As Chief Operating Officer at Secure Digital Markets (SDM), Alan oversees governance, infrastructure and resource management to guide SDM’s global expansion with a focus on new product development. He is an integral part of building the firm’s strategic plan and organizational structure to extend SDM’s digital asset OTC brokerage services deeper into the U.S. market. Moreover, he leads the Derivatives Sales & Trading expansion both in the US, as well as overseas. Alan has over 20 years’ experience leading fixed income businesses with trading and risk management expertise in: algo/electronic trading, interest rate swaps, options, treasuries, inflation, repo, agencies, mbs, investment grade credit, and leveraged loan products. Alan is a business transformation specialist with a proven track record of radically improving each new team he joins. He has built and restructured various trading businesses with impressive results, generating annual revenues as much as $600mm and managing teams as large as 50 people. Alan is an expert in navigating the shifting regulatory environment, advising and implementing cryptocurrency investment strategy, and utilizing innovative technology to strategically reposition businesses.