William C. Kingore, an Executive Vice President of Kestrel, is responsible for forging and cultivating strategic business relationships on behalf of the firm. His primary focus is to work closely with business, technology, and trading managers of major Wall Street firms and futures exchanges to help them acquire cost effective, state-of-the-art financial software solutions.
Prior to joining Kestrel Technologies, Mr. Kingore served as Partner and Head of Business Development at Liquidity Direct Technology where he led the team responsible for selling the firm on behalf of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. in January 2004. He subsequently served as a member of the post-sale transition team where he acted as a Consultant to the CME. While at Liquidity Direct, he was responsible for developing key strategic alliances and partnerships.
Mr. Kingore began his Wall Street career at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he helped to build the firm's exchange-traded derivatives business. While at GS & Co., he also served the firm as a Member on The Chicago Board of Trade. He later held positions of increasing responsibility within the fixed-income distribution and trading divisions of Drexel Burnham Lambert and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He later founded Wilmington Securities, Inc, a Chicago-based investment boutique.
Mr. Kingore, a 1982 graduate of Marquette University, currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Western Golf Association/Evans Scholars Foundation. |