Ben Galewsky
Spooz Inc.
Board Affiliations
Spooz Inc.
Mr. Ben Galewsky is a Member of Executive Advisory Board at Spooz Inc. since September 2005. He is a 20 year veteran of directing IT initiatives for trading and banking institutions, including Xcaliber Trading Systems, Swiss Bank Corporation, Northern Telecom and O'Connor Associates, Mr. Galewsky serves as a lead systems architect and software developer at Software Options, a provider of futures and options trading solutions. Mr. Galewsky is a professional IT manager ... who has extensive experience in enterprise architecture, distributed system development, and migration planning. His particular experience lies in banking and electronic trading applications. He served as the Chief Technical Architect at Swiss Bank Corporation where he developed the global business process architecture for a divisional banking operations re-engineering program.
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Researched the below information:
-Xcaliber Trading Systems, is XCALIBER TRADING SYSTEMS, INC, which then became, Stafford Trading, Inc., which in turn was purchased by TD Options LLC, who in turn is owned by TD Bank. TD Bank owns TD Ameritrade.
-Software Options: There was a Software Options Inc., mentioned in the December 2007, financial statement for Spooz Inc., on page 7.
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Xcaliber Trading Systems
http://www.xcaliber.com/
As of June 6, 2009, the website was hacked. Conducted a webtrace:
OrgName: XCALIBER Trading Systems
OrgID: XTS-2
Address: 230 S. LaSalle St., Suite 688
City: Chicago
StateProv: IL
PostalCode: 60604
Country: US
ASNumber: 12149
ASName: CHI-STAFFORD1-NET
ASHandle: AS12149
Comment:
RegDate: 1999-04-06
Updated: 1999-04-06
RTechHandle: DP254-ARIN
RTechName: Paynter, Dan
RTechPhone: +1-312-294-2222
RTechEmail: danp@xcaliber.com
# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2009-04-17 19:10
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.
State of Illinois, Secretary of State, and discovered that the name of the company has changed to Stafford Trading Inc.
Entity Name STAFFORD TRADING, INC. File Number 54930933
Status ACTIVE
Entity Type CORPORATION Type of Corp DOMESTIC BCA
Incorporation Date (Domestic) 01/13/1988 State ILLINOIS
Agent Name C T CORPORATION SYSTEM Agent Change Date 12/17/2003
Agent Street Address 208 SO LASALLE ST, SUITE 814 President Name & Address JOHN S STAFFORD JR 230 S. LASALLE ST, STE 400,CHICAGO 60604
Agent City CHICAGO Secretary Name & Address JOHN STAFFORD JR 230 S.LASALLE ST. STE 400, CHICAGO, 60604
Agent Zip 60604 Duration Date PERPETUAL
Annual Report Filing Date 11/25/2008 For Year 2009
Old Corp Name 05/30/1997 - XCALIBER TRADING SYSTEMS, INC.
Internet Search of Stafford Trading, Inc.
First link: This company put out a disclaimer that they are not related to John S Stafford, or Stafford Trading Inc.
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:EGBtSP1JzeQJ:www.staffordtrading.com/Rubicon.pdf+STAFFORD+TRADING,+INC&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Bio on John S. Stafford:
John S. Stafford Jr.
Mr. Stafford is the co-founder and Board Member of Ronin Capital, LLC, a registered broker dealer with proprietary trading operations encompassing equity, fixed income and derivative securities. Ronin Capital is a member of The Chicago Board Options Exchange, The Chicago Mercantile Exchange and other U.S. principal exchanges. From 1975 to 1995, Mr. Stafford was a trader on the floor of the CBOE as an options trader. From 1996 to 2001, he was a Managing Director of Stafford Trading, Inc., a family business primarily involved in proprietary trading operations and options market making. Stafford Trading, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, operated a market making business and conducted proprietary trading in equities, futures and fixed income products. At the end of 2001, portions of Stafford Trading were purchased by TD Options, LLC. Mr. Stafford has invested in numerous early-stage technology and biotechnology companies. Mr. Stafford graduated from Davidson College with a BA in Economics and earned his MBA from the University of North Carolina.
TD Options, LLC. State of Illinois, Secretary of State:
Entity Name TD OPTIONS LLC File Number 00671614
Status ACTIVE On 01/21/2009
Entity Type LLC Type of LLC Foreign
File Date 02/21/2002 Jurisdiction DE
Agent Name ILLINOIS CORPORATION SERVICE C Agent Change Date 07/16/2007
Agent Street Address 801 ADLAI STEVENSON DRIVE Principal Office 230 S LASALLE STREET, STE 688
CHICAGO, IL 60604
Agent City SPRINGFIELD Management Type MGR View
Agent Zip 62703 Duration PERPETUAL
Annual Report Filing Date 01/21/2009 For Year 2009
Series Name NOT AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH SERIES
Management:
KIMMEL, EVAN 230 S LASALLE STREET, STE 688, CHICAGO, IL - 60604
RE: Proposed Rule Change on Short Sales; File No. S7-23-03
http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/s72303/tdoptions021004.htm
Martin Walton
President, TD Options
Tel(312) 244-2222.
CBOE Fine: http://www.cboe.org/publish/DisDecision/09-0017.pdf
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http://financialsector.blogspot.com/2006/04/td-will-seek-to-have-lawsuit-dismissed.html
Monday, April 10, 2006
TD Will Seek to Have Lawsuit Dismissed
Canadian Press, Rita Trichur, 10 April 2006
TD Bank, which is among a group of defendants named in a $45-million (U.S.) lawsuit involving the bank's 2001 acquisition of options-exchange company TD Options LLC, will seek to have the case dismissed when it formally responds to an amended complaint over the next week.
The lawsuit, entered in the Circuit Court of Cook County in Illinois, is being pursued by options traders at the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, who
allege they were shortchanged by the bank and others when their share in the options business was acquired.
The allegations have not been proven in court.
Spokesman Jeff Keay told The Canadian Press that TD has until Monday to respond to the plaintiffs' third amended complaint which was filed with the Chicago-
area court last month. Part of that response will be an application to dismiss the suit.
"We hold that their allegations have no merit whatsoever and we look forward to contesting this vigorously in court," Keay said.
The plaintiffs' new complaint is shorter, eliminating two previous legal counts, a source said on the condition of anonymity. Judge Lee Preston threw out a
previous complaint last month, requesting more specifics, the source said.
"I am confident the third amended complaint contains the necessary information and legal theories in order to advance the case," said Randall Gold, a lawyer
for the plaintiffs.
According to court documents, the roster of defendants also includes TD Holdings USA, TD Securities, TD Equity Options, TD Options, along with individuals
Martin Walton, Jason Marks, Evan Kimmel, John Stafford Jr. and his son, John Stafford III.
His other son, James Stafford, along with Ronin Capital LLC and Quantitative Analytics LLC are no longer named as defendants.
The plaintiffs include Michael Benson, Edward Dolinar and Joel Stone, who are acting individually and as successors to Big Blue Trading LLC, in addition to
Michael Hoban and William Johnson.
According to their complaint, the plaintiffs allege they traded as designated primary market-makers at the Chicago options exchange as joint venture partners
with Stafford Jr. and businesses he controlled since about 1999.
Their complaint alleges that in early 2001, Stafford Jr. and his son, Stafford III, were privately negotiating to sell the joint ventures to TD as well as
proprietary computer software and related technology owned by the Staffords.
The plaintiffs claim Stafford Jr. eventually informed them about the TD negotiations and asked for their joint consent for him to act as their agent in
negotiating the sale of their interests in the joint ventures.
As a result, the plaintiffs allege they sold their interests in the joint ventures to TD for an up-front payment totalling $8.45 million.
They are seeking damages that include the recovery of losses in connection with the sale, back-end payments, lost bonuses, legal fees and related costs.
The complaint seeks damages ranging between $25 million to $40 million but there also remains the possibility of unspecified punitive damages.
The complaint also alleges that several plaintiffs were fired shortly after complaining to TD Options LLC about how the business was being managed.
A status hearing has been set for May 11.
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Business Name
QUANTITATIVE ANALYTICS, INC
Address City, State
Chicago, IL
Springfield, IL
Phone
Possible Owners/Officers/Agents
ARONIN, WILLIAM
(PRESIDENT)
FRANK, ERIC
(PRESIDENT)
HUGHES, PRISCILLA
(SECRETARY)
KIMMEL, APRIL
(SECRETARY)
KROLL, STEVEN L
(AGENT)
Associated Businesses
DEAN WITTER REALTY YIELD PLUS INC
THOMCORP HOLDINGS INC
TOPLIS & HARDING, INC
THOMSON GLOBAL MARKETS INC
THOMSON GLOBAL MARKETS INC
THOMSON GLOBAL MARKETS INC
THOMCORP HOLDINGS INC
THOMSON GLOBAL MARKETS INC
THOMSON GLOBAL MARKETS INC
BINDER INC
TUTCO INC
THOMSON GLOBAL MARKETS INC
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Business Name
QUANTITATIVE ANALYTICS, LLC
Address City, State
Richmond, VA
Stafford, VA
Phone
Possible Owners/Officers/Agents
Associated Businesses
State of Virginia, Entity Search
1: S225174-4 QUANTITATIVE ANALYTICS, LLC
WEB#303 CIS 06/06/09
TCP00104 LLCM3220 LLC DATA INQUIRY 10:03:37
LLC ID: - 4 STATUS: 00 ACTIVE STATUS DATE: 06/01/07
LLC NAME:
DATE OF FILING: 06/01/2007 PERIOD OF DURATION: INDUSTRY CODE: 00
STATE OF FILING: VA VIRGINIA MERGER INDICATOR:
CONVERSION/DOMESTICATION INDICATOR:
P R I N C I P A L O F F I C E A D D R E S S
STREET: 26 FRANCIS CT
CITY: STAFFORD STATE: VA ZIP: 22554-0000
R E G I S T E R E D A G E N T I N F O R M A T I O N
R/A NAME: CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY
STREET: 11 S 12TH ST
PO BOX 1463
CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23218-0000
R/A STATUS: 5 ENTITY AUTHORIZ EFF DATE: 06/01/07 LOC: 216 RICHMOND CITY
YEAR FEES PENALTY INTEREST BALANCE
08 50.00
Currently, information pertaining to the names of the members is not available online
http://www.scc.virginia.gov/clk/files/cismanual.pdf, page 37
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So according to this, TD Bank, also owns TD Ameritrade
http://financialsector.blogspot.com/2009/05/td-bank-q2-2009-earnings.html
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-24-2001/0001638989&EDATE=
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More dd on Stafford:
http://www.chicagoiplitigation.com/tags/stafford-trading/
Stafford Trading, Inc. v. Lovely, No. 05 C 4868, 2007 WL 1512417 (N.D. Ill. May 21, 2007) (Coar, J.).
"...The material fact that Stafford allegedly failed to disclose was the opinion that Stafford owned the RIVAS electronic options trading platform outright.
"
http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/News-opinion-and-commentary/Acquisition-takes-Goepel-into-financial-planning-Ballard-rally-loses-power-as-targets-cut.html
TD Securities buys into equity options sector
Article Abstract:
TD Securities Inc. has acquired the equity options business of Stafford Trading Inc. and all of Letco, two Chicago-based dealers, for up to $430 million
(U.S.).
author: Zehr, Leonard
Publisher: Bell Globemedia Interactive
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2001
Foreign operations, TD Securities Inc., Stafford Trading Inc., Letco Inc.
John S. Stafford III
Director, Xencor
http://www.xencor.com/company.html
Between 1996 and 2001, Mr. Stafford was a Managing Director of Stafford Trading, Inc., a business primarily involved in proprietary trading operations and
venture capital investments. The company, headquartered in Chicago, operated a successful specialist and market making business and conducted proprietary
trading in equities, futures and fixed income products. Mr. Stafford's venture capital activities consisted of investments in over 40 companies, and he is a
Board Member on several of these companies, including Clinical Micro Sensors, Inc., Xencor and All Optical Networks, Inc. At the end of 2001, the Company was
purchased by TD Options, LLC and Mr. Stafford became Chief Executive Officer of Ronin Capital, LLC, a registered broker dealer with proprietary trading
operations encompassing equity, fixed income and derivative securities. The Company is a Member of The Chicago Board Options Exchange, The Chicago Board of
Trade, The Chicago Mercantile Exchange and other U.S. principal exchanges. Mr. Stafford attended The University of Chicago
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:s-dKGTCAlpcJ:siegeldatamgmt.com/Site/_Media/siegel_cv_complete_200708.pdf+STAFFORD+TRADING,+INC&cd=37&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
David Siegel
Senior Systems Designer/Developer at Stafford Trading
Firm name: Stafford Trading Europe Limited
Address:
71 Fenchurch Street
London
EC3M 4BR
Phone: 020 74886000
Fax: 020 74886001
Email: N/A
Website: N/A
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Software Options: There was a Software Options Inc., mentioned in the December 2007, financial statement for Spooz Inc., on page 7.
"...On July 26, 2006, Spooz filed suite against SOI (Spooz Inc. v Software Options Inc.; The Circuit Court of Cook County case No. 06 L 050600). Spooz sued
SOI In Replevin claiming the underlying source code belonged to Spooz. The Court dismissed the suit as the Software License Agreement contained an
"Arbitration Clause" and the judge ruled that such clause attached to a case In Replevin. Spooz and SOI exchanged a number of proposed Settlement Agreements
in late 2006 and early 2007. Spooz received no response from SOI to its last proposal and Spooz's attorney has been unable to receive a response from SOI's
attorney. Because of the expense that would be incurred, Spooz has decided not to pursue SOI."
State of Illinois, Secretary of State
Entity Name SOFTWARE OPTIONS, INC. File Number 56526129
Status ACTIVE
Entity Type CORPORATION Type of Corp DOMESTIC BCA
Incorporation Date (Domestic) 09/09/1991 State ILLINOIS
Agent Name CATHERINE A CULLEN Agent Change Date 09/15/2008
Agent Street Address 4860 N PAULINA AVENUE President Name & Address CATHY CULLEN 4860 N PAULINA AVE CHICAGO 60640
Agent City CHICAGO Secretary Name & Address CATHY CULLEN 4860 N PAULINA AVE CHICAGO 60640
Agent Zip 60640 Duration Date PERPETUAL
Annual Report Filing Date 08/05/2008 For Year 2008
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http://www.softwareoptions.com/overview.htm
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Wheaton, IL
CULLEN, CATHY
(PRESIDENT)
LEAVITT, IRA D
(AGENT)
DUNLOP, RICHARD M
(AGENT)
DUNLOP, RICHARD M
(SECRETARY)
DUNLOP, RICHARD M
(PRESIDENT)
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