Tradewind Markets CEO and leadership

Michael Albanese is the CEO of Tradewind Markets. With over 20 years in the industry, Michael previously held multiple leadership positions at J.P. Morgan, including Global Head of Agency Collateral Management, Global Head of Securities Clearance, Head of Japan Trustee business, and was a board member of J.P. Morgan Trust Bank Japan, Ltd. While at J.P Morgan, Michael focused on enabling banks, broker-dealers, asset managers, corporations, and insurers to effectively manage collateral cross repurchase agreements, securities loans, and derivatives trades. Michael is experienced in market infrastructure across securities markets, online brokerage, and leadership of complex businesses. Michael earned his Master’s of Business Administration from NY University, and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Language and Linguistics from Georgetown University.

Didier Bloch is a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Tradewind Markets.

Leon Shklar is a Technology Architect at Bridgewater & Assoc Inc and Chief Technology Officer at Tradewind Markets. He has worked as CTO at Information Architects Corp.. Leon attended Rutgers University.

Abishek is a cryptographer and engineer with a mission to change asset ownership through cryptography. Abishek has software engineering experience from Google, where he worked on the identity and authentication systems, leveraging public key cryptography. Previously, Abishek worked on the Bill Gates' technical assistants team at Microsoft after completing his undergrad at the Indian Institute of Technology, at which he won several programming olympiads. Abishek has a PhD in Cryptography from UCLA.

Michael Albanese is the CEO of Tradewind Markets. With over 20 years in the industry, Michael previously held multiple leadership positions at J.P. Morgan, including Global Head of Agency Collateral Management, Global Head of Securities Clearance, Head of Japan Trustee business, and was a board member of J.P. Morgan Trust Bank Japan, Ltd. While at J.P Morgan, Michael focused on enabling banks, broker-dealers, asset managers, corporations, and insurers to effectively manage collateral cross repurchase agreements, securities loans, and derivatives trades. Michael is experienced in market infrastructure across securities markets, online brokerage, and leadership of complex businesses. Michael earned his Master’s of Business Administration from NY University, and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Language and Linguistics from Georgetown University.