Mark Gurliacci is a Senior Vice President and Global Head of Systematic Execution Services at AB, responsible for all algorithmic trading strategies and quantitative analysis for the Global Equities trading desks. He manages STAR, the firm's proprietary algo wheel, which systematically executes 90% of the firm's orders across all the global equity trading blotters. Gurliacci is Chair of the firm's Automated Trading Oversight Committee and is a member of the Best Execution, Liquidity Risk and Swing Pricing Committees. Prior to joining AB, he was a vice president in the Securities Division at Goldman Sachs, where he published trading cost research, performed comprehensive trading cost analysis for the firm's institutional clients and advised clients on optimal trading strategies. Before that, Gurliacci was co-head of the Strategic Market Analysis Division of the New York Stock Exchange, with responsibility for the exchange's trading analytics and competitive analysis. While at AB, the equity trading team was recognized with five Markets Choice Awards for Best Buy Side Equity Trading Desk,  and in 2024, Gurliacci was individually recognized with the Excellence in Equity Trading award.