With more than 45 years of experience in derivatives, structured finance, and risk oversight, and approximately 5 years serving as an expert witness, he provides technical analysis and testimony in complex financial disputes.

He has provided consultations and deposition testimony for attorney clients in matters involving foreign exchange hedge suitability, interest rate swap valuation, credit derivatives, OTC equity option margining, and structured finance issues, including arbitration proceedings related to mortgage-backed securities with embedded derivatives. His background includes founding and building derivatives and capital markets businesses at major financial institutions, including leadership roles in currency swaps, credit derivatives, and commodity swap activities.

Areas of technical focus include credit and market risk management, counterparty credit risk and CVA, fixed income sales and trading, foreign exchange and commodity derivatives, securitization structures, hedge fund strategies, and operational risk programs. Consulting engagements have included capital markets policy and procedures review, repos and securities lending programs, interest rate hedging advisory, convertible bond and OTC equity options analysis, credit approval frameworks, credit reserve audits, and enterprise risk reporting.

Prior roles include Co-Head of Credit Risk Management Services at a global professional services firm and Managing Director of a capital markets advisory practice. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and an MBA in Finance, and previously maintained Series 3 and Series 7 registrations (non-current). Professional memberships include ATD, GARP, FIASI, and NAMI-NYC-Metro.