Building
off of the momentum of past successful workshops, Golden Networking
is bringing to Dubai Cybersecurity Boardroom Workshop 2015 and The
Speed Traders Workshop 2015, seminars specifically designed for board
members, senior executives and entrepreneurial business professionals
looking for new ways to gain and maintain competitive business
advantage in two of the most critical subjects for corporations and
governments worldwide.
New
York, NY, USA (February 21, 2015) -- Edgar Perez, author of
Knightmare on Wall Street and The Speed Traders, is bringing The
Speed Traders Workshop 2015 and Cybersecurity Boardroom Workshop
2015, seminars specifically designed for members of the board, senior
executives and entrepreneurial business professionals of public and
private firms looking for new ways to gain and maintain competitive
business advantage.
Mr.
Perez is a published author, business consultant for billion-dollar
private equity and hedge funds and Council Member at the Gerson
Lehrman Group, with subject matter expertise in cybersecurity,
investing, trading, financial regulation (Dodd-Frank Act) and market
structure. Mr. Perez has presented his workshops in cities around the
world, including Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Warsaw,
Kiev, New York, Singapore, Beijing and Shanghai. He contributes to
The New York Times and China's International Finance News and Sina
Finance.
ABOUT
THE SPEED TRADERS WORKSHOP 2015: 5 MARCH
The
Speed Traders Workshop 2015 (http://thespeedtradersworkshop.com)
is the first and most comprehensive initiation to the world of
electronic trading. For the first time in the region, The Speed
Traders Workshop 2015 will open the door to the secretive world of
computerized low-latency trading, the most talked-about form of
investing by individual and institutional investors.
The
Speed Traders Workshop 2015, attended by high-level individuals and
CXOs from the global financial and investment communities, covers the
latest research currently available and reveals how high-frequency
trading players are operating in global markets and driving the
development of electronic trading at breakneck speeds from the U.S.
and Europe to Japan, India, China and the Middle East. The "Flash
Crash", the BATS IPO, the Facebook IPO, Knight Capital's trading
malfunction and NASDAQ's Flash Freeze are just a few of the
milestones in the history of electronic trading that will be
discussed with participants.
ABOUT
CYBERSECURITY BOARDROOM WORKSHOP 2015:8-9 MARCH
Cybersecurity
Boardroom Workshop 2015
(http://www.cybersecurityboardroomworkshop.com)
is a must-attend forum for board members, CEOs, CFOs, COOs and
executive managers who need to become more educated about cyber
security in order to ask questions that are strategic yet granular
enough to address company specifics. Cybersecurity Boardroom Workshop
2015 is targeted at corporate decision-makers for whom cybersecurity
readiness is a relatively new yet critically important area to be
intelligently conversant about.
Adobe,
ADP, E*Trade, Fidelity, Home Depot, JPMorgan Chase, Nasdaq, Neiman
Marcus, Sony, Target and Wal-mart are just a few of the large
companies that have suffered high-profile cyber security breaches.
Cybersecurity Boardroom Workshop 2015, offered for the first time in
the Middle East, is specifically designed for boards of directors and
senior executives of public and private firms looking for new ways to
gain and maintain their competitive advantages. Business executives
with responsibility for IT, finance, compliance, risk management and
procurement as well as entrepreneurs and innovators are welcome to
add their points of view to the debate.
ABOUT
THE PRESENTER: EDGAR PEREZ
Mr.
Perez is the author of Knightmare on Wall Street, The Rise and Fall
of Knight Capital and the Biggest Risk for Financial Markets (2013),
and The Speed Traders, An Insider's Look at the New High-Frequency
Trading Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World,
published in English by McGraw-Hill Inc. (2011), Published in
Mandarin by China Financial Publishing House (2012), and Investasi
Super Kilat, published in Bahasa Indonesia by Kompas Gramedia (2012).
Mr.
Perez has been interviewed on CNN's Quest Means Business, CNBC's
Squawk on the Street, Worldwide Exchange, Cash Flow and Squawk Box,
FOX BUSINESS's Countdown to the Closing Bell and After the Bell,
Bloomberg TV's Market Makers, CNN en Español's Dinero, Sina Finance,
BNN's Business Day, CCTV China, Bankier.pl, TheStreet.com,
Leaderonomics, GPW Media, Channel NewsAsia's Business Tonight and
Cents & Sensibilities. In addition, Mr. Perez has been featured
on Sohu, News.Sina.com, Yicai, eastmoney, Caijing, ETF88.com, 360doc,
AH Radio, CNFOL.com, CITICS Futures, Tongxin Securities,
ZhiCheng.com, CBNweek.com, Caixin, Futures Daily, Xinhua, CBN
Newswire, Chinese Financial News, ifeng.com, International Finance
News, hexun.com, Finance.QQ.com, Finance.Sina.com, The Korea Times,
The Korea Herald, The Star, The Malaysian Insider, BMF 89.9, iMoney
Hong Kong, CNBC, Bloomberg Hedge Fund Brief, The Wall Street Journal,
The New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Valor Econômico, FIXGlobal
Trading, TODAY Online, Oriental Daily News and Business Times.
Mr.
Perez has been engaged to present to the Council on Foreign
Relations, Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University (Kiev),
Quant Investment & HFT Summit APAC 2012 (Shanghai), U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (Washington DC), CFA Singapore,
Hong Kong Securities Institute, Courant Institute of Mathematical
Sciences at New York University, University of International Business
and Economics (Beijing), Hult International Business School
(Shanghai) and Pace University (New York), among other public and
private institutions. In addition, Mr. Perez has spoken at a number
of global conferences, including Cyber Security World Conference 2014
(New York), Inside Market Data 2013 (Chicago), Emerging Markets
Investments Summit 2013 (Warsaw), CME Group's Global Financial
Leadership Conference 2012 (Naples Beach, FL), Harvard Business
School's Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference (Boston),
High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum (New York, Chicago), MIT Sloan
Investment Management Conference (Cambridge), Institutional
Investor's Global Growth Markets Forum (London), Technical Analysis
Society (Singapore), TradeTech Asia (Singapore), FIXGlobal Face2Face
(Seoul) and Private Equity Convention Russia, CIS & Eurasia
(London).
Mr.
Perez was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM,
and a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City.
Previously, he managed Operations and Technology for Peruval Finance.
Mr. Perez has an undergraduate degree in Systems Engineering from
Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru (1994), a Master of
Administration from Universidad ESAN, Lima, Peru (1997) and a Master
of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, New York,
with a dual major in Finance and Management (2002). He belongs to the
Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. Mr. Perez resides in the New York
City area with his wife Olga, son Edgar Felipe and daughter Svetlana
Sofia.
Cybersecurity
Boardroom Workshop 2015 and The Speed Traders Workshop 2015 are
produced by Golden Networking, the premier networking community for
business and technology executives, entrepreneurs and investors.
Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact Golden
Networking by sending an email to information@goldennetworking.net.
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