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Stamford, Connecticut, US

Provide strategic advice to CEO of a rapidly growing fixed income market data company.

Provide strategic advice to early stage fin tech provider of connectivity & trading solutions in the electronic fixed income marketplace.

San Francisco, California, US

Engagement was to assess credit, muni and structured product trading software strategy, development, support and implementation processes.

Chicago, IL, US

Responsible for the design, development and operations of an algorithmic platform & business capable of electronically trading corporate bonds outright as well as in connection with corporate bond ETFs.

Responsible for managing the development and distribution of the Idea Stream product line. Idea Stream is a workflow solution targeted at front office personnel focused on electronic trading of corporate bonds.

• Founded a fin tech company focused on solving a buy side data problem. Konnect2 is a data aggregator, providing algorithmic idea generation to credit market investment professionals.
• Conceived of technology application, conducted market survey and competitive analysis, interviewing numerous institutional customers to validate the concept. Hired and managed off-shore technology staff to build.
• Called on and pre-sold prototype to institutional asset managers including top tier insurance company, hedge fund and investment manager.
• Raised seed capital from numerous financial market executives, fin tech entrepreneurs and a strategic corporate partner.
• Built out team, led product design, successfully delivered the product to marketplace.
• Negotiated successful exit to market leading corporate acquirer.

New York, NY, US

• Co-founded and oversaw operations of a financial services software company providing a front office trading platform to Wall Street broker/dealers.Product Manager: Conceived and created software service to improve the.
• Performed initial market needs and analysis. Developed business plan. Wrote product specifications, coordinated and managed team of visual designers, software developers and quality assurance engineers in development.
• Developed sales and marketing strategy – initially responsible for lead generation and direct sales of product.
• Identified and negotiated contracts with more than 10 contributing data vendors.
• Oversaw data center operations for a live trading system fully supported (5 days /week x 12 hrs/day). Managed all operational aspects of the company.
• Negotiated operating agreement, negotiated leases and secured office space.

New York, New York, US

• Responsible for the development of an institutional B2B platform for trading execution of money market securities in Europe and the U.S.
• Led negotiations and secured the participation of three of London’s top global money market broker/dealers.
• Oversaw a team of software developers responsible for creating a software platform connecting global debt issuers, broker/dealers and institutional money managers.
• Marketed and sold custom technology services (software design and development) to bulge bracket Wall Street firms.

• Founded an electronic communications network (“ECN”) providing money market workflow and transaction services to the institutional money market community.
• Developed business plan, solicited and raised venture capital to fund new venture.
• Identified key strategic partners. Negotiated platform liquidity/participation with bulge bracket banks & broker/dealers and other strategic market participants.
• Conducted searches and hired management team.
• Managed sale of company to Reuters, PLC providing significantly above-market returns to early stage equity investors in the company.

New York, New York, US

• Institutional market-maker in the $1.5 trillion commercial paper business; primary contact responsible for lending relationship with approximately 40 of the firm’s Fortune 500 clients.
• Provided new issue pricing for short-term debt issuance and distributed this debt into the market.
• Advised corporations on strategies for short-term funding of acquisitions and other capital-intensive strategic initiatives.
• Committed more than $750 million of firm’s capital daily, making secondary markets with institutional investors in the global commercial paper market.
• Widely recognized as market expert in less liquid, higher yielding A2/P2 marketplace, managing $5 million yearly P&L.

Providence, RI, US

• Performed various roles as part of general contractor team managing the construction of commercial construction projects including mid-rise office building, a Class A office headquarters for a Fortune 100 firm, an.
• Graduated from management training program. Two year program rotations included on-site construction management as well as scheduling, estimating, purchasing, cost accounting and safety management.
• Performed project and field engineering tasks on 14 million gallon water retention tank supplying the city of Providence drinking water. Managed 25 tradesmen - carpenters, laborers and heavy equipment operators.
• Coordinated the construction of a 30,000 s.f. elementary school addition and renovation.
• As Project Superintendent was the single on-site resource responsible for overseeing all aspects of the project.
• Project challenges included recognizing need for and building out temporary classrooms, relocating students during asbestos abatement, and coordinating the activities of 25 sub-contractors and 75 tradesmen ensuring.

Mba, Finance

Bs, Civil Engineering

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