· Responsible for building Cboe's recently launched US-based CCP by drawing FCMs and other institutions into membership · Leveraging decades of industry experience in many roles, deep network, and high personal integrity to attract and retain global clearing members · Teamed with multiple groups across the Cboe organization: product, marketing, operations, treasury, regulatory, clearing, and sales to set and exceed high expectations, gather and build on customer feedback, and deliver consistent dependable performance to participants

For over three decades, I have written hundreds of songs, some finding placement in movies and ad campaigns on radio and internet and others for special events: couples celebrating their wedding or engagement, birthdays, etc. Latest album "All that I've Left" can be found on Amazon, iTunes, Pandora, Spotify, Bandcamp.

Responsible for driving exchange-traded cleared volumes of Cboe Digital spot and derivative crypto products across multiple customer profiles across the U.S.· Drawn to only US-based crypto asset spot and derivatives DCM/DCO whose central business proposition was driven by a strict adherence to regulatory guardrails in a near-wild-west global environment to earn market’s trust, thus leading to eventual market share dominance · Applied traditional finance (TradFI) tools and concepts to decentralized finance (DeFi) to offer institutional, conventional, and retail market participants a familiar means to confidently trade crypto· Leveraged deep network and high personal integrity to attract US-based prop firms and FCMs · Contributed to the crafting of market making and other incentive programs· Teamed with multiple groups across the organization: product, marketing, operations, treasury, regulatory, clearing, and sales to set and exceed high expectations, gather and build on customer feedback, and deliver consistent dependable performance· Chosen from across the globe to serve as one of twelve in Cboe’s Senior Directors/Directors Group, charged with initiating communications between associates and executives, developing programming, and facilitating working groups to solve various issues

I am deeply familiar with the entire FIFF value proposition; cultivate relationships, eagerly embrace and drive new opportunities across asset classes, and increase revenue from props, FCMs, broker/dealers, buy side, and banks · Direct and deliver multi-faceted long-term projects across multiple product lines (Clearing, ETD, Repo) involving frequent interactions with teammates as well as internal and external high-level executives, while ensuring milestones and deadlines are met and results consistently exceed expectations. · Generate sales leads, identify potential customers, develop critical new relationships while maintaining those with existing customers by dependably communicating new product and services to existing network while cultivating and solidifying leads and key contacts across asset classes· Represent company to vast network via personal meetings, live and on-line presentations, social media, attending networking events and trade conferences, as well as performing at charity events· Share extensive trading expertise internally and externally; enthusiastically manage customer expectations and close sales facilitating vital and timely communication between all involved parties○ US GCM Clearing Initiative: successfully managed project where multiple shops became US-based GCM’s & first prop shop to self-clear as DCM ○ FI Futures Trading Hours Harmonization: initiated plan to match market hours of all fixed income futures contracts; ○ US access to Eurex Repo: Currently managing client expectations and driving internal progress toward first non-EU-based Eurex Repo activity○ ESG Futures: develop sales strategy and manage Stateside plan for successful 2021 launch ○ Sec Lend CCP: took on role to activate US beneficial owners to adopt clearing of SFT’s○ Customer Service: stellar industry reputation gained via customer-first client relationships

Sell trading and charting platforms to financial marketplace; maintain and deliver training to current customer base, develop new business, and grow relationships and awareness of product line.

Trader January 2011 – March 2011 (3 months) Director of Recruiting and Training Edit June 2010 – December 2010 (7 months) Eurodollar Futures Market Maker August 2009 – June 2010 (11 months) Financial, Agricultural, and Energy Derivatives Trader September 2004 – August 2009 (5 years)

• Instruct in areas of Trigonometry, Geometry, Algebra, and Pre-Calculus garnering successful results using high levels of expectations and mutual respect, creative, real-world examples, enlightening projects, stories, and guests.• Create and direct drills, motivate and discipline players, and teach advanced game concepts to individuals as well as groups of two to forty young adults. IHSA Illinois Coach of the Year 2001