Billy graduated from The Ohio State University in 1992 with a degree in Economics. He first started at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as a clerk for a small trading firm. Within 6 months, he had become an independent floor trader and commodities broker in the lean hog futures and option pits, where he worked for the next 27 years.

In 1997, Billy Started the floor brokerage firm PoloTrading, which had brokers in both the dairy and lean hog futures and options pits. The company specialized in producer and commercial options trading, advising, and developing option strategies to maximize outcomes in the marketplace. Billy continues to give his expert advice in options trading and strategies to help ensure that Partners for Production Agriculture clients are optimizing the best hedging opportunities.

He currently lives in a northern suburb of Chicago with his wife of 25 years, Melissa, and two children, Matthew and Katey. In his free time, Billy enjoys biking, skiing, and hockey, which he both plays and coaches.