Mr. Persico is the founder and Chairman of SMG Holdings, LLC- a financial services conglomerate. He is a veteran of the financial and professional services fields. SMG Holdings, LLC is the parent of three firms dedicated to supporting the investment and trading industry - AlgoTrade, LLC, Orion Recruiting, Inc., and The Sidus Group, LLC. The Sidus Group is a capital consulting and funding firm. AlgoTrade creates custom software solutions for the electronic trading community and Orion Recruiting is a staffing and recruiting firm. Prior to SMG, he was a part owner and Partner in Ambiron, LLC, an IT security technology firm that focused on penetration tests, network audits and compliance for the financial and credit card industries. Ambiron merged with Trustwave in 2004. Mr.Persico's first firm, Tekom, Inc. was an innovator and trailblazer in the world of electronic trading. Formed in 1997 to service the German exchange Eurex, it grew to be the leading provider of information technology for the financial industry and developed many of the technology standards used for screen-based trading today. Tekom merged with Ambiron in 2004.