FLASH FRIDAY is a weekly content series looking at the past, present and future of capital markets trading and technology. FLASH FRIDAY is sponsored by Instinet.
Flash Friday is indeed about the past, present and future of capital markets trading and technology. But what’s at the heart of capital markets trading and technology? People.
So just as Traders Magazine did back in August, let’s look at what some folks who graced the pages of TM in years gone by are up to today.
The October 2000 Traders Magazine ran a photo spread of the Security Traders Association of Wisconsin’s annual convention, which was held at the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa on August 10-12, 2000.
Current information is sourced from LinkedIn profiles and company websites.
Goren Dillard
Then: Melvin Securities, Chicago
Now: Director, Workforce Development, Urban League of Greater Cleveland
Craig Leppla
Then: Senior Market Maker-Nasdaq Trading, First Albany Corp., New York
Now: Director of Business Development and Community Association Management, Pyramid Real Estate Group, Fairfield, Connecticut
Sherry Bednarski
Then: Equity Trader, Members Capitol Advisors
Now: Senior Trader/Operations Specialist, Wipfli Financial Advisors, Milwaukee
Joe Crisalli
Then: SVP/Institutional Equity Sales, Knight Securities
Now: Director, Institutional Sales Trading, Cowen
Martin Cawley
Then: Trader (Equity Market Maker) – Vice President, Baird, Milwaukee
Now: Consultant, Pierian Spring Consulting
Brad Baxter
Then: International Equity Trader, Dundee Capital Markets, Toronto
Now: Vice President, Institutional Equity Trading, Hampton Securities Limited, Toronto
Steve Gruber
Then: Equity Trader, Baird, Milwaukee
Now: Director of Operations, Bluestone Life, Burlington, Vermont
Nick Ponzio
Then: President, Hill, Thompson, Magid, Jersey City
Now: Founder, Wolcot Capital; Partner, Cardinale Enterprises
Jessica Seiden
Then: Strategic National Account Manager, Instinet, New York
Now: Senior Strategic Account Manager, TransUnion, Boca Raton
Jim Dean Jr.
Then: VP Institutional Trading, Ziegler, Milwaukee
Now: SVP, Director of Trading, Envestment, Chicago
