Résumé

Thomas M. Thompson

Cincinnati, OH · t.m.thompson@me.com · linkedin.com/in/thomasmthompson

Professional summary

FINRA-licensed markets professional (Series 57, SIE) with live equity and options execution experience and more than ten years leading operations, teams, and financial administration. Executed approximately 1.3 million shares on a regulated proprietary desk and reconciled 2,427 trades against clearing statements in a full 18-month transaction audit. Built and ran trade operations end to end for an asset-backed instrument: issuance, custody coordination, liquidity management, and reserve controls. Earlier career leading commercial construction operations: managed superintendents and a large field team, with full responsibility for equipment and material procurement. Builds his own software (Next.js / TypeScript), including Sharper Edge, a live trade-discipline platform.

Core competencies

Trade Execution: Equity execution and DMA order entry · Listed equity options, single-leg and vertical spreads · Order types, routing, and venue selection · Liquidity screening · Execution cost and trade-quality analysis · Reg SHO locate requirements

Operations & Controls: Trade allocation, settlement, and custody coordination · Position and P&L reconciliation · Break and exception research · Daily cash reconciliation · Regulatory recordkeeping and compliance controls · Written procedures, SOPs, and defined risk limits

Leadership & Management: Team leadership and performance evaluations · Hiring and talent development pathways · Project management · Equipment and material procurement · Vendor and subcontractor management · Budget tracking and cost control

Professional experience

Independent Equity Trader · Personal Capital

August 2026 – Present
  • Trade personal capital in U.S. listed equities in a retail capacity, applying the same written risk framework used on the prop desk: daily loss limits, position sizing rules, and structured post-trade review.
  • Operate Sharper Edge (SharperEdge.io), a self-built trade-discipline platform, as the live cockpit for position sizing, scale-out planning, and trade journaling.

T3 Trading Group · Proprietary Trader (FINRA Series 57)

March 2024 – July 2026
  • Traded U.S. listed equities on a discretionary basis through direct-market-access order entry inside a FINRA-regulated proprietary environment governed by defined risk limits, daily loss controls, and compliance oversight; approximately 1.3 million shares executed.
  • Traded listed equity options alongside the equity book using single-leg and vertical spread structures across single-name and index products, selecting strikes by delta and sizing by maximum premium at risk.
  • Reconciled 2,427 executed trades against clearing statements in a full 18-month audit of transaction data, isolating fee structures, execution costs, and patterns not visible in summary reporting.
  • Maintained complete trade documentation under FINRA recordkeeping requirements; built Sharper Edge (SharperEdge.io, Next.js / TypeScript) to enforce written pre-trade criteria, position sizing rules, and invalidation conditions on every order.

Liberati Inc. (Cayman Islands) · Founder (unpaid venture)

2023
  • Designed and ran end-to-end operational workflows for a gold-backed digital instrument supported by allocated reserves, covering issuance, custody coordination, and liquidity management.
  • Built financial products in code: designed and implemented the tokenomics, issuance mechanics, and reserve-reporting tooling behind Golati (GLT), a gold-backed liquidity token.
  • Built the asset-backing and reserve transparency framework, including verification and reporting controls over allocated holdings.
  • Established the written procedures and control standards governing issuance, settlement, and counterparty coordination.

Fifty West Cycling · Manager

September 2016 – December 2022
  • Managed all operations and financial administration for a specialty-retail business, growing annual revenue from $500K to $1.2M.
  • Managed daily cash positioning across bank and merchant accounts: accounts receivable, collections, accounts payable, and daily cash and credit card reconciliation.
  • Directed procurement and vendor relationships, including purchasing, supplier onboarding, inventory control, and purchase order reconciliation.

Evergreen Builder Solutions · Director of Operations · Director of Commercial Sales · Project Manager

2011 – 2016
  • Managed all onsite work from a high level as Project Manager across commercial build-outs spanning data center, higher education, medical, and military installations.
  • Led a field organization of several superintendents and a large field team; conducted performance evaluations, hiring, and terminations, and created growth paths for laborers to advance into crew-leader roles.
  • Held full responsibility for equipment and material procurement, including requisitions, supplier onboarding, subcontractor coordination, and purchase order reconciliation.
  • Processed executed change orders and tracked project budgets, flagging cost exposure to leadership before write-downs; managed billing, accounts receivable, and collections.
  • Served as on-site Safety Officer, enforcing OSHA-aligned jobsite safety standards and pre-task planning.

Licenses & certifications

FINRA Series 57 · Active (Nov 2024)FINRA SIE · Active (Jul 2024)OSHA 30-Hour Construction

Education

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College · AAS, Civil Engineering Technologies; Minor: Architecture