Erik Almond is a seasoned finance professional with extensive experience in fixed-income sales and trading, market structure, and FinTech. After studying economics at Boston University and earning an MBA in finance from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, Almond began his career as a FICC (fixed income currencies and commodities) Vice President at Morgan Stanley. He has since held various senior executive roles, including Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, and President of True Market LLC, TMC Bonds, and One Market Group LLC, respectively. He has also worked in product management at CodeStreet and business development at BondDesk Group LLC. Almond's expertise spans multiple facets of investment banking and trading, with an emphasis on the fixed-income market. He has dedicated his career to market structure, trading technology, and FinTech innovation.