Mark Horowitz Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

Tellus Markets bridges the traditional and revolutionary energy swaps markets with digital solutions for the Energy Transition through the two unique platforms of Direct Swap and Direct PPA

New York City Metropolitan Area

Digitizing and centralizing workflow solutions for swaps markets in Energy.

Greater New York City Area

• Promoted to run commercial operations for Nasdaq Futures Exchange after successfully managing revenue enhancement and reducing expenses over previous 1.5 years
• Part of core team which managed successful sale of core assets to EEX/Nodal Exchange
• Successfully managed transition phase migrating 7+ million lots of open interest from NFX with little to no market disruption

New York, NY

• Evaluated and restructured sales staff, built and executed solutions to overcome competitive landscape and increase overall trade flow and revenue for NFX
• Expanded product slate to incorporate new products such as Canadian Crude Oil and Global Dry Freight
• Worked hand in hand with major banks, utilities, hedge funds and proprietary firms to gain order flow and expand open interest on NFX platform
• Oversaw development of new technologies to expand on market access such as Speed Bump and Block Trade screen
• Devised and implemented market making programs, monitoring systems and pricing incentives to maximize revenue and market share

Greater New York City Area

• Conceived and approached Nasdaq with idea centered on opportunity to challenge incumbent futures exchanges in the Energy Sector with look-a-like product slate at targeted 50% lower fee structure
• Collaborated and expanded both initial Nasdaq partnership group (more than doubling participants from 9 to 20) as well as built external customer base to more than 100 registered participants in first year
• Worked in team environment to successfully launch NFX and generate trade from day one across multiple products
• Achieved nine consecutive months as number two exchange by market share in major energy product capturing +30% market share in less than 3 years from launch
• Consultant 2014-2018 through M3Derivative Solutions

New York, NY

• Established and oversaw CPO/CTA onshore/offshore fund creation with $50mm seed growing to over $100mm AUM
• Directed legal and fund services to ensure accounting standards and investment structures were maintained, and that investors were informed
• Managed the compliance program, functioning as an independent and objective body within the firm
• Responsible for all interaction with governmental agencies, vendors, FCM's and exchanges regarding business line and compliance

• Oversaw the compliance program, functioning as an independent and objective body within the firm
• Ensured conformity with the rules and regulations of regulatory agencies including compliance with the Commodity Exchange Act and the Dodd-Frank Act
• Successfully managed NFA inquiry and CFTC audit with zero penalties or fines

• Managed both the fixed price and volatility positions for Gold
• Successfully transitioned and wound down portfolio after re-evaluating core long volatility structure of fund against adverse market conditions with minimal impact to investors

New York, NY

• Business Line Manager for Energy and Metals options products accountable for yearly revenue over $300mm
• Drove development, sales, education, and marketing new and existing NYMEX and COMEX options products
• Developed business growth by applying knowledge of key options strategies and techniques to major industrial and financial leaders, trade groups and customers

• Over the Counter Derivatives broker specializing in Oil and Product Options
• Grew client base by more than thirty percent in first six months
• Devised and implemented a daily morning report chronicling the previous days market recap and transactions as well as utilizing technical analysis to give insight into the upcoming days trading session in futures trade.
• Effectively processed customer orders through NYMEX (CME) Clearport as part of a team workflow environment

• Dictated both the fixed price and volatility positions for crude oil, gasoline, and heating oil
• Evaluated domestic and global economic data to create short-term and long-term biases
• Managed both a floor market maker and an OTC fixed price trader, making sure that they executed trades that represented the funds over-all market bias
• Directed the analytics team to create reports that analyzed the volatility across time and multiple skew reports to more easily quantify inefficiencies in the petroleum option markets
• Applied fundamental and technical analysis, based on internal and external research, to construct the fund’s positions
• Monitored all margin requires for the portfolio, creating a hierarchy for each strategy implemented by the petroleum group to maximize the expected returns to cash requirements

• Proprietary market maker in options, trading in multiple markets including Natural Gas, Sugar, Gold, and Coffee
• VP – Conferring Clearing House Member New York Board of Trade
• Managed options positions all available maturities and strikes, spreading inter and intra commodity positions
• Utilized knowledge of option trading technique, risk management, mathematical and analytical skills to create and execute hedge strategies to manage position risk exposure and maximize profits
• Monitored and evaluated trading and margin accounts for each market traded to validate data, minimize costs and maximize profits
• Monitored and digested vast amounts of market data to determine trends and potential market opportunities

• Trader Trainee Program - Bear Sterns Securities Corporation June 1995 – April 1996
• Recommended by a former Managing Director for the management trainee position, was selected as one of only two recent graduates to be hired by Bear Stearns for the summer of 1995 training program
• Assisted the traders by processing trades from deal entry, trade confirmation, brokerage payment, modification audit, and final cash flow
• Created detailed reports for the department’s Managing Director explaining any trade modifications
• Responsible for monitoring position limits both intraday and end of day for the portfolio
• Studied advance option theory and analysis of option pricing

Ba, History

Activities and Societies: Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity

Education record

Activities and Societies: Track and Field team