Building off of the momentum of past conferences, Golden Networking brings back High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges”, October 8, at UBS Conference Center.

New York City, NY, USA (October 6, 2013) — R. Scott Morris, an American author, financial engineer and quantitative consultant, will be among other high-profile panelists at Golden Networking’s High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges” (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), forum that will provide investors and speed traders on October 8 with the most up-to-date review of where this ever-changing industry stands through an inspiring keynote speeches and thought-provoking panels with leaders in the field.

Mr. Morris is president of Morris Consulting, LLC, and served as CEO of the Boston Options Exchange from 2006-08. He has also served as Managing Director of Goldman Sachs and Partner at Hull Trading Company.

After becoming one of the world’s premier market-making firms, Hull was acquired by Goldman Sachs in 1999 for $531 million. Mr. Morris joined Goldman Sachs, where he managed the equity trading financial engineering groups and continued his work on trading systems and statistical modeling. After two years, he became a Managing Director and led the firm’s algorithmic trading division at the Automated Execution Strategies desk.

In 2006, Mr. Morris became CEO of the Boston Options Exchange Group, an automated equity options stock exchange. As CEO, Mr. Morris continued his engineering work, developing execution speed and messaging capacity for hedge funds and algorithmic traders.

Mr. Morris is the founder of Morris Consulting, LLC, which develops quantitative models and automated trading strategies, and advises large trading firms on regulatory relations, risk management, and recruiting. He has spoken at numerous educational and industry events and has lectured at the Chicago Board Options Exchange Risk Management Conference, the Futures Industry Association, and the Security Traders Association of Chicago.

He is currently a guest lecturer for the University of Chicago Careers in Business program. Mr. Morris is also the author of Polished, a careers resource book that teaches resume, cover letter and interview skills to college students and other first-time job seekers.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges” will bring insights for investors and speed traders who need to protect and refine their competitive advantage in a world dominated by algorithmic and high-frequency trading. Recognized practitioners, regulators, experts, and strategists will return to High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 to provide attendees with the information they are looking for in an open and unbiased environment, highly conducive to the most efficient and effective networking.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business 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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