by Mike Forrester | Jan 24, 2017 | Careers, Markets, New York 2016, old
Exchanges: Drivers and Beneficiaries of Change – Adena Friedman Adena Friedman, Nasdaq “Today, exchanges are, at their core, technology companies as well as marketplaces.” Adena Friedman Adena Friedman loves working with interns. After all, she began...
by Mike Forrester | Jan 24, 2017 | Chicago 2016, Markets, old
Seeing Opportunity Everywhere in the Market – JJ Kinahan JJ Kinahan, TD Ameritrade “I don’t care what job you have, I don’t care where you are at, you basically hate 25 percent of what you do. Twenty-five percent of your job you’d probably do for free. It’s fun,...
by Mike Forrester | Jan 24, 2017 | Careers, Chicago 2016, Markets, old
Futures Industry AI and Machine Learning – Tayloe Draughon Tayloe Draughon, Neurensic “As you seek worlds of opportunity, look for areas in which there are problems, because if somebody is having problems, there are going to be opportunities.” Tayloe...
by Mike Forrester | Jan 24, 2017 | Careers, Chicago 2016, Markets, old
The Implied Job Descriptions in Finance – Peter Nabicht Peter Nabicht, 12Sided Technology “Markets are an ultra-complex socio-technical system. That is a thing; Google it. There are three examples regularly given of such systems – huge cities, the...
by Mike Forrester | Jan 23, 2017 | Chicago 2016, Markets, old
Next-Generation Product Development – Drew Shields Drew Shields, Trading Technologies “There will always be someone as smart or smarter than you and you have no control over that. The only thing you have control over is whether you have more drive, more...
by Mike Forrester | Jan 23, 2017 | Careers, Chicago 2016, Markets, old
The New Normal and the Five Tips – Walt Lukken Walt Lukken, FIA “We’re in a very exciting industry. Fundamentally, the demand for risk management in our financial markets to service the real economy is not going to disappear. It may change on the...
