior.

Shelly Brown
Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Business Development
MIAX Exchange Group

Shelly Brown is the Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Business Development at the MIAX Exchange Group. In this role, Mr. Brown is responsible for business strategy, Exchange functionality and trading operations, as well as client relationships for MIAX Options, MIAX PEARL and MIAX Emerald. He has over 40 years of experience in the U.S. options industry.

Previously, Mr. Brown served as the Director of Business Management for PEAK6, where he was head of options execution. Prior to PEAK6, he was Associate Vice President at NASDAQ OMX and Vice President, Derivatives Trading Strategy at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX), where his responsibilities included business strategy, exchange functionality and trading operations. Before joining PHLX, he was Manager of Derivatives Trading Systems at Susquehanna International Group, LLC. Mr. Brown was a founder and Managing Director of Risk Information Systems & Consulting, an early innovator of on-floor hand-held trading systems. Mr. Brown is also a former Market Maker on the CBOE.

Brian Bulthuis
Head of Quantitative Trading Strategy
Genesis Global Trading

Brian Bulthuis is Head of Quantitative Trading Strategy at Genesis Global Trading. In this role Brian leads quantitative research teams guiding the development of digital asset trading algorithms for execution of client order flow, marketplace liquidity provision, and desk strategies.

Prior to joining Genesis, Brian led quantitative research teams at Instinet and KCG, providing advanced execution algorithms for global equities to investment managers and trading desks. Before this, Brian worked at Knight Capital Group and in firms outside the financial industry as a software engineer. Brian is a graduate of Columbia University where he has his BA and MS in Financial Engineering.

Jessica K. Burt
Managing Director
BlackRock 

Jessica K Burt, Managing Director, is responsible for the global platform and business strategy for BlackRock Investment Stewardship (BIS), overseeing daily operations and strategic initiatives for BIS. Ms. Burt also heads the Voting Platform enabling institutional clients to vote their shares.

Previously, Ms. Burt was the Global COO and lead business strategist of Fixed Income and Sustainable ETFs within the ETF and Index Investments business. During her tenure she led strategic initiatives to grow the adjacent marketplace to Fixed Income ETFs. Just prior to her time in the ETF and Index Investment business, Ms. Burt was the Global COO of the Trading and Liquidity Strategies team as well as the Investment Platform unit. Her work spanned across trading, securities lending, cash and cross-platform strategic initiatives within the Investment Platform umbrella.

Ms. Burt was a member of BlackRock's Platform and Innovation team responsible for the Americas Corporate and Risk practice area. She specifically focused on re-shaping, leading, and implementing regulatory change across the firm (i.e. Money Market Fund Reform, the Volcker legislation, and Central Clearing of derivatives under Title VII of the Dodd Frank Act).

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2005, Ms. Burt was part of the Analytics department at Bloomberg, LP where she focused on CDS and MBS product builds and client training. Ms. Burt earned a BBA in Finance from The College of William and Mary with a minor in Government.

Richard Carleton
Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Securities Exchange

Richard Carleton has been CEO of the Canadian Securities Exchange since July 2011. Prior to being named CEO, Richard led the CSE’s technology, operations, market data and trading sales teams after joining the organization in late 2005. Before joining the exchange, Richard worked as a business development consultant in Toronto and New York in the risk management, index product and trading technology fields after spending twelve years with the Toronto Stock Exchange. He was a member of the exchange’s senior management team with responsibility for market information and index services, the ETF programme and corporate communications. Active in industry affairs, Richard served two terms as chair of the market data industry’s global trade association in the late 1990's and is a frequent speaker at market structure and trading technology events across North America. Richard also serves as a member of the boards of the Private Capital Markets Association and the Empire Club of Canada.

A member of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1987, Richard is a graduate of the University of Ottawa (B.A. ’81) and the University of Toronto (LL.B. ’85). He has also completed the executive development programme at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Douglas Cifu
Chief Executive Officer
Virtu Financial 

Douglas Cifu is the Chief Executive Officer of Virtu Financial and was a co-founder of Virtu in 2008. Previously, he was a partner at the international law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. At Paul Weiss, Mr. Cifu served as a member of the Management Committee, Deputy Chair of the Corporate Department and co-head of the Private Equity Group.

He is recognized in Chambers USA and Legal 500 as a leading mergers and acquisitions lawyer for buyouts and private equity transactions. In 2006, Private Equity International listed him among the 30 most influential lawyers currently working in global private equity, citing his expertise in technology-driven sectors. He has been recognized by Crain’s New York Business in its “Technology 100,” a listing of the top 100 people working in technology in the New York area. In 2020, he was recognized as the #3 top FinTech CEO by The Financial Technology Report.

He serves on the board of directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the board of visitors of Columbia College at Columbia University.

Mr. Cifu earned his J.D. at Columbia Law School in 1990 and his B.A. magna cum laude from Columbia University in 1987 where he was also elected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

R. Cromwell Coulson
President, CEO & Director
OTC Markets Group

R. Cromwell Coulson is President, CEO and a Director of OTC Markets Group, responsible for the company’s overall growth and strategic direction. Since leading the acquisition of OTC Markets’ predecessor business in 1997, Cromwell has transformed the company from a privately-held publisher of broker-dealer quotations into a publicly-traded company operating three public markets for over 11,000 securities that trade nearly $445 billion in dollar volume annually. Cromwell is a strong advocate of improving capital formation, supporting a diverse ecosystem of broker-dealers, and empowering investors with increased disclosure and transparency. He has testified before Congress and spoken on these and other issues at numerous industry conferences. Cromwell is currently the Co-chair of the STANY Market Structure Committee and a former Chair (2017-2018) of the FINRA Market Regulation Committee that advises FINRA on rulemaking and trading issues. Prior to OTC Markets, Cromwell was an institutional trader and portfolio manager at Carr Securities Corporation. He holds an OPM from Harvard Business School and received his BBA from Southern Methodist University.

