After years of leading successful companies as CEO, focusing on investing, trading, and advising in the cutting-edge fields of digital assets and finance. Personal concentration on DeFi/collateralized yields, private credit, and derivative market volatility strategies. Consulting on digital asset trading, liquidity, RWA, and tokenization.

Symbridge was a US regulated crypto exchange and digital asset ecosystem focusing on commodity tokenization, designed with an institutional focus - comprised of a FINRA regulated Broker/Dealer able to transact in digital securities and facilitate trading/issuance on Symbridge’s ATS that settled trades on blockchain, as well as a Money Transmission licenses holder registered with FINCEN. Symbridge focused on commodity tokenization, asset management, spot crypto markets, digital securities, Red D offerings, and pre-IPO liquidity.As CEO of Symbridge, led a successful technology pivot, launching the first products quickly after joining. Developed a strategic roadmap, refocused the core businesses, and launched new securities and tokenized commodity products with international partners. Fostered a culture of innovation, enhancing execution and morale, while navigating complex challenges to position Symbridge as a key player in the US digital securities and commodity markets.

CEX.IO is a global and regulated cryptocurrency exchange, MSB registered in the US, trusted by 15 million users since 2013 in 220 countries and territories with up to $600m in daily trading volume. In 2019, CEX.IO launched a dedicated US presence and currently operates in 48 US states, with over 30 Money Transmission Licenses and a FINCEN registration. CEX.IO provides access to high liquidity order books, Instant Bitcoin buying and selling, DeFi lending, staking, yield earning, spot and margin trading, liquidity provisioning, payment processing, OTC, and many other products, 24/7, worldwide.I founded the CEX.IO US arm, obtaining over 30 Money Transmission Licenses and scaling the US business 1100% over 3 years, exiting to the global CEX.IO entity.

AXON Trade (formerly XTRD) is an institutional-grade OEMS for digital asset trading, providing a unique combination of services such as FIX API, real-time normalized market data feeds, low-latency execution services, and a secure environment inside Equinix data centers worldwide with connections to dozens of crypto exchanges.Discovered market gap for a unified FIX API in early days, 2017. Founded company, conducted a global roadshow, recruited multinational staff, directed strategy, launched product. Remain on in advisory capacity.

RealView uses a hybrid AI/operator system to monitor existing cameras, delivering real time alerts and daily custom productivity/analytics reports to medium and large businesses, without requiring additional hardware. RealView served multiple industries, primarily in hospitality.Founded company after pioneering a similar surveillance approach in an owned retail business. Built technology system to interface with any existing cameras, grew client base, scaled to 60 staff globally – fully bootstrapped.

Genesis Securities transitioned to Singularity Technology Solutions, a software licensing firm. Provided DMA software, market data, colocation, and execution services to high frequency algo funds, broker dealers, and other institutional clients.Headed Compliance, Market Data, Accounting, Sales, Trade Support, managed billing and accounting. Risk management, OATS, execution reporting, trade breaks, connectivity.

Genesis provided a DMA platform, HFT colocation services, market data, clearing, and retail brokerage services for equity and derivative markets. Managing Director, Business Development/Operations, 2007 –2011As Managing Director at Genesis Securities, led the transformation of the firm from a niche proprietary trading outfit to a robust 200-person clearing firm, retail brokerage, HFT provider, and market data vendor. Spearheaded the development of key operational departments, including compliance, stock loan, risk management, customer support, and trading platform development while scaling revenue 400%. Managed daily operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, trade surveillance, and P&L reconciliation, while growing execution revenue. Headed launch of SogoTrade.com, full staff/operations/process structure. Managed market data and regulatory audits SEC/FINRA/NYSE/OPRA. SogoTrade Director at Genesis Securities, 2004 – 2006Launched SogoTrade.com, a retail trading and fractional share investing platform, overseeing compliance, operations, and development while building a support team and expanding the platform to over 100,000 clients.Proprietary Trader, 2001 –2004Developed profitable trading strategies, managing over $100M in daily transaction volume, consistently ranked in the top 5% of traders at the firm.Licensed Series 7, 55, 63, and 24.

Employed as contractor with Consolidated Edison, main NYC office and Indian Point Nuclear Power Station location. Utilized AutoCAD to convert and modify nuclear engineering drawings from TIFF to CAD digital format. Part of ConEd divestiture team, tasked with the successful sale of Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant to Entergy Corporation.