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JOSEPH RAIA is senior vice president of marketing. He has more than 22 years of
experience in the energy and transportation sectors and has held various positions
in oil transportation and trading. Mr. Raia joined the Exchange in 2001 and successfully
lead the marketing effort surrounding the launch of the NYMEX ClearPortsm trading
and clearing platform. In 2004, the system was named New Energy Innovation of
the Year EnergyRisk Magazine.
Immediately prior to joining the Exchange, Mr. Raia was an energy industry
consultant, most recently working for Aquila Energy in Kansas City. Earlier
in his career, Mr. Raia was senior vice president of business development for
JAGfn, a live financial news show, where he was responsible for arranging broadcast
placement contracts with several large broadcast, satellite, and cable companies.
He also served as senior on–air energy analyst/anchor for JAGfn and reported
on equities and commodities in the energy sector on–air several times
per hour, including interviewing chief executive officers, corporate officers,
and financial analysts.
Mr. Raia is a graduate of the New York Maritime Academy and sailed in the U.S.
Merchant Marines, exclusively on oil tankers of all sizes, until 1988 when he
received his U.S. Coast Guard master's license.
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