Team Members
Eli Wishnivetski
Eli Wishnivetski is a founding member of Market Access Advisors. Prior to starting MAA, Mr. Wishnivetski served as the Chief Compliance Officer and counsel for Electronic Transaction Clearing (“ETC”), a technology-oriented clearing firm which settled transactions for numerous correspondent broker-dealers and provided market access for various proprietary trading groups. Through a 2019 acquisition, ETC became affiliated with Apex Clearing Corp., where he served in a similar capacity. ETC had been the leading brokerage firm in the push to gain regulatory recognition for digital assets with FINRA and the SEC, including custody of digital asset securities.
Before joining ETC, Mr. Wishnivetski gained operational experience by managing his own start-up broker-dealer and, prior to that, managing the compliance and operational programs of the U.S. brokerage arm of Banco Bradesco, one of the largest South American banks. For 6 years, Mr. Wishnivetski served as an auditor for FINRA, leading the examinations of brokerage firms such as Barclays, Bank of America, Bear Sterns, BMO, BNY Mellon, ABN Amro and Alliance Bernstein.
Throughout his career, Mr. Wishnivetski has assembled or meaningfully reformed the operations of financial entities, focusing on risk management and building out integrated teams. As a formally trained regulator, attorney and compliance officer, he has gained a comprehensive understanding of what it takes to simultaneously protect and propel the interests of a financial company.
Mr. Wishnivetski maintains the Series 7, 24, 27, 53, 63, 79 and 99 securities license designations and, as an attorney, is an active member of the New York State bar.
Nicholas Johnson
As a fractional leader, Mr. Johnson offers his services to the broker-dealer community in his capacity as a project manager, auditor, analyst and licensed representative, including that of a compliance officer.
Before joining MAA, Mr. Johnson served as a Senior Compliance Analyst at Apex Clearing Corporation, a FINRA-member clearing firm that operates a digital clearing and custody engine that supports trading of other broker-dealers. Mr. Johnson specialized in creating operational systems and managing Trade Surveillance oversight, whereby his background in Mathematical Analysis and Computer Science allowed him to expound the practical application of the best practices associated with the Market Access Rule.
Prior to Apex Clearing, Mr. Johnson served as a Compliance Analyst at Electronic Transaction Clearing (“ETC”), another clearing firm which served various correspondent FINRA broker-dealers and proprietary trading groups. Mr. Johnson was part of the ETC team that led the primary push with FINRA and the SEC to gain regulatory recognition for a workable model of transacting in digital assets securities. ETC was subsequently acquired by Apex Clearing.
Mr. Johnson specializes in creating proprietary tools to enhance system efficacy. He has been instrumental in developing and implementing best practices through the precise calibration of Trade Surveillance, Fraud, and AML systems across various customer bases (retail, proprietary, algorithmic) and asset classes.
Mr. Johnson maintains the Series 7 license designation.