Chris White is the founder and CEO of ViableMkts & fintech start-up, BondCliQ. Mr. White’s +25-year career in finance has been dedicated to fixed income market evolution and has included roles at MarketAxess, Barclays Capital, and Goldman Sachs. While at Goldman, Mr. White developed the first client-to-dealer dark pool for corporate bond trading (GSessions). BondCliQ developed and launched the first ever consolidated quote system for corporate bonds. Currently, over 45 dealers contribute institutional quotes on an average of 20k bonds a day. In addition, BondCliQ has partnered with BlackRock Aladdin to deliver real-time, attributed dealer markets to their community of >80 asset managers. Mr. White was an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School from 2021 to 2024, and a regular contributor on CNBC.