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Joshua Burstein
Co-Founder
Joshua Burstein is a rising Freshman and student-athlete at Kenyon College, where he will be focusing on applied mathematics and statistics (pre-engineering) and is a member of the baseball team. He also is a member of the Kenyon STEM Scholars Program and has received the Kenyon Excellence Award.
Joshua graduated Cum Laude from the Landon School in Bethesda, MD in 2026 with a 4.0 GPA, and received the Robert Long award for excellence in Math. He also received Honor Roll I (highest honors) in each semester in high school. Joshua was a 4-year Varsity starter at catcher for the Landon baseball team as well as a member of the Varsity indoor track and field team.
Joshua also enjoys skiing and is a former alpine ski racer, having received multiple ski racing awards and honors, and is an avid golfer.
Zachary Burstein
Co-Founder
Zachary Burstein is a rising Freshman and student-athlete at Bates College, where he will be focusing on business and economics and is a member of the baseball team.
Zachary graduated from the Landon School in Bethesda, MD in 2026 where he received highest honors (Honor Roll I and Honor Roll II) in each semester in high school. He was a member of the Landon Varsity baseball team, setting several records for stolen bases, as well as a member of the Varsity indoor track and field team.
Zachary also enjoys skiing and is a former alpine ski racer, having received multiple awards and honors, and is an avid golfer.
Ari Burstein
President and CEO
Ari Burstein is General Counsel and Chief Policy Officer of Imperative Execution, which he joined in July 2021, and where he is responsible for legal, regulatory and policy issues impacting Imperative Execution and the IntelligentCross ATS.
Prior to joining Imperative Execution, Mr. Burstein was President of Capital Markets Strategies, representing investment advisers, broker-dealers, hedge funds, securities exchanges and trade associations before regulators and policymakers, in the U.S. and globally, and providing advice on trading, best execution, and capital markets issues.
Prior to starting Capital Markets Strategies, Mr. Burstein was Head of US Regulatory Affairs for Kreab, a leading global consulting firm. He also was Senior Counsel for capital markets issues for the Investment Company Institute (ICI) and ICI Global, the global trade associations for the regulated fund industry. Prior to joining ICI, Mr. Burstein was an attorney in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management from 1997 to 1998 and the Division of Market Regulation from 1992 to 1997.