
Senior Financial and Transaction Services Executive with extensive expertise in leadership, operations, strategy, team building, equity and derivatives market structure, product management, regulatory issues and relationship management. Recognized derivatives industry expert and speaker. Board Member and Advisor. Key skills and experience: Executive Leadership | P&L Management | Market Structure | Business Development Equities | Derivatives | Cryptocurrencies | Blockchain | Trading Platforms | Operations Front-end Technology | Relationship Management | Regulation Highlights and accomplishments: Disruptive startup – early employee at first all-electronic options exchange. Business achieved profitability and lead market share within 3 years. Executive management – rose to lead the ISE’s core business and P/L with direct management oversight of Business Development, Sales, Market Operations, Product Management, ETF Ventures and the Market Data business. Business Plans - developed business plans and lead implementation for the successful launch of two new options exchanges and an ETF financing business responsible for the launch of the first ever Cybersecurity ETF (HACK). Strategy – responsible for overall business strategy of three electronic options exchanges, the market data business and ETF ventures. Pricing – designed and oversaw all pricing/fee decisions in a hyper competitive environment, introducing innovative fee and rebate models to maintain market share and preserve profitability. Product/Technology – lead design and development of PrecISE, the first and most successful exchange developed EMS for US equity options. Lead design and development of industry first Complex Order Book. Regulation – established deep relationships with staff at the SEC and lead collaborative effort to roll out market innovations, including new institutional auction, crossing and complex trading order types.
coinbase.com
thefairxchange.com
ibkr.com
iex.io
ise.com
New York City Metropolitan Area
Head of Coinbase Derivatives Exchange
Coinbase
• www.linkedin.com/company/coinbase
• Full-time
Feb 2022 - Present
New York City Metropolitan Area
Member of the Board of Managers
ETF Managers Group (ETFMG)
• www.linkedin.com/company/etfmg
Oct 2020 - Jan 2024
Chief Product and Strategy Officer (Acquired by Coinbase)
FairX
• www.linkedin.com/company/thefairxchange
• Full-time
Oct 2020 - Feb 2022
Board Advisor
Cove Markets
Apr 2019 - Dec 2021
Head of Market Development
IEX
• www.linkedin.com/company/iex-group-inc-
Jul 2018 - Oct 2020
Greater New York City Area
Board Member, Nodal Exchange Holdings, LLC
Nodal Exchange
• www.linkedin.com/company/nodal-exchange
May 2017 - Oct 2020