Speakers

Drew Carey

Drew Carey

Director, Market Data Sales, Cboe

Drew is Global Head of Market Data Sales for Cboe Global Markets. Cboe is one of the world's largest exchange holding companies, offering cutting-edge trading and investment solutions to investors around the world. Cboe offers trading across a diverse range of products in multiple asset classes and geographies, including options, futures, U.S. and European equities, exchange-traded products (ETPs), global foreign exchange (FX), and multi-asset volatility products. Cboe Global Markets trading venues include the largest options exchange in the U.S. and the largest stock exchange by value traded in Europe. In addition, the company is the second-largest stock exchange operator in the U.S. and a leading market globally for ETP trading. Drew is responsible for the growth and expansion of the market data services business (US and European Equities, FX, Futures, Options and Index products) for Cboe Global Markets. He currently leads a global sales team, both in NYC and London, focused on distribution and partnerships with Market Data Vendors, Financial Institutions, Retail Trading Firms and Fintech companies. Drew has been at Cboe Global Markets for 5 years and prior to joining worked in various sales roles at SIX Financial and Moody’s Investor Services. Drew holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Vanderbilt University.

 

Robert Cook

Senior VP Market Development, CSE

Mr. Cook is primarily responsible for the development of a range of services to companies listed on the CSE and for the composition and maintenance of the CSE Composite Index. He has been a member of the executive management team of the exchange since 2002. He currently serves on the Ontario Securities Commission’s Small and Medium Enterprise Advisory Committee. Immediately prior to joining the CSE, he held the position of V-P Market Surveillance, Market Regulation Services Inc., which was created in 2001 by the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) and the Investment Dealers Association of Canada (IDA) to regulate Canadian markets.

Rob had a 19-year career at the TSE where he held a number of positions in listed company regulation including Director, Original Listings, followed by six years as Director, Market Surveillance. Before that he worked in the mining industry for three years as a mineral economist for a major mining company and an international consulting firm.

Rob holds an Honours BA in Economics from York University (1977) and an MBA from the Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario (1979).

 

Brady Fletcher

Managing Director, TSX Venture Exchange

Matthew Fuchs

Matthew Fuchs

EVP, OTC Markets

Matthew Fuchs is an Executive Vice President leading the product development, distribution and sales of market data at OTC Markets Group. He is responsible for overseeing the launch of new products and enhancements to existing market data tools that help financial institutions more efficiently trade and analyze OTCQX, OTCQB, Pink and Grey Market securities. Continual enhancements and improvements to our products led to OTC Markets Compliance Data File being recognized for Best-Real Time Market Data Initiative at the 2016 Inside Market Data/Inside Reference Data Awards. Matt often comments and speaks on issues regarding market data and compliance for the over-the-counter equity markets, and frequently publishes on the OTC Markets Blog. Prior to joining OTC Markets Group, he served in a number of financial technology roles at the National Research Exchange, Bearing Point and Arthur Andersen. Matt received a BA from Columbia University.

 

Julien Guichandut

Sr. Manager, Enterprise Data Services, CPPIB

Prakash Hariharan

Prakash Hariharan

Founder and CEO, AnalytixInsight, Inc.

Prakash Hariharan was formerly one of Canada's leading portfolio managers for Front Street Capital (“Front Street”), an investment firm in Toronto, Canada, from March 2005 until February 2013. At Front Street, he focused on agriculture, technology and growth related investments. He is currently the CEO and Chairman of AnalytixInsight Inc. (TSXV: ALY), a big data analytics company. He has also been involved in the restructuring and turnaround of companies, including Radient Technologies Inc. (TSXV: RTI) (a technology company) as CFO and Aguia Resources Limited (ASX: AGR) (a phosphate exploration company) as CEO. Mr. Hariharan has also served on the board of Wi2Wi, Inc. (TSXV: YTY) (a technology company). Mr. Hariharan holds a financial engineering degree from York University, a Masters of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business and an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering.

Teddy Kahn

Teddy Kahn

Vice President, Enterprise Solutions, S&P Global

Nick Merritt

Nick Merritt

Program Director, FISD

Nick joined FISD in May 2007 and works with members focused on anti-piracy of market data, data provider contract licenses and policies as well as communication among participants in the market data industry. In addition, he serves as the primary point of contact for the Data Vendor Constituent Group and the Index Forum Group. Prior to joining FISD Nick was employed with the American Bankers Association from 2002-2007 and with The NASDAQ Stock Market from 1987 – 2001 where he served as Senior Director Issuer Services. Nick holds a BA from The University of Mississippi and an MBA from The George Washington University.

Edward  Oliver

Edward Oliver

Vice President, Finance , Dataminr

Edward Oliver is Vice President, Finance Sales at Dataminr. Edward has over nineteen years of experience in Financial Services and Fintech. At Dataminr he has been responsible for content analysis for the finance vertical and currently manages the finance vertical sales team. Prior to his role at Dataminr he was a trader in the equities division at Citigroup where he traded NYSE and NASDAQ companies across a variety of sectors. Edward holds a Bachelor of Arts from Morehouse College and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

 

Solomon Shields

Product Manager, Nasdaq

 

Bryan Smith

CEO, ThinkData Works