ACHIEVING FINANCIAL GOALS WITH CONFIDENCE

THE LEADERSHIP TEAM

At Optimal Capital Market, we pride ourselves on the variety and depth of talent our team represents, ranging from the legacy financial space to the new world of crypto.
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Rosh Southwick
CEO, Co-Founder
Rosh's vision for Optimal Capital Market is driven by decades of technology experience across financial markets, He brings together 20 years of proven direct marketing experience with 15 years of experience working with startups to benefit Optimalequity Markets’s explosive growth. As a technology enthusiast and big data nerd, Rosh understands the innovative groundwork being laid for the financial system of the future and is uniquely qualified to invite others to invest in its potential.
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Manish Blake
President, Co-Founder
Manish’s strategy expertise spans digital innovation, CX design, analytics, and marketing, bringing agency and consulting experience to Optimal Capital Market's growth efforts. He has 17 years in sales and management experience, 10 of which have been in the financial services industry. During that time he specialized in growing businesses that focused on alternative investments. Manish enacts a straightforward approach to doing business and believes that full transparency with clients is the road to real success
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Flori Mayers
SVP of Operations
Flori has spent her career managing alternative lending products. In the marketplace lending industry, she helped build, scale, and optimize a $125MM portfolio for Bond Street (acquired by Goldman Sachs). As Head of Portfolio Management, Flori managed all operations from point of origination through default and litigation. Prior to Bond Street, Flori helped develop and maintain institutional partnerships at Oak Hill, a $30B fixed income asset manager. Flori graduated from Cornell University, majoring in pre-law with a minor in economics.
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Mahesh Murphy
Chief Technology Officer
Mahesh has spent the last few decades creating reliable and resilient distributed systems for mission-critical services. As the CTO at Factom—the leading blockchain in the data security/integrity space—he built out the core blockchain and products, and took the company from a market-cap of $10M to over $500M. Prior to that, he was the VP of R&D at Ubiquiti Networks, a $7B global provider of network products and services, where he built out the cloud-based control and back-office suite for their products. He has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from IIT-Kanpur and an MS in the same from Notre Dame.
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Kenny Melchor
Director of Business Development
Kenny is a full stack developer passionate about trading, technology and crypto, focused on improving user experience with innovative features and tools. Experienced cryptocurrency trader with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. UC Santa Barbara Alumnus and in pursuit of a Master of Business Administration (MBA) focused in Accounting and Finance from Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University.
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Antolne Tam
SVP, Marketing
Antoine is a marketing specialist and crypto early adopter who knows the importance of community engagement, education, and customer service. Experience in marketing leadership at Credit Karma through $8 billion exit to Intuit. Previously VP of Growth at Apartment List. Early career at VBS Investment Bank and Ares Management private equity.
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Amit Minkstein
SVP of Finance
Amit Minkstein joined Optimal Capital Market as its Director of Finance, bringing extensive experience in financial services to the team. Previously, he served as the Officer of Finance and Operations at Coastal Investment Management, a long/short equity hedge fund in New York. Prior to that, Amit was an analyst at ESL Investments, a hedge fund based in Greenwich, CT, where he worked on finance, operations, and portfolio company management.
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Adam Luaro
Chief Security Officer
Adam has over 15 years of technology and security experience, having held roles at Bakt, Palantir Technologies, Microsoft, the U.S. intelligence community, and Department of Defense. He’s been responsible for designing and implementing numerous strategic IT initiatives within the U.S. government through his work both domestically and during multiple overseas postings, as well as enabling critical cybersecurity programs for Fortune 100 companies. With his background safeguarding institutions spanning from Wall Street to Silicon Valley, he is instrumental in Optimal Capital Market’s growth as security controls within the crypto industry evolve to face a more sophisticated threat landscape. Adam studied computer and information science at the University of Maryland, holds several security certifications, and is often found speaking at security and crypto conferences worldwide.
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Viral Tolat
Advisor
Viral’s expansive career includes multiple fin-tech CTO roles, before leading TradAir’s entry into crypto as CEO. He is currently a Managing Director at Credit Suisse
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Jonathan Spark
General Counsel
Jonathan has decades of experience in legal compliance, working for traditional financial leaders such as Renaissance Technologies, Deutsche Bank, and Barclay’s, as well as time spent at legal powerhouse Davis Polk & Wardwell. He leads the charge in maintaining a robust legal and compliance framework for Optimal Capital Market, and is helping the company emerge as an active participant in ongoing regulatory conversations as the crypto regulatory landscape continues to evolve.