Financial Technology — An Expanding Opportunity Set
Abstract
Background in capital markets related to the "innovation spiral” (Merton, Bodie) within the global financial system. Case study of quantitative & technical innovation (Investment Technology Group - HBS case N9-310-064). Discussion about management "nuggets" per Peter V. Norden, INFORMS Fellow, and former president of The Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS).
Bio
Frank is an experienced business executive with a successful record in delivering corporate growth through strategic, operational, and technology transformations in global financial services. As Co-CEO of Pico, Frank partners with Chairman, Founder, and Co-CEO Jarrod Yuster, to ensure Pico remains the market leader in financial technology infrastructure provision and analytics. Together they lead the company’s strategy, vision, and culture.
Prior to Pico, Frank served as CEO, president, and board member of Investment Technology Group, previously NYSE: ITG, a global financial technology innovator and brokerage solutions provider offering trading, analytics, and workflow technology to institutional asset managers, hedge funds, investment banks, and broker/dealers worldwide. Earlier in his career, Frank was the Managing Director and global leader of JP Morgan’s Executive Services; Managing Director at Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers. He gained valuable strategic, operations, and technology consulting experience at Andersen Consulting, now known as Accenture, and Booz Allen & Hamilton.
Frank holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Boston University, an M.S. in operations research from Columbia University, and an M.B.A. from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He has held series 3, 4, 7, 24, 55 and 63 securities licenses. He serves on the Boston University College of Engineering Dean’s Leadership Advisory Board.