David Cox
Director of Digital Strategy and Sustainability
Microsoft

David Cox is the co-lead for Sustainability within Microsoft’s Worldwide Financial Services team. In that capacity he works with financial institutions around the world helping them develop and fulfill their ESG strategy. Prior to joining Microsoft, he was with Deloitte in their financial services group after a long career with Citi in different parts of the world.

Jessica D'Alton
Executive Director, Head of Americas Market Structure and Liquidity Strategy
UBS Investment Bank 

Jessica D'Alton is the Head of Americas Market Structure and Liquidity Strategy at UBS, based in New York.  She advises both clients and internal groups on market structure, liquidity trends and regulatory changes.  Jessica is a member of IEX’s Quality of Markets Committee, Cboe’s Equity Advisory Committee and New York Stock Exchange and NYSE American Director Candidate Recommendation Committees.

Prior to her current role, she was on the Equities Advisory Compliance team where she provided real-time guidance to trading desks on regulatory requirements, rule changes and interpretations. Jessica joined UBS in 2011 from Alliance Bernstein where she spent four years at the firm. There she worked in Client Services where she acted as a liaison between portfolio managers and advisors to ensure client investment objectives were met and Trade Compliance where she was responsible for monitoring guidelines for 1940 act mutual funds.

Mark Davies
Cofounder and CEO
S3

Mark Davies is Co-Founder and CEO of S3, a full–service compliance and trade analytics software. He is responsible for the organization’s business strategy, the executive team and has oversight of the company’s day-to-day operations, including client relations, sales, and business development.

A financial services executive with over 15 years experience in fintech and regtech, Mr. Davies has deep industry knowledge in trading technology, particularly trade surveillance, best execution analysis, and regulatory reporting. Currently, Mark is leading the industry on market structure and regulatory reporting requirements for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Rule 606 under Reg NMS and is sought after for his subject matter expertise.

Mr. Davies co-founded S3 in 2001. In 2004, S3 launched its first trading analytics product, redefining S3’s core business. Since then, under Mr. Davies guidance, S3 has improved trust in the industry through appropriate and intelligent disclosure via regulatory reporting and analytics.

Mr. Davies holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and three children.

Anthony Denier
CEO
Webull Financial 

Anthony Denier has over 20 years of experience in management, compliance, operations, trading, sales, and research of both US and International equity, derivative, and fixed income market products. From the very early stages in his career, Anthony has embraced the entrepreneurial spirit and always looked to disrupt the status quo by looking towards technology as a solution. As CEO of Webull Financial, Anthony overseas all divisions within the broker dealer as well as acting as Webull’s spokesperson to spearhead the firm’s growth both domestically and internationally. Anthony has held the CEO title previously at London based broker LXM’s New York office, LXM USA.

Anthony has a BA from Columbia University, and has the following certifications: Series 7, 24, 55, 63, & 79.

Thomas P. DiNapoli
54th Comptroller of the State of New York 

The Early Years

A life-long Long Islander, Tom was raised in a middle-class, union household and saw the value of hard work and stretching every dollar in the example set by his parents.

In 1972, Tom won his first election and served as a trustee on the Mineola Board of Education, becoming the first 18-year-old in New York State to hold public office. He attended Hofstra University, earning a bachelor’s degree in history and graduated magna cum laude in 1976. He worked in the telecommunications industry for 10 years, and went to night classes and earned a master’s degree from The New School University’s Graduate School of Management and Urban Professions.

Public Service

In 1986, he ran for the New York State Assembly and was elected to represent the 16th District in northwestern Nassau County for the next 20 years. Tom was elected State Comptroller on February 7, 2007, by a bipartisan majority of the State Legislature. He was elected Comptroller by New York’s voters in 2010, 2014 and 2018. Tom is known for his integrity, independence and even-keeled leadership.

Record of Accomplishments

• Identified billions in waste, fraud and cost savings in government.
• Uncovered corruption in State and local governments, leading to dozens of arrests and tens of millions in restitution.
• Provided robust oversight of school district operations and education spending. He has charged his auditors with examining school safety practices, reviewing programs to protect children from harassment and discrimination, monitoring special education providers, and identifying best practices to help schools around the State.
• Developed an early warning system to identify municipalities and school districts showing signs of fiscal stress.
• Managed the third largest public pension fund in the nation through difficult losses during the Great Recession, reformed how it operates and received high praise for industry leading standards.
• Invested nearly $2 billion in private equity and loan programs to benefit New York-based businesses and provide a return to the State pension fund.
• Earned a reputation as one of the leading shareholder voices on many corporate concerns including environmental issues, disability inclusion and corporate political spending.
• Opened up government spending on his transparency website Open Book New York.
• Led the fight for prudent fiscal and procurement reforms to help New York change how it does business and put it on better fiscal footing.
• Streamlined claims process for individuals to recover lost money. Returned hundreds of millions in unclaimed funds to rightful owners each year.

David Dooman
Managing Director, Head of Retail and Exchange Related Techology 
DASH (an ION company)

David is responsible for leading DASH’s business development initiatives around its options ATS and retail order flow consolidator platform. Dave joined DASH in 2017 as part of the merger with Convergex’s Liquidpoint division, where he had spent over 12 years in a variety of LiquidPoint sales, business development, and product roles. He began his career as a clerk and later worked as a trader at several option trading firms.

