Meet our leadership

The Wave team is pioneering the bridge between traditional asset management and cutting edge technology

David Siemer

Chief Executive Officer

Co-Founder of Wavemaker, a global venture fund managing $325M in AUM across 300 companies
Founder of Siemer & Associates tech-focused investment bank (acquired by CEC Capital)
MBA U of Chicago, Series 66 securities license

Les Borsai

Chief Strategy Officer

Serial entrepreneur and consultant
Advisor to Ripple, RightMesh, and YouNow
Early investor in Ethereum, Filecoin, Tezos, Stellar

Benjamin Tsai

President, Managing Partner

Former CEO of Merrill Lynch Singapore Commodities
Former Head of Alternative Investments Asia for AllianceBernstein
MBA UCLA, Series 65/3 securities license

Matteo Dante Perruccio

President, International

30 years experience in investment management
Global Head, Key Clients & Strategic Partners at Jupiter Asset Management
Founder of Hermes BPK, CEO International of Pioneer Investments

Jennifer Wilde Anderson

Chief Operating Officer

Co-founder, Wave Financial
10+ years of operating experience leading fund operations including compliance, legal, investor relations, finance, HR, and product.
Education: Yale University, B.A., cum laude, with Distinction in the Major. University of Chicago School of Law, J.D.
Bar Admissions: California

Harumi Urata-Thompson

Chief Financial Officer

Experienced Web3 executive whom has led innovative companies to achieve strategic, operational and marketing success
Previously served as COO for CFA Society New York
Spent 14+ years at Thomson Reuters where she hold positions such as director, Chief of Staff and Product Manager
Began her career in investment banking at Citigroup and Morgan Stanley
MBA from INSEAD and a BA, magna cum laude, in business from Sophia University in Japan

Henry K. Elder

Managing Director, Head of Treasury & Wealth Management

Slice.market, Latitude Real Estate Investors (now LaSalle), George Smith Partners, ValueAct Capital
Arranged over $1b of investments across the real estate and tech sectors
Series 66 securities license

David Roebuck

Venture Principal

Business Development Manager, TRON Foundation
Principal, Sora Ventures
Investment Analyst, Int’l Space Station, US National Laboratory
Analyst, DFJ Dragon Fund

Heidi Pease

Head of Investment Products

MBA & CEO, Los Angeles Blockchain Lab
Blockchain and Crypto Consultant for Panasonic and Lamborghini
Advisor to US Department Of Commerce Blockchain Trade Mission

Nauman Sheikh

Managing Director, Head of Protocol Treasury Management

Wall St veteran in global equities including derivatives, prime brokerage, research and capital markets
Former Head of Derivatives and Synthetic sales at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Former Equity Derivatives and Synthetic prime brokerage distribution at Credit Suisse
MBA, Columbia Business School
Series 3, 4, 7, 24, 63

Annie Burford

Vice President, Operations

14+ years of experience in event marketing / operations
Former Vice President, CEC Capital Group
Former Director of Events, dot.LA
Siemer & Associates
BA, UConn

Jomjai Srisomburananont

Vice President of Treasury & Wealth Management

Former Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch - Wealth Management
Former art dealer and consultant
MBA, Claremont Graduate University
MA, Sotheby’s Institute of Art
Series 7 & 66 securities licenses
Certified Exit Planning Advisor

Umed Saidov, CFA

Head of Staking Operations

Former global power & infrastructure banker (IFC, EBRD)
Digital asset and blockchain expert
Early Cardano stake pool operator
Lunux and Haskell supporter
INSEAD MBA

Michael Jones

Head of Business Development

Over a decade of Institutional, Family Office and Non-Profit Asset Management Experience (PIMCO, Goldman Sachs)
MBA, Vanderbilt University; B.S., California State University Northridge
FINRA license holder, Series 7, 66, & 3

Ben Hao

Head of Trading

Founder of several financial modeling and trading firms
MD, Head of Asia, Deutsche Bank Alternative Trading hedge fund
MD, Global Head of Equity Quantitative Trading, Dresdner Kleinwort

Justin Chuh, CFA

Senior Trader

FX Trader, HC Tech
Chartered Financial Analyst
BS, Business Economics and Management, Arizona

Laurentius Harrer

Senior Banking Associate

Former M&A specialist investment banker at Houlihan Lokey’s Consumer, Food & Retail Group
Series 63 & 79
BBA, Finance, University of Colorado at Boulder

Jason Choi

Senior Structuring Associate

Former Tech, Media & Telecom Corporate Banker at Bank of America Securities
Series 63 & 79
BA, Global Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Tyler Matses

Venture Associate

Healthcare Investment Banking Analyst, Raymond James
Financial Analyst, Blackstone
BSBA, Finance, Ohio State University

Jack Lu

Client Service Analyst

Investment Advisory Representative, Mutual of Omaha
BA, Financial Math and Statistics, UC Santa Barbara
Licensed Investment Advisory Representative

Lana Anderson

Operations Assistant

BS, Finance And Management Information Systems, SUNY Binghamton

Samuel Eisner

Analyst

Financial Advisor, Equitable Advisors
BS, Environmental Economics & Policy, UC Berkeley
Series 7 & 66 Licenses

Norraphon Dejruksavattana

Trader

Quantitative Trader, Independent
Algorithmic Trading Advisor, AMR Trading Capital
Quantitative Portfolio Manager, AMR Trading Capital
Algorithmic Trader, AMR Trading Capital
BBA, Investment Finance and Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Aric Chang

Venture Analyst

Investment Consultant, Aves Lair
Compliance Consultant, Aspect Advisors
Series 7, 24, & 63 holder
BA, Political Science and Asian Studies, UC Berkeley

Joanna Nesgoda

Legal Operations Manager

Compliance and Risk Specialist, AGIA
Paralegal at BFAS Law & JDSA Law, specializing in entity formation and management
CA Notary Public

John Caldwel

NFT Principal

John is a tastemaker and contributor to the tight knight NFT community.

He trades creates and manages communities in almost every major NFT project.

Interests

The intersection of traditional and digital art markets
Historical provenance and relevance of non-fungible assets that exist on-chain
Generative art, NFT Photography, gated content, and communities that utilize NFTs

Marcus Peters

Operations Associate

7+ years experience in Financial Services operations, compliance, and sales at JPMorgan, Lincoln Financial
MS, International Business, University of Delaware
Series 7, 63, 65 securities licenses

Paige Golay

Executive Assistant

Master's in Applied Leadership and Management, Thunderbird School of Global Management, top 20%
Air Force Veteran
Member of Beta Gamma Sigma- International Business Honor Society

Kristeen Rodriguez

Junior Accountant

Former Tax Associate at Macias Gini & O'Connell LLP
BS, Business Administration, Concentration in Accounting, SFSU

Kelly Chapman

Chief Compliance Officer & Head of Legal

12+ years in the investment management industry, including 10+ as an attorney at major law firms and in-house, focusing on private investment funds and fintech/blockchain matters, and securities regulation of the same
Education: Randolph Macon Woman’s College, B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
Bar Admissions: California, the District of Columbia, and New York