Robert Virgilio serves as the Chief Compliance Officer of Blue Ocean ATS, LLC, bringing over 25 years of experience managing compliance frameworks for global financial services organizations. He possesses deep expertise in evolving market regulatory structures, U.S. and non-U.S. institutional trading, and the specific supervisory controls required for electronic and algorithmic broker-dealers.

Prior to joining Blue Ocean, Mr. Virgilio held senior leadership positions at ICBC Financial Services and KPMG LLP’s Advisory division. He previously spent over 15 years at BNY ConvergEx, where he led complex regulatory projects, including securing SEC approval for multiple Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs). His career began at the regulatory level as a Supervising Senior Examiner at the New York Stock Exchange, followed by compliance roles at Cowen and Company and Nikko Securities.

Mr. Virgilio holds a Bachelor of Science from Niagara University and an MBA from St. John’s University. He is a past member of the SIFMA Self-Regulation and Supervisory Practices Committee and the NYSE Market Compliance Advisory Committee. He holds a comprehensive suite of FINRA licenses, including the Series 4, 7, 9/10, 14, 24, and 57.