New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/05/2011 -- Speed traders have been called many things, from masters of the universe and market pioneers to exploiters, computer geeks, and even predators. The only term that hasn’t been used to describe them is Lady Gagas, well, until now. The Dallas Morning News (http://www.dallasnews.com/business/columnists/jim-landers/20111003-high-frequency-traders-push-boundaries--and-market-volatility.ece) just quoted Edgar Perez, author, The Speed Traders, using the term to refer to high-frequency traders.

With the famously outrageous outfits, Lady Gaga is proving to be one of fashion's most daring new icons, and now the subject of a Harvard Business School business case. Similarly, with their cutting-edge techniques and extensive leverage of technology, speed traders might as well be called the Lady Gagas of the finance world. Perez says: "they’re pushing the boundaries, developing new systems, riding the revolution in technology."

Perez will keynote 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), October 3-5. Some of the world's most influential practitioners and experts in high frequency trading will cover the issues that matter the most to the industry:

• One Year after the Flash Crash: Lessons Learned

• Profitably Running a High Frequency Trading Operation in 2011 and Beyond

• Technology Infrastructure to Enable Ultra High Frequency Trading

• High Frequency Trading Regulatory Overview in U.S., Europe and Asia

• Avoiding High Frequency Trading Landmines in New Asset Classes

• The Future and Challenges of High Frequency Trading

Mr. Perez is widely regarded as the pre-eminent networker in the specialized area of high-frequency trading. He has been featured on CNBC Cash Flow with Oriel Morrison (http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=2023403523), BNN Business Day with Kim Parlee (http://watch.bnn.ca/business-day/august-2011/business-day-august-19-2011/#clip519647), TheStreet.com with Gregg Greenberg (http://www.thestreet.com/video/11144274/high-frequency-traders-not-the-enemy.html), Channel NewsAsia Cent & Sensibilities with Lin Xue Ling, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News, Los Angeles Times, iMoney Hong Kong, Hedge Fund Brief, Oriental Daily News Hong Kong, and more. He has been engaged as speaker at Harvard Business School’s 17th Annual Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference, High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 (New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Singapore), CFA Singapore, Hong Kong Securities Institute, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University (New York), Global Growth Markets Forum (London), Technical Analysis Society (Singapore), Middle East Hedge Funds Investors Summit 2012 (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), among other global forums.

Mr. Perez was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM, and a consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City. Mr. Perez has an undergraduate degree from Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru (1994), a Master of Administration from Universidad ESAN, Lima, Peru (1997) and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, with a dual major in Finance and Management (2002). He belongs to the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. He resides in the New York City area and is an accomplished salsa and hustle dancer.

High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 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. Golden Networking has been frequently featured in the press, including recent articles in The Wall Street Journal, "Happy Hour for High Frequency Trading", The New York Times, "Golden Networking Helps Job Seekers Make Overseas Connections", Los Angeles Times, "Speed-addicted traders dominate today's stock market", Reuters, "Revamp looms as trading experts huddle at SEC" and Columbia Business School's Hermes Alumni Magazine, "10 Under 10".