Douglas R. Eger
Chairman and CEO
Intrinsic Exchange Group

Mr. Eger’s career has focused on developing promising ideas into vibrant companies in finance, technology, healthcare, and media. Prior to IEG, Mr. Eger was Chairman of Pet360, Inc. (Combined — PetMD.com, Pet Food Direct, Pet360) which was sold to PetSmart in 2014.  Mr. Eger is also the Founder & CEO of Entertaining Ideas, a media and idea incubator, which incubated IEG. His media accomplishments include: Executive Producer of War/Dance, the Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary about Ugandan child soldiers, Development Producer of Academy Award nominated How to Survive A Plague, and Producer of Shoot Down. Founder, Chairman and CEO of AMEX-listed Sheffield Pharmaceuticals. Founder, TechSource, a technology transfer company serving private and public universities. Co-Founder, Kachina Capital, a firm that advised companies on strategic and financial matters.

As a conservation buyer, Mr. Eger partnered with The Open Space Institute and The Trust for Public Lands to preserve 7,000 acres of land and restore two historical estates 100 miles NW of New York City.

David E. Franasiak, Esq.
Principal 
Williams & Jensen

Mr. Franasiak has over twenty-five years of experience working on public policy issues with corporate executives, not-for-profit organizations, accounting firms, broker dealers, hedge funds, financial institutions, and associations.

David Franasiak became a Principal of Williams & Jensen in 1992. As Vice President of Finance and a member of the Executive Committee since 1993, he is responsible for the day-to-day financial management of the firm, pension plans, and outside legal entities. Mr. Franasiak specializes in a legislative and administrative practice focused on tax, securities, financial institutions, and natural resources.

Prior to joining Williams & Jensen, he was a Principal in the Office of the Chairman at Ernst & Young, working on tax, securities, and financial institution issues. From 1984 to 1987, he worked for British Petroleum on tax, finance, environment, and energy issues, and was Director of Tax at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce from 1981 to 1984. Previous to this position, he served as Staff Director to the Tax Oversight Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee. Early in his career, Mr. Franasiak worked on the legislative staffs of a city and county legislature, and worked as a venture analyst for a large multinational corporation while completing his graduate work.

In addition to serving Williams & Jensen clients, Mr. Franasiak teaches a seminar at the University at Buffalo Law School’s New York City Program in Finance and Law; recent course topics focused on securitization, and the crisis in the capital markets.

He is actively involved in volunteering and fundraising related to Maryland state politics as well as many civic organizations. He serves on the Boards of Directors of the International Stock Exchange Executives Emeriti (ISEEE) and the Parent-Child Home Program (PCHP).

Roman Ginis
CEO
Imperative Execution

Roman Ginis is the CEO of Imperative Execution, the financial technology company behind IntelligentCross, the first AI powered ATS for US equities that optimizes trading performance.  Since launching in 2018 the venue has won numerous accolades from brokers for top execution quality and is the only ATS with displayed liquidity.

Previously Roman was a quantitative trader at Point72 and UBS, where he ran portfolios in US equities. Before finance, he worked on DARPA projects at BAE and stream processing technology at IBM Watson Labs. Roman holds a Ph.D in Computer Science from Caltech in distributed systems and discrete optimization.

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Jesse Greif 
Chief Operating Officer
OneChronos Markets

Jesse Greif is the Chief Operating Officer of OneChronos Markets, based in New York.

Before joining OneChronos, Jesse was Head of Product for Goldman Sachs Principal Liquidity Solutions, providing traders & asset managers electronic tools to access Goldman’s internal capital through algorithm & routing offerings for intraday and benchmark liquidity.

Before Principal Liquidity Solutions, Jesse was global COO of Goldman’s Equities Systematic Market Making business.

Jesse holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Psychology from Northeastern University. He also holds FINRA Series 24, 57, 63, and 7 licenses.

Adrian Griffiths, Esq. 
Head of Market Structure
MEMX

Adrian Griffiths joined MEMX as Head of Market Structure in May 2021. In this leadership role, he serves as a dedicated resource to help develop MEMX’s viewpoints on market structure and industry-wide developments. Adrian amplifies the exchange’s voice on issues important to the MEMX membership by participating in engagement efforts with policy makers, regulators, and industry participants. Adrian also represents MEMX and its members by developing relevant thought leadership pieces and speaking at industry events.

Adrian has deep experience in the exchange space and was previously Assistant General Counsel at Cboe Global Markets, where he served as primary counsel to the U.S. equities and market data businesses. In this role, he provided strategic advice to business leaders and worked with the SEC to secure regulatory approval for major equities market structure proposals. He was a Senior Associate General Counsel at Nasdaq prior, advising on legal and policy issues impacting Nasdaq’s options and equities businesses.

Adrian received his J.D. from New York University School of Law. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Amherst College.

Elaine Hannigan 
Director
Scotiabank

Elaine Hannigan is a Director at Scotiabank, International Securities Lending.  She began her career at Merrill Lynch where she built the Asian securities lending team.  She lived in Tokyo and Hong Kong for 8 years working for Merrill Lynch and later for Lehman Brothers. Upon her return to the United States, she joined Barclays Capital on the International Securities Lending desk.  She was recruited to LBBW, later acquired by Guggenheim, prior to joining Scotiabank.  At Scotiabank, she co-chairs the Working Parents employee resource group, and is a member of 100 Women in Finance.  She has a BA in economics from Vassar College, and an MBA in Finance and International Business from NYU Stern.  Elaine lives in Bronxville with her husband and two children.

