Chicago 2016
The Cycle of Life – Joe Guinan
Joseph Guinan - Advantage Futures It shocks me everyday at five o’clock when I see the race to the elevator, as if only the first few will make it out of the building. Just because you have to work till five at the beginning of your career, doesn't mean you can only...
A Look Into Your Future Employment – Phupinder Gill
Phupinder Gill - CME Group Ten years from now, we don't count anymore," Gill said of himself and most others in the C-suites. "In 10 years from now, the people who will be running this world are you folks. The people who will be influencing the world in the direction...
From Hire to Retire: Talent Management and Culture Transformation – Tracy Raben
Tracy Raben - OCC We start with the business strategy, align that with the goals and objectives, then align the employees with the goals and objectives of the organization, to help everyone understand the big picture and your role in it, and ultimately how you are...
Make a Market: Proprietary Trading in the Modern Era – Jeff Levoff
Jeff Levoff - DRW Holdings This is not a get-rich-quick scheme. It's hard work to try to find positive expected value. That's what we do every day. Conceptually, proprietary trading is easy. One must follow two simple steps - finding positive expected value and...
Rumi Morales, CME Ventures – Investing in the Future of Fintech
Rumi Morales - CME Group Sometimes the best innovations are those that tap into a basic need. Facebook improved communication. Uber helps you move. Airbnb gives you shelter. And when you think of financial technologies, and the importance of finance and banking, it is...
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, it’s great, it’s why you get up in the morning. So, now you...
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." Recent advancements in technology have led to a monstrous spike in trades and trade...
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 space shuttle program, and financial markets. That's how complex and...
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 passion than others." As chief technology officer at Trading...
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 margins and people are going to leave the business, but it is going...
Technology: the Center of the (Financial) World – Rob D’Arco
Rob D'Arco, Rival Systems "It's an exciting time for technology in the trading industry. Never before has technology been so instrumental across all aspects of the financial markets." When Rob D'Arco was tasked with the design of an options trading platform 15 years...
Value Investing: Office Space and Associated Risks – Christian Domin
Christian Domin, GlenStar Properties "When you're first starting out, you want to keep your lease as short-term as possible and mitigate the risk. If there is a regulatory change, a change in your small, three-person partnership, or any other change, you're going to...
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