Cyber Security Speaker Edgar Perez Keynotes Securities and Exchange Commission's Annual Conference

Mr. Perez is course director of Cybersecurity Boardroom Workshop, How Boards of Directors and CXOs
Can Build the Proper Foundation to Address Today's Information Security Challenges, and The Speed
Traders Workshop, How High Frequency Traders Leverage Profitable Strategies to Find Alpha in Equities,
Options, Futures and FX; he has presented his workshops in Singapore, Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Seoul,
Kuala Lumpur, Warsaw, Kiev, New York, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai. He contributes to The New York
Times and China's International Finance News and Sina Finance.
Mr. Perez has presented to the Council on Foreign Relations, Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic
University (Kiev), Quant Investment & HFT Summit APAC (Shanghai), U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (Washington DC), CFA Singapore, Hong Kong Securities Institute, Courant Institute of
Mathematical Sciences at New York University, University of International Business and Economics
(Beijing), Hult International Business School (Shanghai) and Pace University (New York), among other
public and private institutions. In addition, Mr. Perez has spoken at a number of global conferences,
including Cyber Security World Conference (New York), Inside Market Data (Chicago), Emerging Markets
Investments Summit (Warsaw), CME Group's Global Financial Leadership Conference (Naples Beach,
FL), Harvard Business School's Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference (Boston), High-Frequency
Trading Leaders Forum (New York, Chicago), MIT Sloan Investment Management Conference
(Cambridge), Institutional Investor's Global Growth Markets Forum (London), Technical Analysis Society
(Singapore), TradeTech Asia (Singapore), FIXGlobal Face2Face (Seoul) and Private Equity Convention
Russia, CIS & Eurasia (London).
Mr. Perez has been interviewed on CNN's Quest Means Business, CNBC's Squawk on the Street,
Worldwide Exchange, Cash Flow and Squawk Box, FOX BUSINESS's Countdown to the Closing Bell and
After the Bell, Bloomberg TV's Market Makers, CNN en Español's Dinero, Petersburg - Channel 5, Sina
Finance, BNN's Business Day, CCTV China, Bankier.pl, TheStreet.com, Leaderonomics, GPW Media,
Channel NewsAsia's Business Tonight and Cents & Sensibilities. In addition, Mr. Perez has been featured
on Sohu, News.Sina.com, Yicai, eastmoney, Caijing, ETF88.com, 360doc, AH Radio, CNFOL.com,
CITICS Futures, Tongxin Securities, ZhiCheng.com, CBNweek.com, Caixin, Futures Daily, Xinhua, CBN
Newswire, Chinese Financial News, ifeng.com, International Finance News, Finance.QQ.com, hexun.com,
Finance.Sina.com, The Korea Times, The Korea Herald, The Star, The Malaysian Insider, BMF 89.9,
iMoney Hong Kong, CNBC, Bloomberg Hedge Fund Brief, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times,
Dallas Morning News, Valor Econômico, FIXGlobal Trading, TODAY Online, Oriental Daily News and
Business Times.
Mr. Perez was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM, and a strategy consultant at
McKinsey & Co. in New York City. Previously, he managed Operations and Technology for Peruval
Finance. Mr. Perez has an undergraduate degree in Systems Engineering from Universidad Nacional de
Ingeniería, Lima, Peru (1994), a Master of Administration from Universidad ESAN, Lima, Peru (1997) and
a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, New York, with a dual major in
Finance and Management (2002). He belongs to the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. Mr. Perez is an
accomplished salsa and hustle dancer and resides in the New York City area.