Scott Harrigan
CEO
Secutitize Markets

Scott Harrigan is CEO of Securitize Markets, leading the business strategy and operation of the broker-dealer and alternative trading system (ATS), which assists with primary issuances and enabling secondary trading of private securities, including digital asset securities.  Securitize Markets is a broker-dealer and ATS designated by the SEC, and a member of FINRA and SIPC.  Securitize Markets is the largest secondary marketplace for digital asset securities.

Previously, Mr. Harrigan was at Carta as the Head of Public Markets and Chief Executive Officer of Carta Securities, where he led the public market business which included Carta’s most valuable private clients, and led Carta’s secondary exchange business which allows late stage privately held companies to provide liquidity to employees pre-IPO. Prior to Carta, Mr. Harrigan led the U.S business at Computershare where he was responsible for exponential growth in revenue and client base, as well as several key acquisitions. Mr. Harrigan also held senior roles at Merrill Lynch.

Sue Herera
Anchor at Large
CNBC

Sue Herera is Anchor at Large, contributor to the network joining to anchor and report on special coverage and representing the brand in other areas.  After more than 30 years with CNBC, Herera stepped back from her day-to-day on-air duties in February 2021.

Most recently, Herera served as Breaking News Anchor for CNBC, providing regular news updates throughout CNBC’s Business Day programming in addition to serving as the network’s lead anchor for breaking news stories. Prior to that, Herera was co-anchor of “Nightly Business Report,” an award-winning evening business news program that was produced by CNBC for U.S. public television. She was also co-anchor of CNBC’s “Power Lunch.” 

Herera was one of the first women to break into the world of broadcast business news, earning her the nickname “The First Lady of Wall Street.” In her 30-plus years of covering Wall Street, Herera has provided viewers with a seasoned perspective on the major stories and issues moving the markets and groundbreaking interviews with leaders in politics and corporate America. 

She is a founding member of CNBC, helping to launch the network in 1989. Well-versed in the world of global economics, Herera has covered several of the major geopolitical summits held overseas. She has traveled to China and Japan to report on and produce groundbreaking series about the economies of those countries. In 2004, she was host and anchor of CNBC’s special international series “CNBC in Russia,” which took an in-depth look into Russia’s economy and leadership, contrasting the country’s successes with its problems. She won the first-place prize in the National Headliner Awards for the special. She also hosted “CNBC in India,” which took top honors in the Business & Consumer Reporting category.

Prior to joining CNBC, Herera spent seven years as an anchor and reporter with Financial News Network, honing her expertise in the areas of foreign exchange and futures trading.

Herera is the author of “Women of the Street: Making It on Wall Street—The World’s Toughest Business.”

Herera earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from California State University at Northridge in 1980, and in 2003, she was honored with the University’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto
Chief Executive Officer
Atomyze LLC

Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto is the Chief Executive Officer of Atomyze LLC. Atomyze is a Greenwich CT-headquartered company that is focused on modernizing the commodities markets using blockchain technology. Atomyze is transforming sourcing, investing, and trading commodities through our innovative tokenization platform and marketplace for digitized commodities.

Prior to joining Atomyze, she served as the Managing Director of Operations at Gemini Trust Company, LLC, a chartered NY State Trust Company that operates a digital asset exchange and offers custodian services, from 2018-2020. From 2004-2017, Jeanine held several leadership roles, including Chief Operating Officer, at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), a NASDAQ subsidiary that operates three securities exchanges. Jeanine started her career as a Financial Analyst in the Technology Investment Banking group of Wachovia Securities. 

Currently, Jeanine serves on the Board of Digital Prime Technologies, which offers a full suite of turnkey prime services for traditional firms entering the digital asset space. Additionally, Jeanine also serves on the Advisory Board of the Global Digital Asset & Cryptocurrency Association (GDCA), an industry-sponsored, self-regulatory association established to guide the evolution of digital assets and blockchain technology within a regulatory framework designed to build integrity and public trust. She is a 1998 graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with degrees in Economics and Biology.

Adam Inzirillo
Senior Vice President, Head of North American  Equities
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 

Adam Inzirillo is Senior Vice President, Head of North American Equities at Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe). Based in New York, Inzirillo is responsible for overseeing the product development and strategic growth of Cboe’s U.S. equities business, as well as Cboe’s Canadian equities trading platform, MATCHNow. Inzirillo is defining markets by helping Cboe enhance its competitive positioning and its strategic growth efforts.

During his nearly 20 years in equities trading, Inzirillo has held a number of senior leadership positions in the industry. Prior to joining Cboe, he was Managing Director, Head of Order Routing and Execution Products at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), where he worked for nearly a decade. During his tenure, he expanded the firm’s liquidity offerings via business development and product management of its smart order router, direct market access, order management applications and non-displayed crossing functionality. He also served as a Director of the Members Exchange (MEMX) and was instrumental in BAML’s strategic investment.

Previously, Inzirillo was Executive Director, Head of Broker Dealer Business Development at UBS Securities LLC, where he managed the business development of broker dealers trading on the firm’s ATS and electronic trading platforms.

Inzirillo holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Bucknell University and an MBA from Dowling College.

Hope Jarkowski
General Counsel 
NYSE Group

Hope Jarkowski is the General Counsel of NYSE Group where she is responsible for providing legal counsel and regulatory strategy across NYSE business segments.  Prior to 2022, Hope served as Head of Equities for NYSE Group and Co-Head of Government Affairs for ICE.  Hope spent time in government service before joining ICE in 2016-- first at the SEC as counsel to Commissioner Troy Paredes and later as senior securities counsel to the U.S. Senate Banking Committee.  Hope practiced securities law at a Fortune 100 law firm and FINRA prior her time in government service.  She holds an undergraduate degree in Biology from Emory University and a J.D. from Catholic University Columbus School of Law.  Hope is active in the 100 Women in Finance Next Generation program, which focuses on cultivating a talent pipeline for female leadership in the financial services industry.    

