Frank Pendle, Financial Services Expert, Bleum, to Speak at High-Frequency Trading Summit in Chicago

New York, NY -- (SBWire) -- 09/19/2011 --Mr. Frank Pendle, a prolific sales executive and financial services expert with Bleum, will present at Golden Networking’s High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Chicago, "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World" (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), forum that will provide decision makers the most up-to-date overview of cutting-edge developments and insights to build a competitive advantage in high-frequency trading.

Mr. Pendle is currently VP of North American Sales for Bleum, with over 20 years in IT sales experience in leading sales teams that generated over USD 500 million in IT solutions to Tier 1 companies. Mr. Pendle is a recognized expert in CPG and Financial Services industries in regard to IT, having published over 120 articles and papers in media such as “The Economist”, “Newsweek”, and “Businessweek”. He has also been retained for consulting at several Fortune 500 companies, organizations such as the United Nations, and the U.S. and Philippines governments, among others.

Mr. Pendle began his career as a Business Solutions Provider at IBM, moving into a sales executive role with the IBM Global Services Division where he received 3 President’s Circle Awards and 6 Service Stars. Mr. Pendle then went to Capgemini, where he helped grow the Central (now West) business unit from USD 2 million to USD 246 million in less than a decade. With Capgemini, Mr. Pendle received 3 Winner’s Circle Awards and 2 Salesperson of the Year awards. He currently resides in Naperville, Illinois.

Founded in 2001, Bleum provides ultra-high quality IT outsourcing work in a variety of sectors including financial services, retail, logistics and non-profit. Bleum specializes in creating offshore development centers, providing services such as application development, product development, support and maintenance, testing and legacy system modernization. Bleum’s relentless focus on quality has earned it prestigious ISO27001 and CMMI Level 5 certifications and a leadership position as one of the top 100 global outsourcing providers according to the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals.

Distinguished practitioners and experts at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 include:

• Mr. Bart Chilton, Commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

• Mr. Aaron Lebovitz, Managing Director, Infinium Capital Management

• Mr. Adam Afshar, Chief Executive Officer and President, Hyde Park Global

• Dr. Andrew Kumiega, Adjunct Professor, University of Chicago

• Dr. Christian Zimmer, Head for Quantitative Portfolio Management and Research, Itaú Unibanco's Asset Management

• Mr. Edgar Perez, Author, The Speed Traders

• Dr. Euan Sinclair, Risk Manager, Bluefin Trading

• Mr. Frank Pendle, VP of North American Sales, Bleum

• Mr. James Austin, President, Vertex Analytics

• Mr. Jitesh Thakkar, Founder and President, Edge Financial Technologies

• Dr. Jonathan Brogaard, Professor, University of Washington's Foster School of Business

• Mr. Ken Kinkopf, Founder and President, Kinkopf Capital Management, LLC

• Mr. Louis Mak, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, I-Access Group

• Mr. Marcos Carreira, Director of Derivatives, BM&FBOVESPA

• Mr. Marvin Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Quaternion Capital Management

• Mr. Milind Sharma is Chief Executive Officer, QuantZ Capital Management

• Dr. Petter Kolm, Clinical Associate Professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

• Mr. Will Mechem, Managing Director, Pan Alpha Trading

About High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum
High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011Chicago is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email to info@goldennetworking.net.