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About The Authors
This report has been compiled and issued by ComTech Advisory in association with ETR Advisory and
sponsored by TriOptima.

Aviv Handler
Mr. Handler is the Managing Director of ETR Advisory, a specialist consulting company focused
entirely on Energy Trading regulation. He specializes in energy regulation and the IT systems and
platforms required for compliance. He gained this after spending several years in the field, setting up
the European Compliance Centre of Excellence at SunGard prior to founding ETR. He has also been
involved in banking regulation.
He has 20 years of experience in energy trading, credit, risk and financial technology. He has
delivered a series of trading, credit and risk solutions to a wide variety of oil majors, power and gas
companies and investment banks.
The last 12 years have been focused on the commodity trading markets, the majority of which was
spent running Coherence Consulting, which specialized in credit risk within the energy markets as
well as CTRM systems and implementations and compliance. Coherence’s team delivered a number
of solutions to a variety of global and local clients under his leadership, spanning oil majors, gas and
power trading companies and CTRM software houses. Coherence was ultimately absorbed by Sirius
Solutions, where he ran the European region.
Prior to forming his business, Mr. Handler led product strategy for KWI, an ETRM vendor whose
system, KW 3000, was widely used in Europe and North America.
Mr. Handler also spent several years in capital markets technology, specializing in compliance, risk
and financial messaging. He was one of the original members of the FpML initiative, a standard that
is now in scope for Energy regulation alongside others such as CpML.
Mr. Handler speaks regularly at conferences, and has written a large number of articles on
regulation, credit and commodity trading, as well as financial messaging. His blog at
http://www.energytradingregulation.com is being increasingly used as a primary resource for
information about the state of the regulation space.
Mr. Handler holds a degree in computer science from Imperial College, University of London.

Dr. Gary M. Vasey
Dr. Vasey is an industry expert noted for his analysis, consulting, marketing, and branding skills. With
over 29-years’ experience in the energy and commodities trading industry, Gary has experienced the
industry’s volatility as an executive of a trading firm, geologist, consultant, software developer,
analyst, and marketing practitioner, providing him with unique insights, not just into the entire value
chain, but also into how to position, brand, and deliver products and services to the industry.
He is a noted expert on the commodity trading, transaction and risk management software industry
and an accomplished industry analyst and thought leader.
Gary has published more than 200 articles on energy and commodities industry trends in a variety of
publications, is a regular speaker at industry conferences, and is the co-author of the books Trends in
Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software – A Primer and Selecting and

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