Richard Johnson
CEO & Founder 
Texture Capital Holdings 

Richard founded Texture Capital in 2019 to take advantage of the emerging opportunities in the digital securities space. Today the firm is one of the leading digital securities broker dealers, focused on leveraging blockchain technology to improve the market structure of capital markets.

Richard is a seasoned entrepreneur and accomplished securities industry executive having held several leadership roles at the forefront of finance and technology, have held senior positions at Societe Generale, Greenwich Associates, Liquidnet and ITG. Richard is a pioneer and thought-leader in electronic trading; former consultant to large organizations on equity market structure, blockchain and cryptocurrency and FinTech.

Stephen Kay
Global Head of Sell-Side Sales
Virtu Financial 

Mr. Kay leads Virtu’s global broker dealer client relationship management and sales efforts and oversees sales for the firm’s electronic services. Virtu uses advanced technology and transparency to deliver liquidity to the global capital markets and help clients pursue best execution in a scalable, efficient and data-driven manner.

Partnering with broker dealers of all sizes across the globe, Mr. Kay and team seek to customize Virtu’s award-winning products and services to fit their client’s wide-ranging needs. Stephen offers an extensive background in multi-asset class execution, global market structure, execution management systems, algorithmic trading technology, smart-routing, trade analytics and the other global trading solutions Virtu offers.

Mr. Kay joined Knight Capital (also known as KCG Holdings, Inc.) in 2005 before it was acquired by Virtu Financial in 2017. He has over 20 years of experience in the wholesale equity market making segment and prior experience includes roles at equity market-making and NYSE specialist firms, as well as five years as an active trader.

Mr. Kay holds an MBA from New York University and a BSc from Washington University, St. Louis. He served as President of the Security Traders Association of New York in 2007 and 2011.

He is also an avid Phillies baseball team fan.

Elizabeth King
President ESG, & Chief Regulatory Officer, ICE
Virtu Financial 

Elizabeth King is President, ESG, ICE’s product initiative around sustainable investing. In this role, she also oversees the NYSE’s Board Advisory Council, which works with the CEOs of NYSE-listed firms to identify diverse candidates for boards of directors of venture-funded and newly public companies. As ICE’s Chief Regulatory Officer, King oversees the company’s global regulatory and government affairs initiatives.

Prior to 2022, King was General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of NYSE Group and, prior to joining ICE in March 2014, Deputy General Counsel and Global Head of Regulatory Affairs at securities trading firm KCG Holdings, Inc. Before joining KCG, she was Associate Director, Division of Trading and Markets at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where she was responsible for the SEC’s regulatory program for oversight of the securities markets.

King holds a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and an A.B. from Duke University.

Eric Knight
Head of Crypto Market Making Strategies
Jane Street 

Eric Knight is Head of Crypto Market Making Strategies at Jane Street and is a founding member of the firm's Crypto Trading Desk. In this role, Eric helps coordinate the desk's infrastructure and is actively involved in day-to-day crypto trading and strategy development.

Eric joined Jane Street in 2001 as a trader on the floor of the American Stock Exchange. He got his trading badge at the age of 21, becoming one of the youngest traders on the floor. He has since traded on many different desks at the firm, including ETFs, Options, ADRs, and now Crypto.

Eric holds a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He lives on Long Island, where he grew up, and is an avid supporter of the New York Mets. He enjoys spending time with his wife, daughter, and twin toddlers.

Patricia Koetzner
Managing Director
Siebert Williams Shank

Patricia E. Koetzner is Managing Director, Equity Sales and Trading, for Siebert, Williams, Shank & Co. LLC, a leading minority owned broker dealer.  Patricia’s two primary functions include; driving new revenue growth by expanding revenue generating relationships and facilitating equity trading for the firm. Her equity trading functions include: traditional long/short sales trading coverage, implementation of algorithmic strategies, share repurchases, trading and program trading. Ms. Koetzner has served in various capacities in the securities industry for now over 22 years, most recently including her role as Managing Director/Head of Equity Sales & Trading at CastleOak Securities, L.P. Prior to that, Ms. Koetzner served as vice president of Barclays Capital for seven years where she covered cash accounts and repurchased shares for corporations, before becoming a member of its electronic trading group. For the first decade of her career, she was a NASDAQ market maker for firms including Neuberger Berman, LLC, Gruntal & Co. and Dominick & Dominick, Inc. Patricia earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maine and holds FINRA series three, seven, 24, 55 and 63.

Greg Lee
Managing Director, Securities Business Development
Paxos

Greg is the Managing Director, Securities Business Development for Paxos. Throughout his career Greg has led innovation in change in the financial industry. Starting at Tibco in the 1990's bringing electronic trading innovation to the FX, Bond, and Equities world, before moving into the investment bank trading world to transform and grow electronic trading businesses.

Christopher Larkin
Managing Director, Digital Brokerage Product
E*Trade

Chris is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of the self-directed channel for retail trading and investing at E*TRADE. Leveraging more than 25 years of experience delivering retail and institutional brokerage services, Mr. Larkin oversees the E*TRADE trading and investing team to deliver innovative and relevant products, tools, education and services to ETRADE’s retail client base.

