Anthony M. Sanfilippo

Anthony Sanfilippo (Tony) has over 40 years of experience in the financial services industry. Tony is the CEO of finEngine, Inc., a financial technology company that provides action-oriented data and analytics to broker dealers and investment managers. His extensive background managing investment banks and large-scale market making operations gives him a deep understanding of how to help clients use the finEngine platform to make better informed decisions to run their business. Tony earlier served as an Advisor to finEngine while he was a principal of Seppala Financial, a firm focused on providing investment and advisory services for early stage financial technology initiatives.

Tony leveraged his experience to provide capital market consulting services to assist broker dealer and institutional clients in optimizing business processes to deliver on strategic objectives. Prior to founding Seppala, Tony held the position of President of Rodman & Renshaw, following the merger of Rodman with Hudson Holding Corporation where he served as Chief Executive Officer. Tony was recruited to Hudson from Etico Capital, a boutique merchant bank he co-founded. Prior to establishing Etico, Tony was Head of US Equity Trading for Jefferies & Co., a firm he returned to 18 years after completing a six year tenure in their Chicago office in the 1980’s. Before returning to Jefferies, Tony served as President and CEO of Knight Capital markets and Interim Chief Executive Officer of Knight Trading Group. He also managed Knight’s operations in Europe and Japan as Head of Global Equities.

Tony initially joined Knight when Tradetech Securities, a Nasdaq Intermarket trading company he founded in 1993, was acquired by Knight’s Trimark division. Earlier in his career, Tony was an Executive Vice President of Mesirow Financial, responsible for their equity trading division and regional specialist operations.

Tony attended University of Illinois Chicago and DePaul University, and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma.