Co-Founder and General Counsel

Greater New York City Area

Vertalo is a decentralized SaaS solution designed to enable blockchain based issuance, trading, and management of digitized securities, also called Security Tokens. Vertalo has created an open-source standard for stakeholder certification and eligibility to support compliant transfers between issuers, buyers, sellers, and other security token agents on blockchain. See https://www.vertalo.com for more information. With native support for smart contracts, Vertalo certifications can be configured to meet any relevant securities regulations, Know Your Customer (KYC) policies, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements, security lockups, dividend payments, stakeholder notifications, contract execution and more. The Vertalo TALOS token enables and facilitates platform engagement for issuers, investors, and other stakeholders. By integrating with the Vertalo platform, issuers, broker-dealers, KYC/AML vendors, and Exchanges can contribute to the development of a new era of asset trading.

Co-Founder and General Counsel

Greater New York City Area

SeriesX is a Security Token Structuring as a Service company that possesses technology and techniques that enable the production and delivery of 'Programmable Securities'​ on the blockchain. See www.seriesX.net for more information.

Managing Director

Greater New York City Area

I represented the Prime Services department on a senior management level and as a member of the Prime Services Management Team. During my career, I have established a strong network and relationships with major hedge funds by developing and executing innovative financing transactions. My additional responsibilities including monitoring all legal, tax and regulatory developments applicable to the Prime Services department and hedge fund clients. I maintain a senior level network with regulatory bodies, trade associations and law firms to influence discussions that have industry-wide impact. I have an established reputation for being one of the bank's "go-to person" for the most difficult client requests and internal requirements. CORE COMPETENCIES Front line business and product development Client relationships Financing and capital markets expertise Strategic planning and execution capabilities Legal and regulatory expertise Led all regulatory initiatives across Prime Services and within each major business (Prime Brokerage, Securities Lending, Derivatives and Capital Management) Led the development of market leading structuring and financing group on Wall Street dedicated exclusively to Prime Brokerage customers. Structured deals and managed all aspects of transactions, including origination, pricing, due diligence, risk assessment, negotiation of terms, and documentation. Selected to join Prime Services organization in its formative stage.