Mr. Larkin has been instrumental in enhancing the customer experience, expanding capabilities on the Power E*TRADE platform and building the company's options offering from the ground up, resulting in increasing options as a percentage of daily average revenue trades to over 35 percent in 2019.   Mr. Larkin also contributed to the introduction of innovative new product and service offerings including E*TRADE Mobile, E*TRADE Pro, ETRADE’s Global Trading Platform, and the E*TRADE Complete™ Investment Account.  Prior to his tenure at E*TRADE, Mr. Larkin served as Managing Director of Corporate Services and Fixed Income Sales at TD Ameritrade. There he led the TD Bank relationship and referral program and delivered designated brokerage and stock plan services to more than 1,500 corporate clients. Mr. Larkin also served as the Vice President at Datek Online, where he helped grow their online brokerage business and held institutional sales and trading positions with ING Barings and Bloomberg LP.

Mr. Larkin holds series 3, 7, 8, 24, and 63 licenses, and is a member of the SIFMA Options Committee and Options Industry Council Roundtable. He also serves as the Reserve Board Member of the Members Exchange. He earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Villanova University.

Chuck Mack
Head of U.S. Equities
Nasdaq

Chuck Mack is Head of U.S. Equities for Nasdaq. In his role, he is responsible for the management, operation and strategic direction for Nasdaq’s three U.S. Equities exchanges – Nasdaq, BX and PSX. He also oversees the Nasdaq Exchange Traded Products (ETP) business, and the over-the-counter Trade Reporting Facility. Mr. Mack has over 20 years of experience within the financial markets, and has experience in product management and operations in equities, options, and futures.

Chuck started his tenure at Nasdaq in 2004 via Nasdaq’s acquisition of the BRUT ECN in a market operations role. Throughout his time at Nasdaq, he has held roles involving market structure and strategy which led to various leadership and management positions in both US equities and options.  Chuck began his career in the securities industry in trading and technology at TD Waterhouse Inc.

Chuck holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters of Business Administration, both from Rutgers University.

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) William J. Marm
Capital Markets Associate
Bancroft Capital 

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) William J. Marm graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1999 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry. In 2010, LTC Marm graduated with distinction from the Naval Postgraduate School with an MS in Terrorist Financing. He served 20 years on active duty.

LT Marm served as a Platoon Leader with the 1-503rd Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division in Camp Casey, Korea in 2000. From Korea, he was assigned in 2001 to 3-15th Infantry Regiment, 3 rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) and served as a Mechanized Infantry Company Executive Officer and a Battalion Staff Officer. After Ft. Stewart, Georgia, CPT Marm was assigned in 2004 to Ft Bragg, North Carolina for the Special Forces Qualification Course where he earned the Green Beret and transferred to the Special Forces. In 2005, CPT Marm was assigned to 1-10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in Panzer Kaserne, Germany. There he served as a Special Forces Detachment Commander and Executive Officer. MAJ Marm studied at the Naval Postgraduate School where he earned his Master’s Degree in Defense Analysis. MAJ Marm returned to 10th SFG(A) to command C Company, 1-10th SFG(A) and then served as the Battalion Operations Officer. LTC Marm worked at Special Operations Command, Europe as a SOF Planner and was the Crisis Response Branch Chief. LTC Marm finished his career as the Special Operations Advisor to 4ID.

His military education includes the Infantry Officer Basic Course, Infantry Captain’s Career Course, Combined Arms Staff Service School, Joint Combined Warfighting School, Ranger School, Mortar Leader’s Course, Air Assault School, Jumpmaster Course, Special Forces Qualification Course, and the Special Forces Advanced Reconnaissance, Target Acquisition, and Exploitation Techniques Course.

In addition to multiple combat tours, LTC Marm has extensive operational experience throughout Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with two oak leaf cluster, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal with two oak clusters, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Valorous Unit Award, Joint Meritorious Unit Citation, Meritorious Unit Citation with oak leaf cluster, Combat Infantryman Badge, Expert Infantryman Badge, Special Forces Tab, Ranger Tab, Master Parachutist Badge, German Schutzenschnur Badge (Gold), and foreign parachutist badges from Germany (Gold), Ireland, Estonia, and Niger.

After transitioning from the military, Will worked as a program manager for a small defense contracting firm and assisted the company in 2x growth in employees and 5x growth in contracts in less than 2 years. Desiring to enter into the financial services industry, Will signed on with Bancroft Capital and recently completed the Veterans Training Program and is now a registered representative with the FINRA SIE, Series 7, and Series 63. Bancroft Capital is a service-disabled veteran-owned institutional investment broker dealer firm.

LTC Marm is married to the former Dana Rossi from Fairfax Station, VA, and they have five children.

Lynn Martin
President
NYSE Group

Lynn Martin is President of NYSE Group, which includes the New York Stock Exchange, the world’s largest stock market.

Martin is the 68^th President of the New York Stock Exchange and the second woman to lead the exchange in its 229-year history. The NYSE, the premier venue for capital raising, is the listing home to 2,400 of the world’s most influential and innovative companies.

In addition to the exchange, NYSE Group includes four fully electronic equity markets, including NYSE Arca, the industry leader in ETFs, and two options exchanges.

Martin is also Chair of Fixed Income & Data Services at Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), the parent of NYSE Group. Most recently, she was President of that business, responsible for ICE Bonds execution venues, securities pricing and analytics, reference data, indices, desktop solutions, consolidated feeds and connectivity services that cover all major asset classes.

She previously served as President of ICE Data Services, COO of ICE Clear U.S., and in a number of leadership roles including CEO of NYSE Liffe U.S. and CEO of New York Portfolio Clearing. Martin began her career at IBM in its Global Services organization.

Martin holds a BS in Computer Science from Manhattan College and an MA in Statistics from Columbia University. She serves on the Manhattan College Board of Trustees as well as the Advisory Board of the School of Science and is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society.

