I help businesses understand the economy, markets, and technology through in-depth research and analysis.
I founded Hillcrest Strategies, an independent research and advisory practice drawing on more than 30 years of experience in finance, entrepreneurship, and capital markets.
On Wall Street, I built algorithmic and program trading businesses and gained firsthand insight into financial technology and market infrastructure.
As a consultant and research writer for TABB Group, I wrote white papers on electronic trading, financial technology, and market structure. My work also includes commissioned writing for Dun & Bradstreet and STAT, brokerage technology consulting, and business presentations.
Today, I help clients understand how economics, policy, and technology reshape industries—and what may come next—through research reports, executive briefings, articles, and presentations.
I also publish The Journeyman newsletter and founded the Journeyman Media Network.
Explore how the economy, markets, policy, and technology affect your business. Bring one question to examine key forces, test assumptions, and identify what to watch. Drawing on 30+ years in finance and commissioned research, I connect analysis to your decisions. Send your question and up to two links 48 hours ahead. Custom research and written deliverables are scoped separately. For business research and education; no personalized investment recommendations.
Understand the business and political networks behind prediction markets. Drawing on my Hillcrest Strategies research and capital markets background, we’ll examine ownership, incentives, media partnerships, and regulatory debates—and what they mean for your work. For journalists, researchers, and business teams. Send one question and up to two links 48 hours ahead. Educational analysis; no betting tips or investment recommendations.
Build a publication with a clear purpose and a practical business model. Drawing on six years of building The Journeyman from scratch and growing it into a media network, I’ll help you work through positioning, audience development, paid offerings, or adding video. Bring one specific challenge and leave with priorities and next steps. Send your publication link and main question 48 hours ahead.