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A fintech start-up and wholly owned subsidiary of Jiko Group, with its own bank, broker-dealer, and proprietary technology with ~80 employees. Specializes in providing institutions and platforms with direct access to treasury securities. Recruited to run the broker-dealer, Jiko Securities, Inc., including managing day-to-day operations, executing all securities transactions, and growing AUM. Challenged with modernizing trading system by replacing and upgrading existing system, including clearing, settlement, and custody of assets.

Established in 2013, Nexlend Capital Partners is committed to creating outstanding investment vehicles in the emerging direct lending market. We seek to generate superior returns for investors in light of traditional fixed-income securities, and to reduce investment risk by utilizing our state-of-the-art proprietary models. Technological innovation drives our successful rapid deal-execution strategy, because we are powered by real time data, predictive analytics, underwriting algorithms, and risk management analysis. Innovation leadership in the emerging direct lending market lets Nexlend provide the best possible stewardship of investor capital.

New York, Ny, Us

Genesis Global Trading is the largest over-the-counter (OTC) agency/prop. trading desk in the United States, leading transactions for buying and selling large blocks of digital currency. They provide institutional and private investors a mechanism to buy and sell bitcoin, litecoin, ripple, and other digital currencies. 1st regulated broker-dealer in the United States to specialize in bitcoin with $13M in revenue in 2015 and 1M+ bitcoin trades since 2013, serving major hedge funds and private clients.I was appointed CEO by the Board of Directors to lead Genesis, maintain Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relationships; I also had P/L accountability for this highly successful startup. In addition I:✔ Served as Managing Director & Head of Trading for SecondMarket, Inc. (Genesis’ predecessor) targeting hedge funds and private investors as quoted in the Financial Times. ✔ Spearheaded the branding and launch of Genesis Global Trading as the wholly owned subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG). ✔ Created business and marketing plan, budget, and KPI’s receiving Board support. ✔ Recruited General Counsel/Chief Compliance Officer and Financial Controller.✔ Landed a top branding firm to create digital marketing strategy, including website, logo, colors, key messaging, and conference materials.✔ Handpicked an external firm to spearhead online marketing efforts, including Google Ad Words and SEO. ✔ Engineered a compelling rollout strategy to attract media attention. Collaborated with regulatory entities, including the SEC, FINRA, and others to rename the broker dealer to Genesis Global Trading. Our team traded 1+ Million of BTC worth hundreds-of-millions in USD

New York, Ny, Us

Founded in 2004 as Restricted Stock Partners, SecondMarket is the world's largest market for illiquid assets, including restricted securities in public companies, auction-rate securities, bankruptcy claims, private company stock, and securitized products. Sold to NASDAQ in 2015.I was rapidly Promoted as Top Producer: ✔ SVP 2009✔ Director 2010 ✔ Senior Director 2011In this role, I reported to the Founder and CEO with Board accountability. Enabled growth of headcount from 15 to 150 and global expansion into Asia because of exponential revenue growth and market domination. Market valuation grew millions of dollars in 1-year. In addition I:✔ Profitably launched bitcoin trading business in 2013 and quickly established it as the largest OTC bitcoin trading desk in the United States and the 1st registered broker dealer to trade bitcoin.✔ Grew revenues with several thousand transactions for billions in face value illiquid auction-rate securities and securitized products (ABS, MBS, CDO’s).✔ Traded with 300+ institutional clients, including banks, hedge funds, insurance companies, corporate clients, alternative asset managers, and others.✔ Grew the Trading Desk to the largest secondary marketplace in the world for auction-rate securities.✔ Nurtured new trading relationships with the Senior Finance Officers of every student loan issuer in the United States, including EdSouth, Mississippi Higher Ed, Nelnet, Sallie Mae, Brazos Higher Ed, New Hampshire Higher Ed, Rhode Island Higher Ed, Montana Higher Ed, and others.

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I was recruited as Vice President of Sales and Business Development for Restricted Stock Partners, a licensed broker dealer with 15 employees.✔ Led the effort to create the 1st secondary marketplace in the United States to buy and sell auction-rate securities which became illiquid in February 2008.✔ Generated millions in revenue for the firm in 2008 trading auction-rate securities as a senior member of a 5-person trading team. In 2007, the company received Series A funding from venture capital firm FirstMark Capital (formerly Pequot Ventures). ✔ Targeted and established relationships with every holder of auction-rate securities in the United States, creating trusted partnerships by sharing intelligence and trading information on the securities they held, and eventually trading with most of them.

IQPC has offices in Berlin, Dubai, London, New York, Sao Paulo, Singapore, India, Sydney, and Toronto.✔ IQPC offers approximately 2,000 worldwide conferences, seminars, and related programs annually. ✔ Recruited to launch industry-leading events of the highest quality thought leadership in the Financial Services marketplace by generating sponsorship dollars from leading financial services firms and corporations. ✔ Generated hundreds of thousands in sponsorship sales for 3 inaugural Finance IQ events from industry giants, including Citibank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Ernst & Young, Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, Towers Watson Willis, and UBS.

Bernstein is recognized as Wall Street's premier sell-side research and brokerage firm with a global equity trading platform that serves leading investment managers globally. Recruited to establish electronic connectivity with the majority of the firm’s clients, consisting of hundreds of highly-valued buy-side clients.✔ Designed and managed program trading marketing materials for the institutional client group.✔ Supported the Head Program Trader and the Senior Program Trader as a Junior Program Trader for the firm’s inaugural Program Trading Desk.✔ Collaborated with the firm’s Senior Project Team to launch the Program Trading Desk.

✔ Hired to spearhead the firm’s inaugural website. Designed specifications, managed internal resources, researched and managed vendor relationships, and worked closely with 3 CEOs.✔ Established strong working relationships with the firm’s salesforce, research analysts, sales traders, and many of the firm’s valued clients.

✔ Re-engineered the support structure for the firm’s 401(k) department and selected as 1 of 4 Y2K Project Managers; promoted to Corporate Officer status in December 1998.✔ Collaborated with Business Unit and Technology Heads, reporting the results to CEO and CFO to ensure compliance with all appropriate regulatory bodies. ✔ Spearheaded 6 fundamental phases of the project: identification, assessment, remediation, testing, implementation, and contingency planning for every firm proprietary system, and all vendor products.✔ Implemented firm-wide cash flow and workflow systems. Specifics included interviewing and interacting with Business Unit and Technology Heads from virtually every Business Unit in the firm, spec’ing the new system, working with developers, testers, and business users, training, implementing and supporting the system, and presenting the final product to Board Members.

✔ Managed a group of 5 high-performing Financial Advisor Associates.✔ Handpicked as Financial Advisor Business Unit Representative to work with firm developers for all departmental systems and processes.

Reported directly to the Vice President of the Financial Advisor Department. Managed 250+ clients and 1,000 contacts with assets totaling in the hundreds of millions of dollars. ✔ Discussed relevant investment planning strategies and product information with clients, and delivered financial analysis for asset allocations of high net-worth clients. ✔ Processed security transactions and worked with clients’ attorneys and accountants to resolve tax, trust, and estate matters.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)

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