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Paul Cusenza is a seasoned executive with over thirty years of experience in building and managing businesses. He is the co-founder and leader of Nodal Exchange, a leading energy market platform, since 2008.
- Paul Cusenza
- Cody Alvarez
- Alan Askew
- Danny Gomez
- Ken Mccracken
- Demetri Karousos
- Palloma Peterson
- Nicole Ricard
- Huan Zhang
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Cusenza has over thirty years of experience in building and managing businesses. He has been Chief Executive Officer of Nodal Exchange since January 2008 and led Nodal Exchange to its commencement of trading in April of 2009. Prior to Nodal Exchange, he was a co-Founder and co-President of 23andMe, a personal genetics company, and the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Alliance Management at Perlegen Sciences. He was part of the Senior Management Team of Capital One Financial during a...
Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Counsel
Mr. Alvarez joined Nodal Clear as the Chief Compliance Officer in February 2015. He has over fourteen years of compliance experience in the futures industry. Prior to joining Nodal Clear he was Special Counsel in the Division of Market Oversight at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission where he evaluated the compliance policies and procedures of futures exchanges and their compliance with core principles. Mr. Alvarez was formerly a Regulatory Analyst at FINRA where he was responsible for m...
Chief Technology Officer & Chief Information Officer
Mr. Askew has been the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer at Nodal Exchange since January 2008 and is responsible for all Nodal Exchange technology development, acquisition, and operations. Mr. Askew began his career as an analyst at Dean and Company, a strategic consultancy, and then moved into the field of enterprise software design and development. He has worked in both technical and technical lead roles and came to Nodal Exchange from a position as Director of Developm...
Chief Operating Officer
Danny Gomez re-joined Nodal Exchange in 2022 as the Chief Product Officer of Nodal Exchange and the Chief Operating Officer of Nodal Clear. Most recently, Danny was the Managing Director of Financial and Emerging markets for FreightWaves, a leader in supply chain data, technology, media and news. Prior to that Danny was at Nodal Exchange for almost 13 years, dating back to 2008, helping to build and launch the exchange and later was a key member of launching Nodal Clear. Danny Gomez holds a B...
General Counsel
Ken McCracken joined Nodal in 2019 as Deputy General Counsel to the exchange and clearing house. Ken began his commodity futures career at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, staying for over ten years and serving as a Chief Trial Attorney in the Division of Enforcement and as a member of the CFTC-SEC Product Definition team that further defined a “Swap,” “Security-Based Swap,” and “Security-Based Swap Agreement” that effectuated the Dodd-Frank Act changes to the Commodity Exchange Act....
President
Mr. Karousos joined Nodal Exchange in January 2008. As President, he oversees the technology, operations, risk, and clearing services for Nodal Clear. Prior to the Nodal Exchange clearing house transition from LCH.Clearnet Ltd to Nodal Clear, Mr. Karousos worked closely with the risk team at LCH,Clearnet Ltd in developing risk models, conducting risk analysis, and monitoring risk performance for the Nodal Exchange market. Mr. Karousos began his career at Cambridge Energy Research Associates a...
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Palloma Peterson re-joined Nodal Exchange in 2019. As Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Nodal Exchange and Nodal Clear, Palloma is responsible for financial planning and strategy, treasury management, and oversight of all aspects of finance and accounting across Nodal’s portfolio. Palloma has over 15 years of experience in operations, finance, and accounting including over 9 years supporting Nodal, dating back to 2007, where she was previously Nodal’s Controller and Director of Human R...
Chief Marketing Officer
Ms. Ricard has over fifteen years of experience in marketing, and joined Nodal Exchange in March 2008. Prior to joining Nodal Exchange, Ms. Ricard was a Senior Manager, Marketing and Alliance Management, at Perlegen Sciences. She also previously worked in marketing management at AOL, Microstrategy and Capital One Financial. Ms. Ricard holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University.
Chief Risk Officer
Mr. Zhang serves as the Chief Risk Officer for Nodal Clear, overseeing the Risk Team. Prior to this role, Mr. Zhang spent almost two years in China managing the clearing operations at the Dalian Commodity Exchange and leading the product and operations team at the newly-established Guangzhou Futures Exchange. Mr. Zhang began his career at Dean & Company as a strategic consultant and then worked at Nodal Exchange in market administration and risk management roles for 10 years. Mr. Zhang holds...
Paul Cusenza is a seasoned executive with over thirty years of experience in building and managing businesses. He is the founder and leader of Nodal Exchange, a futures exchange, and Nodal Clear, a clearing house, since 2008.
Paul Cusenza. As we prepped for this end-of-year interview we happened across an old interview and release from 10 years ago. Nodal Exchange had opened for business in April 2009. At that time, it offered just a smattering of forward power contracts (no CFTC DCM designation yet), cleared by LCH.
Paul Cusenza, chairman and chief executive of Nodal Exchange – winner of the 2023 Energy Risk Commodity exchange of the year award – discusses how Nodal navigated the extreme conditions of the past year and how he expects power and environmental markets to develop in the coming months.
Paul Cusenza is a co-founder and co-president of 23andMe, a personal genetics company, and the senior vice president of marketing and alliance management at Perlegen Sciences. He is also the chairman and CEO of Nodal Exchange, LLC and Nodal Clear, LLC, a leading energy trading and clearing platform.
Sep 27, 2023 · Paul Cusenza, chairman and chief executive of Nodal Exchange – winner of the 2023 Energy Risk Commodity exchange of the year award – discusses how Nodal navigated the extreme conditions...
May 4, 2023 · “I am extremely pleased to see continued strong growth performance in both our power and environmental markets,” said Paul Cusenza, Chairman and CEO of Nodal Exchange and Nodal Clear.
