Technology Advisory Committee

The Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) was created in 1999 to advise the Commission on complex issues at the intersection of technology, law, policy, and finance. The TAC may, from time to time, provide recommendations relating to the impact and implications of technological change on financial markets and the U.S. economy.

Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero sponsors the Technology Advisory Committee. Tony Biagioli serves as the Designated Federal Officer for the committee.

Committee Charter (PDF)

Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology
Name Entity Representing Title
Carole House (Co-Chair) Terranet Ventures Inc. Executive in Residence
Dan Awrey (Co-Chair)   Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Nikos Andrikogiannopoulos Metrika Founder & CEO
Christian Catalini Lightspark Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Jonah Crane Klaros Group Partner
Sunil Cutinho CME Group Chief Information Officer
Cantrell Dumas Better Markets Director, Derivatives Policy
Michael Greenwald Amazon Web Services Global Lead, Digital Assets
Dan Guido Trail of Bits Co-Founder & CEO
Jill Gunter Espresso Systems Chief Strategy Officer
Stanley Guzik S&P Global Commodity Insights Chief Technology Officer
Ben Milne Brale Founder & CEO
John Palmer Cboe Global Markets, Inc. Representative
Ari Redbord TRM Labs Head of Legal and Government Affairs
Michael Shaulov Fireblocks CEO
Emin Gün Sirer Ava Labs Founder & CEO
Justin Slaughter Paradigm Policy Director
Corey Then Circle Vice President, Global Policy
Adam Zarazinski Inca Digital CEO
Jeffery Zhang   Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Cybersecurity
Name Entity Representing Title
Timothy Gallagher (Co-Chair) Nardello & Co. Managing Director, Digital Investigations & Cyber Defense, Chief Security Officer
Dan Guido (Co-Chair) Trail of Bits Co-Founder & CEO
Hilary Allen   Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Scholarship, American University, Washington College of Law
Todd Conklin U.S. Department of the Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (OCCIP)
Sunil Cutinho CME Group Chief Information Officer
Michael Greenwald Amazon Web Services Global Lead, Digital Assets
Carole House Terranet Ventures Inc. Executive in Residence
Jennifer Ilkiw ICE Futures U.S. President
Justin Slaughter Paradigm Policy Director
Adam Zarazinski Inca Digital CEO
Emerging and Evolving Technologies
Name Entity Representing Title
Nicol Turner Lee (Co-Chair) The Brookings Institution Senior Fellow – Governance Studies, Director – Center for Technology Innovation
Todd Smith (Co-Chair) National Futures Association Director of Centralized Data Science and Analytics
Dan Awrey   Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Todd Conklin U.S. Department of the Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (OCCIP)
Cantrell Dumas Better Markets Director, Derivatives Policy
Michael Greenwald Amazon Web Services Global Lead, Digital Assets
Dan Guido Trail of Bits Co-Founder & CEO
Carole House Terranet Ventures Inc. Executive in Residence
Ben Milne Brale Founder & CEO
Michael Panfil Environmental Defense Fund Senior Director, Lead Counsel, Climate Risk & Clean Power
Francesca Rossi IBM IBM Fellow and AI Ethics Global Leader
Joe Saluzzi Themis Trading Partner and Co-Founder
Steve Suppan Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy Senior Policy Analyst
Corey Then Circle Vice President, Global Policy
Michael Wellman    Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Michigan

Meetings

Date Meeting Details

Meeting to discuss swap data reporting, the Commission’s concept release on automated trading environments, and swap execution facilities. Full details, including agenda, here.

CFTC Announces Public Meeting of the Technology Advisory Committee, Has Been Cancelled. Full details, including agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss issues related to swap data reporting, the Commission’s concept release on automated trading, and issues related to swap execution facilities. Full details, including agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss issues related to swap data reporting, updates on the implementation of an industry-led technology solution to protect customer funds, and compliance with certain requirements imposed under Part 1 of the Commission’s Regulations. Full details, including minutes and agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss automated and high-frequency trading, the implementation of an automated technological solution to protect customer funds, and the implementation of §§ 1.73 & 1.74 of the Commission’s Regulations: technological challenges and possible commission waivers. Full details, including agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss technological issues and possible solutions relating to the ability of the CFTC, self-regulatory organizations, and futures commission merchant customers to verify the location and status of funds held in customer segregated accounts. Full details, including agenda, here.

Meeting to discuss issues facing the futures and swaps industries as the Commission continues to finalize rules under the Dodd-Frank Act, including automated and high frequency trading and the aggregation of liquidity across designated contract markets and swap execution facilities. Full details, including agenda, here.