Hagop (“Jack”) Bouroudjian is a high-profile, C-level professional who is known for achievements both in and out of the financial world. He has been a member of the CME (now CME Group) since 1987. Mr. Bouroudjian is the founder of SmartXdata and Green Innovations. He was formerly Chief Economist of UCX (Universal Compute Exchange). Jack has been SVP of Equity Futures for Nikko Securities, Japan’s second largest brokerage house; Credit Agricole Futures and Commerz Futures, divisions of the 17th and 25th largest banks in the world respectively and also served as President of Commerz Futures from 1999-2002. His responsibilities included planning, executing and supervising an effective marketing and sales program along with creating educational concepts designed to expand the European and Asian customer base. In all positions, Jack slashed costs by an average of 25% and increased operating margins year over year by 20%. Jack is a consultant to many ventures and startups.Jack was a member of the board of directors of the CME Group for three terms from 1996-2002 during which time he helped demutualize the exchange and prepare for the IPO. He was an integral part of the Strategic planning and Executive committees while serving his term. Aside from over 25 years Industry experience, Jack is a published author with countless Op-ed's and "Secrets of the Trading Pros", Wiley 2007 and Jack has had an extensive amount of Media experience. He has done over 2000 international and domestic live TV shots over the last several years including CNBC, CNN, ABC, FOX, Bloomberg, PBS along with local and regional broadcasts. He currently is a market contributor on CNBC. Jack is a graduate of Loyola University of Chicago and is happily married with two adult children.