In 1999, Patrick M. Byrne launched Overstock.com. In 2016, Overstock had revenues of $1.8 billion. In 2012, Byrne’s pro-freedom political orientation challenged Overstock to become the first online retailer to accept bitcoin for payments. In 2015, Byrne used Medici’s t0.com trading platform to become the first person to purchase a digital bond entirely on the blockchain, and in 2016 Overstock was the first company ever to issues shares of a public company on an ATS.
Joe began his career at Datek where he pioneered NASDAQ market orders. While at Datek he developed an internal cross that would eventually become the Island ECN. He then orchestrated the growth of Datek Online - which was sold to Ameritrade, for just under $1.4 billion. Joe then co-founded Sonic Trading and led the company as CEO to a successful acquisition in 2004 by the Bank of New York. He is currently the CEO of SpeedRoute, and president of tZERO.
Daiuto, Jr. is an accomplished attorney and business leader with over two decades of experience in the securities industry, managing several broker-dealers and innovative technology companies and overseeing their daily operation, including legal, compliance, and regulatory matters. Ralph is currently the COO and General Counsel tZERO. He is admitted to practice law in the states of NY and NJ, as well as the U.S. District Courts in the Southern and Eastern Districts of NY and the District of NJ.
Industry veteran John Gilchrist joined Herzog Heine and Geduld in 1987, responsible for all trading and clearing technology/systems as well as all operating systems. After Herzog was acquired by Merrill Lynch John was responsible for Merrill’s NASDAQ market making and DMA offerings. Has been with SpeedRoute since its inception in 2010.
Industry veteran John Gilchrist joined Herzog Heine and Geduld in 1987, responsible for all trading and clearing technology/systems as well as all operating systems. After Herzog was acquired by Merrill Lynch John was responsible for Merrill’s NASDAQ market making and DMA offerings. Has been with SpeedRoute since its inception in 2010.
Steve Bailey is Chief Financial Officer and the FINOP of both SpeedRoute, LLC and its affiliated broker-dealer ATS, PRO Securities, LLC, and a Finance Controller for the parent company t0.com, Inc. He has worked in the Finance Department or on Securities Lending trading desks of various banks and broker-dealers for over 20 years, in London and New York. Prior to working in London, he was a Senior Investigator with the Inland Revenue Department in New Zealand.
Mr. Quall is the Chief Financial Officer of tZERO. Prior to joining tZERO, Mr. Quall worked ten years for Virtu Financial Inc. and predecessor companies, KCG Holdings, Inc. and Knight Capital Group, Inc. (collectively “Virtu”) where he was responsible for all controllership and accounting functions for the parent company, BondPoint, a fixed income electronic trading platform and HotSpot FX, a foreign currency electronic trading platform. Prior to Virtu, Mr. Quall was the manager of technical accounting and internal control of MarketAxess Holdings, Inc., an electronic trading platform of fixed income securities. Mr. Quall is Certified Public Accountant in New York State, a Chartered Global Management Accountant and holds a Series 27 securities license. For three years, Mr. Quall served as a Director of the New York State Society of CPAs. Mr. Quall began his career at the accounting firm of Deloitte LLP, where he was a Senior Manager.
Alex is the Chief Administrative Officer of tZERO and COO of SpeedRoute. He brings over 17 years of experience in institutional business development, international and domestic order routing, trading systems and brokerage. Alex was formerly with Bank of New York through multiple positions and acquisitions. His understanding of market structure, technology, and institutional clients make him instrumental to T0’s operations.
As CRO and board member of tZERO.com, Overstock.com’s financial technology subsidiary - Raj was instrumental in the issuance and sale of the world’s first digital bond in 2015, and in 2016, issuing the world’s first publicly traded digital security, which settled same day using the tZERO platform. Before joining Overstock, Karkara was the Director of Global Strategic Product Development at MasterCard, focusing on global mobile payments and mobile identity solutions.
Brian is the COO of both SpeedRoute, LLC and its affiliate broker-dealer ATS, PRO Securities, LLC. He brings over 30 years of diverse industry experience, starting at the PHLX where he ultimately managed trading operations for several major firms, on to managing electronic trading desks at several respected firms on Wall Street. He brings this breadth of brokerage experience to bear in overseeing SpeedRoute and PRO’s compliance programs, regulatory responsibilities and daily trading operations.
Anthony Di Iorio is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, community organizer, and thought leader in the field of digital currencies, blockchain and decentralized technologies. He is the founder and CEO of Decentral and Jaxx, and co-founder of the Ethereum project, which hit a $35B USD market cap earlier this year. He previously served as the Chief Digital Officer at the Toronto Stock Exchange / TMX Group.
Distributed ledger platform
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tZERO's Private Offering for the tZERO Security Token is currently underway.
On March 1, 2018, tZERO announced that it had extended the offering until May 14, 2018.
tZERO will enter into Simple Agreements For Equity (SAFEs) only with accredited investors pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum, dated March 1, 2018, for the Token Sale.
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