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James Bibbings: Founder and Chief Executive Officer

James launched Turnkey Trading Partners in 2008 after he completed a successful career as an NFA Supervisor.  James has previously qualified in US Federal Court and has been approved to work on CFTC/SEC receivership matters as an expert witness and consultant.  Highlights of his work within the legal system include advising attorneys for both the MF Global’s class action lawsuit as well as on matters related to the failure of Peregrine Financial Group (“PFG Best”). Mr. Bibbings was also instrumental in assisting class counsel on a variety of matters related to the global forex (FX) price fixing scandal within the international banking sector.  Bibbings is also an expert within the commodity based over-the-counter swaps market and works with several of the derivatives industries largest market participants. He has guided Turnkey to numerous “Best” awards.  In 2022, James used his background and experience to create Turnkey Training, an ongoing education vendor for the Financial Services Industry. In Turnkey Training’s first year of operations roughly 2,500 educational courses were administered cementing Turnkey Training’s place in the educational sector for derivatives firms.  James’ insights and work have been featured in/at the National Introducing Brokers Association, Bloomberg, Reuters, Financial Times, WSJ Market Watch, MSN, Yahoo, FX Satreet, Forex Factory and others. He is a frequent industry speaker and recognized thought leader at both foreign and domestic conferences on a variety of CFTC/NFA related topics.

Charlene Osmanski, Esq.: Vice President of Compliance

Charlene joined Turnkey Trading Partners after being accepted to the Illinois Bar. She previously worked at Turnkey as an intern during her law school tenure. Charlene has also interned at law offices focused on Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property. She has a Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law with a Certificate in Intellectual Property and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Business & Management and Psychology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. During law school, Charlene was a member of the Intellectual Property Legal Society and the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund. While at Rensselaer, she was on the varsity softball team and served as secretary for the Business & Management Honor Society. Charlene has been trained directly by James Bibbings and Susan Osmanski and is one of Turnkey’s strongest compliance professionals. Charlene first began working with Turnkey in June of 2015.

Scott Kruse: Vice President of Accounting

Scott brings a wide range of financial services experience to Turnkey’s Accounting team. He has been actively involved in the accounting and trading operations for Futures Commission Merchants, CME Group Clearing Members, proprietary trading groups, broker dealers, fund accounting, and management companies. With these experiences, Scott has gained expertise in daily, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual regulatory reporting submissions, month-end close processes, GAAP accounting, as well as external, internal and regulatory financial audits. Scott manages a team of six (6) to meet the accounting needs of Turnkey’s clients in both routine book keeping and performance reporting matters. Scott was formerly a licensed CPA in the state of Illinois and holds an accounting degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of business. Scott has been with Turnkey since 2017.

Matthew Anderson: Vice President of Operations

Matt Anderson attended college at Oglethorpe University where he played collegiate baseball. After receiving his BS in business administration he started his career working for Hertz Rental car in Marietta, GA. He decided to return to school and attended Florida Atlantic University (“FAU”) where he earned a masters of science in Economics. While at FAU, Matt interned for FundSeeder and spent time working with Market Wizards author Jack Schwager to identify undiscovered trading talent. While in this role Matt helped to interview traders, worked on marketing campaigns, and helped to successfully roll out FundSeeder’s in person Trader Summit event hosted at FAU’s Trading Room.  Matt originally joined Turnkey in 2019 after being exposed to industry compliance obligations while at FundSeeder. He joined Turnkey as one of the firm’s first employees based out of its Fort Lauderdale office. Anderson has a broad set of skills and assists each of Turnkey’s various departments – accounting, consulting, compliance, and training with special projects. He has also spent time at Turnkey working in operations and is familiar with all facets of company services. Matt regularly interfaces with Turnkey’s Futures Commission Merchant clients and assists with Guaranteed Introducing Broker and Branch Office scheduling and reviews. He has been instrumental in building out the firm’s operational infrastructure and contributes routinely to process improvement.

