Mr. Livingston has been working on emerging technologies at Wall Street firms for 25 years and has specialized in nanotechnologies since 2002. Mr. Livingston has been called "sharp and highly connected" by the Forbes Wolfe Nanotechnology Report (July 1, 2005) and has been a keynote speaker on advanced technology investment trends in more than 30 states across America, including at MIT, the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), Brookhaven National Labs, Rice University Center for Nanotechnology, the Lawrence Berkeley Labs, Albany Nanotech, the President's National Economic Council, numerous US congressional committees. In addition, the "Livingston Nanotechnology Conference," is Wall Street's largest and longest running annual nanotechnology investor conference, now in its 10th year.

Mr. Livingston has often been called "the King of Nanotechnology on Wall Street" and Livingston Securities was founded to change the way that innovation is financed on Wall Street and to connect people with their local innovation economy.