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• Led trade operations for EQX's global crypto exchange and cross-border payment products, scaling from 0 to $780M+ in annual committed transaction volume. • Designed and implemented end-to-end trading and reconciliation workflows from the ground up, establishing EQX's operational backbone for trade settlement and reporting. • Directed strategic relationships across liquidity providers, market makers, custodians, and AML/compliance tooling vendors to support order execution, asset custody, and regulatory compliance. • Structured crypto wallet infrastructure and implemented Fireblocks' Transaction Authorization Policy with KYT-based transaction monitoring, delivering secure, AML-compliant deposit and withdrawal workflows for institutional and retail clients

• Owned daily trade operations and reconciliation across Solstice's stablecoin (USX), yield-bearing token (eUSX), and structured credit (strcUSX) products, scaling the protocol to $500M+ in assets within its first year. • Executed and settled thousands of institutional transactions worth billions in value by enforcing the rigorous trade review and settlement controls the team built. • Managed the protocol's liquidity needs for Solstice's delta-neutral trading strategy, direct OTC settlement, and multiple partner-managed DEX pools. • Kept pricing stable and liquidity deep across 5 USX and eUSX pools on Orca and Raydium by managing relationships directly with market makers and liquidity providers. • Owned the full client lifecycle, including onboarding, wallet setup, funding, execution, and settlement, for 50+ institutional and high-net-worth clients. • Supported every major protocol milestone, including the USX, eUSX, and strcUSX launches, by partnering with engineering to run operational testing and validation at each stage of the release lifecycle.

• Launched and scaled Newton's OTC trading desk to $35M+ in trading volume, including a 300% YoY increase, by driving growth through targeted client acquisition and relationship management. • Launched 15+ new coins by facilitating direct liquidity provider relationships and securing optimal client pricing, later designing a proprietary pricing model and trading tools that delivered profitable, zero-slippage execution. • Delivered a 100% execution rate on all funded trades by owning the end-to-end client lifecycle from onboarding through execution and settlement negotiation. • Cut trade errors by 50% by partnering with engineering to launch RFQ systems, Smart Order Routing, and Limit Order functionality.

• Managed equity, fixed income, and mutual fund trading for SMA programs totaling $300M in assets under management. • Coordinated with the equity desk to secure preferred FX rates and ensure efficient execution on large or illiquid positions. • Onboarded $30+ million into a new SMA within the first two years of its launch.