Brandon Hennington: Accounting Manager

Brandon Hennington is a ProAdvisor and QuickBooks certified. He has received a Bookkeeping specialist certification from the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers (AIPB) and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He previously spent time working for Quattro, a large corporate accounting firm, where he was responsible for the financial reporting of 55 NAPA auto parts stores.  After spending time at Quattro Brandon joined Intuit, the maker of Quickbooks, where he was a specialist in assisting and solving small business accounting issues.  Brandon graduated from the University of West Georgia with a Bachelor’s of Science in Economics. While in school he played Basketball for West Georgia’s DII collegiate team. Brandon also spent time serving the United States in the Navy as an operations specialist. Hennington joined Turnkey in 2021. He is based out of the firm’s Fort Lauderdale location. Since starting at Turnkey Brandon has gained experience independently working with CME clearing members, Introducing Brokers, Commodity Trading Advisors, and Commodity Pool Operators to meet all their respective day to day accounting and reporting needs.

Julia Galunova: Operations Manager

Julia Galunova brings years of experience in operations management, compliance, and business administration to Turnkey. Prior to joining the company, she worked in the transportation and logistics industry, where she focused on operations, accounting, systems management, and regulatory compliance involving both domestic and international freight operations. Her strong analytical and organizational skills contributed to streamlining workflows, improving operational systems, and ensuring compliance with Federal and International freight regulations, providing her with a solid operational foundation in physical commodity movement which helps her to navigate the complexities of the commodity futures industry.

At Turnkey, Julia plays a central role in managing and enhancing operational systems across multiple departments, helping streamline internal processes and supporting the company’s day-to-day operations. She also oversees the Turnkey Training’s administrative processes for its several thousand users. This includes course enrollment, renewal tracking, scheduling, and coordination of training programs including client communication, notifications, and certificate administration. Julia also serves as the primary scheduling coordinator for Turnkey’s outside office review services. She manages logistics and coordination for Turnkey’s staff for more than 150 remote office visits across the continental United States annually.
Julia graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Honors College, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics.

Wendy Kabalen (Formally Jobson): Senior Compliance Consultant

Wendy Kabalen joined Turnkey after working for nearly twelve (12) years in compliance at R.J. O’Brien (“RJO”). RJO is one of the industry’s largest and oldest independent Futures Commissions Merchants (“FCM”). During her tenure at RJO Wendy gained exposure and experience in a wide range of areas.  Wendy worked extensively with RJO’s guaranteed introducing broker (“GIB”) network. In this role she was responsible for GIB onsite reviews, GIB supervision and surveillance, as well as development of certain GIB operational and compliance policies. She assisted GIBs with training obligations and any other general GIB related compliance matter which may have arisen from time to time.  Wendy also worked directly for the FCM in market surveillance. In this role she completed internal trade reconstruction reviews to ensure all aspects of trade processes were being conducted in accordance with applicable CFTC, NFA, and CME member rules. Prior to her work with RJO, Kabalen worked in Customer Care for the U.S. Army Human Resources Command out of Fort Knox, Kentucky.  Wendy has a Bachelors of Science in Psychology and Counseling. She has always had a passion for volunteer and charity work and has committed herself to serving with several high risk and educational youth organizations. Wendy supports Turnkey’s supervision, promotional material review, and trade reconstruction business. She works day to day out of our office in Louisville, KY.

Susan Osmanski – President Emeritus

Susan began working at Turnkey in 2012. She was instrumental in working with James Bibbings (Founder and current CEO) to establish Turnkey’s business model, service offerings, and strong industry reputation.  Prior to joining Turnkey Susan spent more than twenty-five (25) years within the commodity interest industry as a compliance and operations professional.  Her career began in fund management where she was responsible for the administration of eighteen affiliated public and private commodity funds. She spent many years consulting with Rosenthal Collins Group (RCG) and assisting with internal compliance and operational needs within the Futures Commission Merchant. She was able to obtain extensive and diverse experience as an independent consultant for CFTC and NFA member firms over the years.  Highlights of her career include being selected to serve on the Advisory Board for the Commodity Customer Coalition (“CCC”). With her assistance, the CCC was able to help thousands of every day commodity customers recover from both the MF Global and Peregrine Financial Group (“PFG Best”)  FCM collapses.  Susan has been selected as an expert witness, authored a number of articles for industry publications, has participated in numerous conferences as a speaker, and has been asked to be a panel participant on a variety of occasions throughout her career. After twelve years (12) working at Turnkey and more than thirty (30) years working within the industry she retired from day to day consulting at the end of May 2024. Susan remains and will forever be a consultant to Turnkey. Turnkey has given her the title “President Emeritus” out of our deepest appreciation for her years of faithful service to our company, team, and clients.