Joseph Mecane
Head of Execution Services
Citadel Securities

Joseph Mecane is Head of Execution Services at Citadel Securities. In this role, he is responsible for the firm’s client-facing equity, options, FX, and ETF businesses.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Mecane was Global Head of Electronic Equities at Barclays. Previously, he worked for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for six years, most recently serving as the Head of U.S. Equities. His earlier career included roles at UBS Securities, Schwab Capital Markets, Knight Capital Group and Price Waterhouse.

Mr. Mecane is involved with numerous industry organizations, currently serving as Chairman of the Nasdaq Quality of Markets Committee and serving on the FINRA Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees for the Museum of American Finance. He is also a member of the National Organization of Investment Professionals and the SIFMA Advisory Council. He was previously a member of the SEC’s Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee and a member of the Nasdaq Exchange Board and BATS Exchange Board.

Mr. Mecane received an MBA, with honors, from the Wharton school of the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree from Pace University.

Ovidio Montemayor
Managing Director, Trading Operations & Order Routing Strategy
Charles Schwab

Ovidio Montemayor has over 20 years of corporate experience in retail brokerage with a focus on Operations, Risk Management, and Market Structure. He manages the firm’s trading operations and order routing functions at TD Ameritrade, which serve as liaisons to the markets and include managing market center relationships to satisfy the firm’s order routing obligations and practices.  

Montemayor is a member of multiple financial services industry trade organizations, including serving as the Vice-Chair of the SIFMA Listed Options Trading Committee. He completed the Securities Industry Institute Program at The Wharton School and the Professional Leadership Development Program at Cornell University. He holds a Bachelor of Business Management degree from Northwood University.

Thomas Palmeri
Managing Director, Securities Lending
Axos Clearing

Thomas Palmeri has more than twenty years of experience in Securities Lending. He serves as a Managing Director Securities Lending at Axos Clearing since 2017. Prior to that, Tom served as a Securities Lending Representative at COR Clearing (predecessor of Axos) from 2010 to 2017. From 2005-2009, Tom was a VP of Securities Lending at Sungard. He also served a Managing Director, Securities Lending at National Clearing Corp.

Tom has an MBA from CUNY Baruch and graduated with a BBA in Finance from Iona College. He holds Series 7 and 63 licenses.

William J Pepe, Jr.
Head of Securities Lending-North America
Interactive Brokers Group

William Pepe has nearly 30 years of experience in Securities Lending, largely at Timber Hill/Interactive Brokers. Over the course of that time, he has participated in numerous industry committees. In addition to responsibilities in Securities Lending, Bill was also the Assistant Treasurer at IBG for more than 15 years. Previously, Bill served multiple back office roles early in his career at Bankers Trust.

He has a BA in Finance from Roanoke College and also holds Series 7 and 63 licenses.

Bob Pisani
Senior Market Correspondent
CNBC

A CNBC reporter since 1990, Bob Pisani has covered Wall Street and the stock market for 24 years. Pisani covered the real estate market for CNBC from 1990-1995, then moved on to cover corporate management issues before becoming On-Air Stocks Editor in 1997.

In addition to covering the global stock market, he also covers initial public offerings (IPOs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and financial market structure for CNBC. 

In 2017, Pisani was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Security Traders Association of New York for “dedication to the Association and the Industry.”

In 2013, he won Third Place in the National Headliner Awards in the Business and Consumer Reporting category for his documentary on the diamond business, “The Diamond Rush.”

In 2014, Pisani was honored with a Recognition Award from the Market Technicians Association for “steadfast efforts to integrate technical analysis into financial decision making, journalism and reporting.”  

In 2010, Pisani was an Webby Award Honoree from the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences for ‘Best Business Blog.’

Prior to joining CNBC, Pisani co-authored “Investing in Land: How to Be a Successful Developer.” He and his father taught a course in real estate development at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania from 1987-1992. Pisani learned the real estate business from his father, Ralph Pisani, a retired real estate developer.

Kimberly Russell
Vice President and Market Structure Specialist
State Street Global Advisors

Kimberly Russell is a Vice President and Market Structure Specialist in the Global ETF Capital Markets Group at State Street Global Advisors. She is responsible for market structure analysis, exchange-traded fund (ETF) advocacy, and business development with exchanges. She works closely with teams across State Street and market structure experts across fields to advocate for optimal market structure regulations and to educate on capital markets issues impacting ETF investors. Kimberly serves on the firm’s Global SPDR Regulatory Affairs Forum and Americas SPDR People Forum.

Prior to joining State Street, Kimberly was a Director at Barclays Capital Inc., where she held various roles in the Equities division from 2008-2017, ultimately leading the firm’s market structure efforts and business development for Barclays ATS. Kimberly started her career at Lehman Brothers in the Global Real Estate Group.

Kimberly holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honors from Cornell University. She is a member of the Security Traders Association's Market Structure Analyst Committee, Nasdaq's Institutional Traders Advisory Council (ITAC), Limit Up-Limit Down NMS Plan Advisory Committee, and National Organization of Investment Professionals (NOIP). She is a recipient of the Markets Media 2020 Women in Finance Excellence in Market Structure award.

Outside of the securities industry, Kimberly serves on the board of trustees of the Cornell Rowing Association. She lives in Sleepy Hollow, New York with her family and rescue dog. Kimberly passionately supports various organizations including Philadelphia City Rowing (PCR), which empowers under-resourced youth through the sport of rowing.

