Mr. Godsell works on strategy, risk management, and compliance projects facing financial institutions, including banks, swap dealers, futures commission merchants, and investment companies. He has helped a variety of derivatives firms comply with Commodity Futures Trading Commission and National Futures Association requirements, including swap data reporting and swap dealer and futures commission merchant registration. His responsibilities include researching regulatory developments, performing data analysis, and reviewing and preparing client policies and procedures and other deliverables.

Prior to Patomak, Mr. Godsell was a research assistant at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, conducting quantitative and qualitative research and analysis for publication alongside scholars on the development and effects of specific legislation and regulation.

Mr. Godsell received his M.A. in economics from George Mason University and his B.A. in economics and German from Hillsdale College.