Expert on Automated Trading, Ben Van Vliet, Keynote Speaker at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum

April 19, 2010 - PRLog -- GoldenNetworking.net announced that Professor Ben Vliet, Lecturer at the Illinois Institute of Technology, will be Keynote Speaker at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2010, "Innovating and Profiting from High-Frequency Trading in 2010 and Beyond" (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), May 27th, 2010, Flatotel Hotel, New York City.

Professor Van Vliet is a Lecturer at the Illinois Institute of Technology's Stuart School of Business (IIT), where he also serves as the Associate Director of the M.S. Finance program. At IIT he teaches courses in quantitative finance, C++ and .NET programming, and automated trading system design and development. Professor Van Vliet consults extensively in the financial markets industry, including Calamos Investment Management, Jump Trading, Deutsche Bank and the United States Department of Labor, primarily on topics related to the mathematics, technology and management of trading systems. He is currently teaching a regular course in business mathematics at the University of Chicago's Graham School of General Studies and previously taught review courses for Quantitative Methods portions of Chartered Financial Analysts level one examination for Becker Conviser/Stalla.

Professor Van Vliet is the author or co-author of three books on trading and investment, "Quality Money Management", "Modeling Financial Markets" and "Building Automated Trading Systems", has published several articles in the areas of finance and technology, and presented at several academic and professional conferences. His current research interests include systematic trading and investment, quality control of trading systems and technology.

Professor Van Vliet is a member of a number of professional associations, including American Statistical Association, American Society for Quality, European Spreadsheet Risk Interest Group, Global Association of Risk Professionals, Professional Risk Managers' International Association and Institute for Market Technology. He holds a B.A. in Business from Calvin College and a M.S., Financial Markets and Trading from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2010 is produced by GoldenNetworking.net (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs, investors and diplomats, founded by former McKinsey consultant and Columbia Business School MBA Edgar Perez. Upcoming Leaders Forums and Business Networking receptions include:

•   High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour, (http://www.HFTHappyHour.com), May 3rd, New York City

•   Real Estate Leaders Forum 2010, "Successfully Investing in Distressed Real Estate Assets" (http://www.RealEstateLeadersForum.com), June 17th, New York City

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