In this video, Sean Bowden, Richard Johnson, Alan Konevsky, and Kat Tatochenko talk with Gautam Gujral about Alternative Trading Systems (ATS). They talk about the problems ATS solves, securities laws, tokenization, along with many other topics, while relating it all back to their own businesses. You’ll learn more about ATS, secondary liquidity, along with how they deal with any problems they faced.
Gautam Gujral is Co-Founder and General Counsel at Vertalo. He is revolutionizing securities investments with a distributed ledger cap table for shareholders/stakeholders in STOs. His executive leadership in structured finance combined with extensive legal, regulatory and management experience, bring an unmatched senior level network across blockchain, regulatory bodies, trade associations, hedge funds and financial service firms.
Kat Tatochenko is CEO of Right Pedal Advisors and has over 15 years of experience in sales and business development, she is an expert at building relationships with clients and helping her team grow their talent and skills. Throughout her career, she has worked with businesses like Bloomberg, MarketAxess, Thomas Reuters, and Templum.
Alan Konevsky is a senior executive and general counsel with an integrated operational skill set. Currently driving innovation at the forefront of the digital assets and blockchain landscapes, employing sound judgement and multi-disciplinary skillset to support growth and influence a groundbreaking industry as it matures and reaches mass adoption. Proven broker-dealer, money services, banking, capital markets, M&A, technology, blockchain, payments and start-up competencies. Brings hands-on leadership, creative/risk-appropriate solutions, and facility with highly-regulated industries and complex internal and external stakeholder dynamics. Serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer with a broad cross-functional executive mandate at tZERO (and previously was its Interim CEO), a leading fintech focusing on digital asset and infrastructure innovation and trading solutions for private and public securities, cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
Richard Johnson is a Finance and FinTech professional with significant experience of markets, innovation and disruptive technologies. Recognizing the potential for security tokens to transform market structure, he founded Texture Capital in 2019. Leveraging blockchain and smart contracts, they are revolutionizing the market for private securities. He began his career in quantitative finance then moved into electronic trading. In 2014, he shifted focus to emerging technologies, particularly crypto and blockchain, as a consultant, advisor, trader and founder.
Sean Bowden is CEO of Symbridge Capital and COO of Symbridge Holdings. He is a trusted and respected markets expert with over 20 years of experience managing risk, designing processes, and procedures and successfully guiding banks and financial institutions through the maze of compliance laws and regulations. A natural leader, highly skilled in identifying procedural defects, establishing compliant corporate practices and training leaders and staff in the effective safeguarding of data and information.
This video was recorded at the Digital Assets and Securities Conference in Austin, Texas in May 2022. The Digital Assets AND Securities (DAAS) conference is an informative and integrative conference that brings together builders, issuers, investors, business and tech leaders, and anyone else involved in all things web3. Put together annually by Vertalo, the purpose of the conference is to connect and enable a stronger ecosystem to further the understanding of the intersection of digital assets and securities.
For more educational videos about the Digital Asset Securities ecosystem and its growing roster of participants, please visit https://www.vertalo.com/.
For more information about Sean Bowden, please visit his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-bowden-2b235416/
For more information about Symbridge Capital, please visit their website: https://www.symbridge.com/
For more information about Richard Johnson, please visit hisLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsonricharde/
For more information about Texture Capital, please visit their website: https://www.texture.capital/
For more information about Alan Konevsky, please visit his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/konevsky/
For more information about tZERO, please visit their website: https://www.tzero.com/
For more information about Kat Tatochenko, please visit her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kattatochenko/
For more information about Templum, please visit their website: https://www.templuminc.com/
For more information about Gautam Gujral, please visit his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gautamgujral/
