Experience

Get Real XR

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • May 2020 - 3 years 8 months

  Chicago, Illinois, United States Get Real was founded to help people change the way they work -- how they train, how they communicate, how they market, how they see data, how they gather, how they raise money. With Virtual and Augmented Reality, organizations and teams can get their work done in less time, with better results and less frustration. To inspire others, to free up time, to save money, to connect with clients and colleagues, to tell your story. As external partner and advisor, Get Real helps its clients… Show more Get Real was founded to help people change the way they work -- how they train, how they communicate, how they market, how they see data, how they gather, how they raise money. With Virtual and Augmented Reality, organizations and teams can get their work done in less time, with better results and less frustration. To inspire others, to free up time, to save money, to connect with clients and colleagues, to tell your story. As external partner and advisor, Get Real helps its clients imagine what Virtual and Augmented Reality make possible, and then helps turn that possibility into reality. Get Real will help you capitalize on the staggering breadth of capabilities available in VR and AR to execute, or even extend, your organization’s strategy. As these technologies change, you will be empowered to change too. And if you’re part of a VR/AR company driving such change, let us partner with you in order to help extend your products’ reach. It’s easy to be paralyzed by the sheer number of choices with any technology, and VR/AR is no different. We have considered these sorts of decisions ourselves as CEO and COO throughout our careers and recognize that the desire to deploy new technology must be balanced with consideration of the return on investment. A small step is often the right way to get started. Virtual and Augmented Reality can transform your work and deliver significant cost savings compared to traditional ways of doing business. Partner with Get Real today and learn what so many others have already discovered about VR/AR: that even simple ideas can unleash tremendous benefit once we’re willing to change the way we work. Show less



VR/AR Association (VRARA)

• United States
• Industry Associations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chapter President - Chicago

  • Aug 2020 - 3 years 5 months



PEAK6

• United States
• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• COO / Apex Crypto

  • Dec 2018 - May 2020

  Chicago, Illinois Apex Crypto is a wholly owned entity of Peak 6 Investments specializing in offering backend trade execution, clearing, and custody solutions to broker-dealers and their individual customers. As COO, I was responsible for the daily operations, management and growth of the platform as it expanded its broker-dealer and RIA client base.



Spot Trading LLC

• United States
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner and Chief Operating Officer (COO)

  • 2013 - Jan 2018

  Chicago, Illinois Spot was one of the country's leading equity and index options trading firms for well over a decade. A member of several exchanges, Spot was recognized twice as one of Chicago's "Top 100 Workplaces" by the Chicago Tribune and as one of the country's "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" by the National Association for Business Resources multiple times. As Chief Operating Officer, I oversee Spot Trading’s Technology, HR, Education, Facilities, Business Development, Compliance, and… Show more Spot was one of the country's leading equity and index options trading firms for well over a decade. A member of several exchanges, Spot was recognized twice as one of Chicago's "Top 100 Workplaces" by the Chicago Tribune and as one of the country's "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" by the National Association for Business Resources multiple times. As Chief Operating Officer, I oversee Spot Trading’s Technology, HR, Education, Facilities, Business Development, Compliance, and Project Management Office (PMO). As both Partner and COO I was a member of the firm’s senior management team since 2006. My accomplishments included: ★ Being an essential member of the firm’s operations team that drove successful expansion across business functions, trading strategies, and facilities for an organization with 8 employees in 2002 and growing to 150. ★ Undertaking new business expansion projects into futures, index options, and options market making.

• Partner and Chief Administrative Officer

  • 2009 - 2013

  Chicago, Illinois As Chief Administrative Officer I directed 20 employees, overseeing HR, Compliance, Facilities, Education, and PMO in addition to retaining my Director of Business Development responsibilities. Initiatives I spearheaded included increasing the role of data in the firm’s culture, evaluating college-graduate recruiting strategies to expand the organization’s profile in the academic arena, and identifying opportunities to improve operational strategies. A highlight of my… Show more As Chief Administrative Officer I directed 20 employees, overseeing HR, Compliance, Facilities, Education, and PMO in addition to retaining my Director of Business Development responsibilities. Initiatives I spearheaded included increasing the role of data in the firm’s culture, evaluating college-graduate recruiting strategies to expand the organization’s profile in the academic arena, and identifying opportunities to improve operational strategies. A highlight of my accomplishments included: ★ Building our firm’s “Spot Training Program” from the ground up and leading its evolution to become a cornerstone of the company’s culture and approach to talent retention, innovation, internal business development, improved cross-team efficiency, and recruiting. The program offered an unrivaled network of classes, management training, ongoing studies, and dissemination of new industry knowledge to employees across the enterprise.

• Partner and Director of Business Development

  • 2008 - 2009

  Chicago, Illinois In this role I was responsible for building the firm’s external presence. I represented the organization at industry events, identified strategic opportunities, developed external relationships with vendors, brokers, business partners, and exchanges, and examined opportunities to leverage relationships across business functions. One of my key accomplishments included: ★ Leading our organization’s branding effort to recruit top talent and cultivate key… Show more In this role I was responsible for building the firm’s external presence. I represented the organization at industry events, identified strategic opportunities, developed external relationships with vendors, brokers, business partners, and exchanges, and examined opportunities to leverage relationships across business functions. One of my key accomplishments included: ★ Leading our organization’s branding effort to recruit top talent and cultivate key external partnerships by building a marketing team, undertaking a web-page relaunch, and creating collateral for the team’s use at events.

• Equity Options Trader

  • 2002 - 2008

  Chicago, Illinois I was a trader on a team in charge of a portfolio of business and also responsible for the firm’s trading tools and trading technology strategy. Some of my key accomplishments in this role included: ★ Being named Partner in 2006 and becoming a member of the firm’s senior management team. ★ Instituting the “Spot Training Program (STP)”, preparing recruits out of college to excel in our organization’s trading operations. The program’s success showed clear implications of being… Show more I was a trader on a team in charge of a portfolio of business and also responsible for the firm’s trading tools and trading technology strategy. Some of my key accomplishments in this role included: ★ Being named Partner in 2006 and becoming a member of the firm’s senior management team. ★ Instituting the “Spot Training Program (STP)”, preparing recruits out of college to excel in our organization’s trading operations. The program’s success showed clear implications of being a platform to drive innovation across business functions. Utilizing its potential, I spearheaded programming under the STP brand for all levels of experience and business operations.



Stafford Trading

• Equity Options Trader

  • 1998 - 2002

  Chicago, Illinois I was an off-floor equity options volatility trader for Stafford Trading Inc, responsible for portfolio risk management, interacting with clearing firms, trade identification, and execution.