Victor co-founded OptionsCity in 2006 and serves as VP of Development and CTO. He contributes his vast integration experience to the core of OptionsCity. Prior to OptionsCity, Victor was the Associate Director in the Software Department at Chicago Trading Company (CTC). At CTC, Victor led a team of developers and implemented back-end solutions and exchange connectivity to exchanges such as the CBOE, ISE, and EUREX. Through his superior technical skills, the company was able to expand its electronic trading capabilities across seven exchanges. Prior to that, Victor held senior development positions at companies such as Tellabs and ComEd. Victor has a Master’s degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Board of Directors
Victor Glava, Chairman
Hazem Dawani, Director
Hazem co-founded OptionsCity in 2006 and serves as President and CEO. Before that, he worked as a Director in the Software Department at Chicago Trading Company (CTC). Hazem brings a wealth of knowledge in building trading software. Hazem had a leading role in architecting and building the company’s main electronic trading and market making engine and interface. Within a short period of time, that system took the company’s electronic trading revenue to an explosive growth. Hazem also had a role in the creation of a software development process with the implementation of a support process and a management control system. Prior to that, Hazem worked at SSI as a Software Engineer building real-time embedded systems solutions. Hazem has a Bachelor’s degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and was a scholar in the IIT Leadership Academy.
Harry P. Lamberson, Director
Mr. Lamberson comes from a legal, as well as a strategic and business consulting background. Following graduation from The University of Michigan Law School, Mr. Lamberson spent 29 years at the Chicago financial services law firm of Chapman and Cutler. Mr. Lamberson served on the Board of Directors of nine companies in the past, including four currently, which included Quantitative Analytics, Inc., a financial software company sold in 2006 to Thomson Financial (now Thomson Reuters) for in excess of $130 M, as well as Hull Trading Company, a proprietary options and futures trading company sold in 1999 to Goldman Sachs & Co. for in excess of $500 M. Following his law career at Chapman and Cutler, where he served as a Managing Partner, Mr. Lamberson joined The Stafford Group, as Managing Director, Chief Administrative and Chief Legal Officer, involved in domestic and international proprietary options and futures trading, as well as private equity investments. Following the sale of the principal business of The Stafford Group to The Toronto Dominion Bank in 2002, Mr. Lamberson became the Principal of Lamberson Consulting Group, which provides legal, strategic, and business consulting services to privately held businesses which have an objective to fully realize their growth potential.
Neal Brady, Director
Mr. Brady is the CEO of the Eris Exchange and Managing Partner at Third Stone Venture Partners. Prior to that, Mr. Brady served as Managing Director at CME Group, responsible for global business development. In this role, he was responsible for CME Group’s international partnerships, as well as CME Group strategic partnering in OTC markets. He also served on the Board of Directors of Imarex Group. Before joining the CME, Mr. Brady was Founder and CEO of Liquidity Direct Technology, a leading options and spread trading platform that CME acquired in January, 2004. Mr. Brady earned a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, an MBA degree from Columbia Business School and Master’s in International Affairs (MIA) from Columbia University’s School of Public Affairs.