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Mark J. Adrian
Director of Trading Systems and Risk Management
Mark Adrian is the director of trading systems and risk management and a member of the board for WexTrade Financial, where he oversees the electronic trading environments utilized by the company. Mr. Adrian has spent his entire 27 year career in the financial services industry and has obtained hands-on experience in almost every aspect of the futures, FOREX and derivatives trading industry, both on the trading side and on the business side. After an apprenticeship that began on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) floor, Mr. Adrian became a member and seat holder of the exchange, where he very successfully traded his own account for 16 years.
Mr. Adrian was among the founders and became chief executive officer of Stellaris Futures, LP, which was a primary clearing member FCM of the CME and a member firm of the Chicago Board of Trade. Mr. Adrian also formed Stellaris Securities, Inc. as a member firm of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. As the head of these two companies, Mr. Adrian helped pioneer a new execution methodology known as “give ups” which changed the face of exchange floor execution in Chicago at the time. The Stellaris Group of companies, which employed nearly 200 people, on three exchange floors, helped usher in the age of even greater institutional involvement in the futures markets.
As a leader in the futures industry, Mr. Adrian held seats on the FCM Committee and the AG Steering Committee of the CME. Mr. Adrian sat on the finance committee, the membership education committee and the technology committee, which led the exchange into the Globex era and the current climate of fully electronic markets. Mr. Adrian was also appointed to a select committee of members responsible for acting as a liaison between the exchange and the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Primary in the committee’s responsibilities was to meet with members of Congress and educate U.S. lawmakers on the issues and workings of the CME.
Through consulting activities and the development and implementation process of various electronic trading platforms, Mr. Adrian has more than nine years experience in electronic applications for trading, including electronic platform development, hardware systems integration, software systems integration, business level relationship integration, sophisticated matching engine technology and the solution-based approach to design, development, and implementation of front to back integration. Also notable in his consulting duties was the early stage establishment of ISAT Funds and the Quantlab hedge fund organization, as well as the Asian distribution of OptiMark Inc., a company that offered electronic capabilities to global futures and stock exchanges. In that capacity, he consulted with the Singapore Stock Exchange, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, the Hong Kong Exchange and the Sydney Stock Exchange.
Mr. Adrian first became a registered Commodity Pool Operator (CPO) and Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) in 1983. Additionally, Mr. Adrian is currently a principal of NALA, LLC, a NFA and CFTC registered Introducing Broker and a principal of Atlas Global Management Services, LLC, a NFA and CFTC registered CTA and CPO. Mr. Adrian is the managing director of KJW Advisors, LLC, a subsidiary and affiliate of WexTrust Capital.
Mr. Adrian holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and attended Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
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