Securities industry veteran with more than 30 years’ experience. Recognized expert in options trading, investments, market structure – accomplishments encompass innovations in financial technologies, investment products, business development. CEO of Context, leading the capital introduction, ...more

Securities industry veteran with more than 30 years’ experience. Recognized expert in options trading, investments, market structure – accomplishments encompass innovations in financial technologies, investment products, business development. CEO of Context, leading the capital introduction, investor relations, and fundraising community of hedge funds, institutional investors, venture capital, entrepreneurs, and asset management firms connecting on Context365. In 2020, led Context to the forefront of digital transformation with the launch of "Context365", which creates real-time, anytime, global connections with machine learning technology. Context helps institutional investors solve problems, source alpha, and take back their time and energy. Context's elite team of executives, technologists, investor relations, data scientists, and marketers have helped facilitate more than 12,000 meetings among managers and allocators. The Context365 App: members optimize their deal-flow and connections using standardized data, visualizations, matchmaking, search filters, maps, messaging, real-time video meetings, introductions, and investor relations support. Host of Context Conversations – where investors, industry trailblazers, and innovators discuss alternative investment trends, unique investment opportunities, and share capital introduction tips. Prior to Context, was president and CEO of Convergex, where firm was rebuilt by transforming culture, revitalizing product lines and redefining approach to market. In 2017, led the successful acquisition of the firm to the Cowen Group. Before Convergex, served as Nasdaq executive VP of transaction services growing revenue and expanding market share while establishing four new trading venues and overseeing operated exchanges and transaction platforms in the US and UK, including nine exchanges, three options exchanges, and two futures exchanges. Testified before the US Senate and House of Representatives to guide policy on market structure, equity and ETF trading. Appointed to FINRA Board of Governors and current chairman of Board of Trustees, F chair, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; and trustee, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Frequent on-air contributor at CNBC, Bloomberg TV and Fox Business and have been profiled in The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Money Magazine and the Financial Times on topics related to asset class growth; rise in popularity of SPACs, private equity, venture capital, hedge funds; dominance of story stocks; increasing use of options; and cyber currency.less