Experience

Golden Valley Supply

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President and Chief Financial Officer

  • Jan 2020 - Present



RBC Global Asset Management

• Canada
• Investment Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Equity Trading U.S.

  • 2009 - 2019

  • Initiated and led complex strategic projects to ensure the success of U.S. equity trading and U.S.-based equity investment teams across multiple areas such as budgeting, communications, change management, process improvement, digital approaches, business planning risk, and policies and procedures. • Partnered with key stakeholders to establish scalable global best execution practices across RBC that contributed to diverse revenue streams by region and asset class. • Delivered… Show more • Initiated and led complex strategic projects to ensure the success of U.S. equity trading and U.S.-based equity investment teams across multiple areas such as budgeting, communications, change management, process improvement, digital approaches, business planning risk, and policies and procedures. • Partnered with key stakeholders to establish scalable global best execution practices across RBC that contributed to diverse revenue streams by region and asset class. • Delivered consistent equity trading performance ranked in the top half of peer benchmark universes, as measured by third-party vendors (Abel Noser, LiquidMetrix, Virtu ITG). Effective trade execution added over $13 million to client performance in the past three fiscal years ending September 30, 2019. • Provided subject matter expertise on equity capital markets, U.S. market structure, regulatory policies, and forecasting to build the RBC institutional brand in core markets, attract new clients, and grow existing relationships. • Leveraged broad institutional knowledge and data-driven analytics to advance an innovative, forward-looking, and market-focused approach to product development. • Successfully negotiated and restructured the firm’s Commission Sharing Arrangement program, resulting in annual firm-wide savings in excess of $500,000. • Led quarterly investment strategy meetings with key North American investment personnel. • Deployed a comprehensive suite of customized algorithmic trading strategies that materially enhanced execution capabilities and increased performance by over 120 basis points between 2010 and 2013.

• Spokesperson

  • 2006 - 2019

  • Served as RBC’s U.S. Media Spokesperson in national and international publications, such as The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and The New York Times, and on Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Television, and CNBC. • Spoke at internal meetings and industry conferences e.g., the Florida Public Pension Plan Association’s Annual Conference, Equities Leaders’ Summit, Rosenblatt’s Global Exchange Leaders Conference, and the Security Trader Association’s National Market Structure Conference.

• Senior Equity Trader

  • 2005 - 2009

  • Managed complex trades across all U.S. equity strategies and market capitalizations. • Provided portfolio managers with data-driven analytics to inform investment and trading strategies. • Developed trading metrics to identify areas to increase profitability and align consistent outcomes to exceed client expectations.

• Equity Trader

  • 2003 - 2005

  • Facilitated trade execution for the firm’s U.S. equity growth strategies. • Used analytical problem-solving skills to troubleshoot and improve platform operations.

• Junior Equity Trader

  • 2001 - 2003

  • Assisted in trade execution for plan sponsors and over 1,000 client accounts.

• Portfolio Administrator

  • 2000 - 2001

  • Responsible for client reporting, reconciling client portfolio accounts, and acting as a liaison between equity and fixed income portfolio managers and our clients. *Voyageur Asset Management Inc., the U.S. institutional platform, was acquired by RBC in 2001.