Michael Jeffrey Frank

Capital Markets Expertise • Technology Fluency • Enterprise Risk Oversight • Long-Horizon Governance

Independent Director & Board Advisor

I partner selectively with boards, founders, family offices, and
institutional capital partners to navigate complex market environments,
exercise disciplined financial oversight, and implement
practical AI and technology governance.

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Former Specialist & Market Maker on the AMEX Floor

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Committed to long-horizon value creation — in business, governance, and family life

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Board & Governance Snapshot

Active Board Seats & Governance Roles

Silo Markets: Advisory Board Member — RIA and modern wealth platform focused on innovative portfolio and investment solutions, with Interactive Brokers providing custodial infrastructure
Desync.ai: Advisory Board Member — Strategic guidance on AI-powered web data extraction, automated intelligence pipelines, and structured lead-generation infrastructure
Visionary Philanthropy Group (VPG): Non-Profit Board Member 501c3— Fiduciary oversight and strategic governance for technology education, mentorship, and reentry programs serving returning citizens and underserved communities
Strategic Partnerships & Growth: Gateway Partners — Commercializing AI strategy and risk governance frameworks for insurers and financial institutions
Founder Ecosystem: Co-Founder & Managing Partner — Gildre: Private founder community serving 200+ early-stage companies ($0–$3M+ ARR)—providing mentors, scale-up resources, investor networks, and strategic events

Governance Credentials

Private Company Governance Certification: Private Directors Association (PDA)
Financial Oversight: Qualified Financial Expert (QFE)
Dispute Resolution: FINRA Arbitrator
Security & Infrastructure: Member — InfraGard (FBI Cyber & Infrastructure Partnership, NY Metro Chapter)

Strategic Board Value

Digital Wealth & Asset Platforms: Advising wealthtech platforms, including Silo Markets, on market structure, custodial safeguards, financial oversight, and innovative fee models
AI, Data & Infrastructure Governance: Advising on enterprise AI data pipelines (Desync.ai) and model risk governance (Gateway Partners) to ensure security, compliance, and scalable deployment
Early-Stage Founder Mentorship & Scale-Up: Supporting pre-seed through Series A founders (Gildre) and growth-stage leaders in building product-market fit, operational discipline, and fundraising readiness
Social Impact & ESG Governance: Bringing mission-driven accountability and structural governance to non-profit organizations through Visionary Philanthropy Group (VPG)

Track Record & Market Leadership

Founder & Principal — Market Making & Specialist Firm

Founded, scaled, and led a regulated broker-dealer operating as a specialist and market makers on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) trading floors
Oversaw capital discipline and daily net capital requirements while leveraging GTS, our proprietary trading software platform, to track real-time portfolio risk exposures including all Greek exposures (delta, gamma, vega, rho), and 3rd-derivative sensitivities across individual books and firm-wide aggregate
Outcome: Successfully navigated multiple market cycles and executed a strategic exit to a NASDAQ-listed enterprise

Crisis Management & Market Resilience

Proven governance and liquidity leadership across six major market dislocations: