Mr. Murphy brings over twenty-eight years of trading, sales, and management experience in convertible securities to Wedbush. Most recently he was Senior Vice President of Convertible Securities at Jefferies. Prior to that, Tom was Head of Convertible Securities at Raymond James for two years and Executive Director of Convertible Trading at UBS for nine years. Tom began his career at Lehman Brothers, where he spent fifteen years in convertibles trading in both New York and London, rising to Head of U.S. Convertible Trading during his last five years there.

Mr. Felgner is Managing Director, ETF Trading at Wedbush Securities and has 15 years of industry experience. Prior to Wedbush, Mr. Felgner was with Morgan Stanley Investment Management, FrontPoint Partners, Bank of America Securities and Lehman Brothers. He holds his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Duke University and his MBA in Finance from Duke University.

Mr. Mack has over fifteen years of experience in the equity options market. He began his career as an options market maker on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and Pacific Stock Exchange (PCE) for O’Connor & Associates. From there, he worked on the equity options desks of Swiss Bank and UBS where he focused on hedge fund clients. Before joining Wedbush Securities, John spent six years trading equity options for Balyasny Asset Management in New York and Palmyra Capital Advisors in Los Angeles.

Mr. Butler brings 17 years of options trading experience to Wedbush. Prior to joining Wedbush, Mr. Butler was an Option Sales Trader for 2 years at FBR. He began his career at Furman Selz where he spent 3 years on the options desk and from there moved to Bank of America where he was an Options Sales Trader. Mr. Butler has also spent time with KBC Financial Products, Susquehanna and Capstone Global Advisors. Mr. Butler holds his Bachelors degree from Keuka College.

Mr. Brown has over 30 years of industry experience and was most recently Managing Director at Ballista Securities, LLC. Prior to Ballista, Mr. Brown was Director of Derivative Sales at Societe Generale. He has also spent time with Lehman Brothers, Paine Webber and Company, Lighthouse Financial Group, LLC, and Morgan Stanley. He began his career on the American Stock Exchange with Isreal A. Englander & Co.

Mr. Cassol is a 20-year veteran of stock and options trading and was most recently Senior Vice President of Listed Options Trading at FBR before joining Wedbush. Prior to FBR, Mr. Cassol was Director of Listed Options Trading at Society General. His career in options trading began at O'Connor & Associates, a pioneer in equity derivatives which was later purchased by UBS. Over the course of his 15-year tenure with the firm, he rose to Executive Director and also served as Head of U.S. Single Stock Option Trading. Mr. Cassol holds his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Parks has 7 years of industry experience and specializes in origination, convertible bonds, distressed debt, and corporate restructuring. Most recently, Mr. Parks was an Associate with BCP Securities focusing on emerging market high yield sales and trading. Prior to that, Mr. Parks was a Senior Consultant with FTI’s Corporate Restructuring Group, and an Associate with Barclays Capital. Mr. Parks began his career as an Analyst with Saybook Capital within their Investment Banking division. He holds his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Spanish from the University of San Diego and his MBA in Finance from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.