Leadership
Built by Institutional Market Operators
Executive Team
Leadership Profiles
Tony Saliba
Founder & CEO
Tony Saliba is a legendary derivatives trader and options pioneer with over 40 years of unparalleled experience. Starting as a dynamic CBOE floor trader, he swiftly became a driving force in transforming institutional market structure. He founded and scaled multiple fintech companies, achieving multiple nine-figure exits. His profound contributions earned him the prestigious U.S. Options Lifetime Contribution Award.
The only options trader profiled in Jack Schwager's 'Market Wizards,' Tony also served on the boards of CBOE and CHX, and founded the International Trading Institute to advance trading education.
Pioneering Market Transformation
Tony's visionary leadership drove the early adoption of electronic trading, reducing bid-ask spreads and democratizing market access.
Deep Institutional Infrastructure Expertise
Tony brings four decades of exchange-floor experience building liquidity infrastructure and designing execution algorithms used by institutional options desks.
Strategic Bridge to Digital Assets
With four decades of proven institutional market-making experience, Tony is uniquely positioned to bridge traditional finance and digital assets.
Joe Piotrowski
COO
Joe Piotrowski brings over 20 years of experience designing and building market-leading trading systems as the former CTO of LiquidPoint and Dash Financial. His expertise spans matching engines, FIX gateways, risk systems, and settlement flow: the stack institutional trading floors run on.
Proven Builder and Operator
Joe has hands-on experience building and scaling EMS/OMS platforms, matching engines, and settlement systems that carry exchange-peak volume with documented redundancy and failover procedures.
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Multi-Venue Trading Infrastructure
Proven track record designing and deploying systems that aggregate liquidity across exchanges, OTC venues, and alternative trading systems.
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Production-Grade Systems
Delivered enterprise systems handling peak loads, real-time risk controls, and mission-critical uptime requirements under extreme market conditions.
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Institutional Operations Expertise
Deep understanding of custody integration, prime brokerage connectivity, regulatory reporting requirements, and back-office automation workflows.
Michael McNamara
CFO
Michael McNamara brings over 30 years of finance and operations leadership in financial services and technology sectors. As former CEO of Matrix Executions and CFO & Chief Administrative Officer at LiquidPoint LLC, Michael has deep expertise managing complex financial services operations, regulatory compliance, and strategic growth initiatives.
Expertise Across the Financial Lifecycle
Michael's experience spans financial reporting, compliance frameworks, capital markets operations, M&A transitions, and scaling fintech companies through multiple growth stages.
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Financial Markets Operations
Deep experience managing trading operations, settlement processes, and financial controls in high-volume institutional environments.
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Regulatory & Compliance
Expert navigating complex regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions and asset classes.
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Growth & M&A
Proven track record managing financial services transitions, capital raising, and operational scaling during periods of rapid growth.
Armando Bonilla
CTO
Armando Bonilla brings over 20 years of full-stack development expertise specializing in fintech and capital markets technology. His technical specialization includes .NET Full Stack development, cloud infrastructure architecture, and high-performance application design for mission-critical financial systems.
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Institutional Trading Systems
Senior Developer at LiquidPoint and Dash Financial Technologies, where he built core trading systems processing institutional-scale operations handling millions in daily execution volume.
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Cloud & Performance Optimization
Deep expertise in application server optimization, cloud deployment strategies, and system reliability engineering for high-frequency trading environments.
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Complex Financial Workflows
Translates complex financial workflows (order routing, risk management, settlement) into production infrastructure that scales under load.