Brian Schaeffer
Managing Director
InvestX

Brian Schaeffer is the Managing Director of InvestX, a trading platform that delivers access and liquidity to the growth equity asset class and empowers the sell-side to invest and trade in institutional quality private equity. In the pursuit of evolving the private markets, Mr. Schaeffer is responsible for the business development initiatives to increase the firm’s visibility among the institutional broker-dealer community. He brings over two decades of proven experience in the capital markets, having led three companies to successful exits.

Beginning his career as a trading clerk in the New York Stock Exchange, Brian rose to Head Specialist and then CEO of Van Der Moolen Capital Markets, one of the largest listed global trading and technology companies, which he sold to Lehman Brothers in 2007. Brian’s entrepreneurial spirit, market expertise and innovative

instinct led him to launch Clearpool Group in 2014, an algorithmic trading platform that empowers market participants to achieve better quality executions in an evolving equity market microstructure and competitive landscape. As Founder and President of Clearpool, he ran all aspects of the company’s revenue growth, business development and helped to architect the firm’s acquisition by The Bank of Montreal in 2020.

Brian was also an exclusive analyst with CNBC and appeared on Fast Money, Closing Bell, and High Net Worth.

In addition to his trailblazing passion for the financial industry, Brian is a lover of life and cherishes spending time with his friends and family, fishing and cooking up the day's catch.

Suzanne Shank
President and CEO
Siebert Williams Shank 

Rich Steiner
Head of Client Advocacy and Market Innovation 
RBC Capital Markets

Rich Steiner leads RBC Capital Markets’ efforts to foster an open and honest dialogue on equity market developments with government officials and actively engages clients to develop a truly unique offering. He leads RBC’s equity market structure advocacy efforts, focusing on more efficient, more transparent, less-conflicted markets and works closely with RBC’s Regulatory and Government Affairs team in Washington, DC. Additionally, Rich helps to capitalize on RBC’s innovation capabilities by connecting clients with fintech offerings through a partnership with RBC’s West Coast Innovation Team. He also drives various strategic innovation initiatives across RBC Global Markets, Investment Banking, Wealth Management, and City National Bank.

Rich joined RBC in 2009 and was one of the key founding members of RBC's THOR electronic trading platform, as well as Head of Market Structure Strategy. He currently serves on a number of industry groups, including the SIFMA Equity Markets & Trading Committee and is a board member of National Organization of Investment Professionals (NOIP). Prior to joining RBC, Rich held electronic and program trading positions at BNP Paribas, ITG and Goldman Sachs.

Jim Swartwout
President and COO
Robinhood Securities LLC

Jim Swartwout is President and COO of Robinhood Securities LLC, where he is responsible for all back office and trading operations for Robinhood, a fast-growing brokerage giving millions of people access to our financial system. Jim is an experienced veteran of the brokerage industry with over 30 years of experience across the industry having had roles at Charles Schwab, Fidelity Investments, E*TRADE, Scottrade, and others. Prior to his current role he ran global trading operations and clearing at E*TRADE and was head of operations at Scottrade. Jim was also part of the team that created tradeMONSTER, the first firm to stream quotes in a browser in 2008 before being acquired by General Atlantic Partners. In his various roles he has overseen website and application development, customer service, trading and clearing operations as well as execution quality.

Eric Turner
Vice President of Market Intelligence
Messari

Eric Turner is the VP of market intelligence at Messari. Eric joined Messari from S&P Global where he was a financial technology research analyst. During his time at S&P he was a leader in blockchain strategy and testified in front of the Senate Banking Committee as an expert witness in fintech. Eric has also worked at Fidelity Investments and Prudential and is a CFA Charterholder. Eric graduated from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 2010 with a BS in Economics.

Robert Verderese leads Virtu’s Customer Market Making Cash Trading Desk. Virtu uses advanced technology and transparency to deliver liquidity to the global capital markets and help clients pursue best execution in a scalable, efficient and data-driven manner.

Robert Verderese
Head of Cash Trading 
Virtu Financial 

Robert Verderese leads Virtu’s Customer Market Making Cash Trading Desk. Virtu uses advanced technology and transparency to deliver liquidity to the global capital markets and help clients pursue best execution in a scalable, efficient and data-driven manner.

 Robert was one of the original employees at Knight Capital (also known as KCG Holdings, Inc.) before it was acquired by Virtu Financial in 2017. He has over 20 years of experience in the wholesale equity market making segment and prior experience includes roles as Head of Institutional Trading and running the trading desk in London.

Joe Wald
Managing Director, Co-head of Electronic Trading
BMO

Joe Wald is responsible for BMO’s Electronic Trading vision and strategic direction. He identifies and executes on growth opportunities and shares responsibility for the overall growth and success of the electronic division. He has a proven track record, years of industry experience, thought leadership, and public speaking. Prior to the sale of Clearpool Group to BMO Capital Markets, Mr. Wald was the CEO and Co-Founder. He was executive vice president at GAIN Capital where he ran GTX, the institutional electronic FX trading business. Before Gain, he was managing director and head of Knight Direct, Knight Capital Group’s institutional electronic trade execution business. Before Knight Capital, he was CEO and co-founder of EdgeTrade Inc., the pioneer developer of agency-only, liquidity seeking algorithms and direct market access technologies for the U.S. equities market. EdgeTrade was sold to Knight Capital Group in 2008.  Mr. Wald holds a B.S. in Business, Management and Finance from Brooklyn College.

David Weisberger
CoFounder and CEO
CoinRoutes

David Weisberger, CoFounder and CEO of CoinRoutes, has over 30 years of experience in market structure, quantitative finance, and trading automation. He built the first trading program and electronic systems for Morgan Stanley, was global architect of Salomon Brothers’ equity trading platform. Dave then developed Two Sigma’s wholesale market making business and most recently was the global head of equity market structure for IHS Markit.