Board Of Directors

Donato A. Montanaro, Jr. (Don)Chairman & CEO

Recognized as a pioneer in electronic trading, Don was Founder and President of SureTrade, Inc., an NASD member brokerage firm and a subsidiary of Quick & Reilly. Under his leadership, SureTrade became profitable in 13 months and grew to be the 8th largest online brokerage firm worldwide. As special consultant to the American Stock Exchange (2002 - 2005), Don also conceived an innovative option product, the Fixed Return Option, which began trading on the Amex in May of 2008. Don earned his J.D. from The Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.

Henry Duques (Ric)Former CEO, First Data Corporation
Current Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, Unisys Corporation

Ric Duques is one of the financial services industry's most distinguished leaders, having served in a number of senior corporate and board leadership roles at firms including First Data Corporation, ADP, NYCE Corporation and MasterCard International. Early in his career, Ric served as Group President for Automatic Data Processing. He later moved to American Express Corporation where he expanded its Information Services Group, which became First Data Corporation (FDC). In 1992-93, American Express divested FDC in a $3 billion spin off with Ric as its CEO. Under his leadership, FDC's value grew to over $30 billion before spinning off its Western Union division and then selling the rest to KKR in September 2007 in a $29 billion private equity deal. His past board experience includes Automatic Data Processing, MasterCard International, Checkfree Corporation, NYCE Corporation and SunGard Data Systems. In addition to his role as a TradeKing Board member, Ric serves as non-executive Chairman of the Board for Unisys Corporation and a member of the Board of Trustess for The George Washington University.

Michael BrownGeneral Partner, Battery Ventures

Michael Brown is a General Partner at Battery Ventures. Since joining Battery Ventures in 1998, Mr. Brown has made, or managed, a number of investments in the areas of financial services technology, enterprise software and business services. Mr. Brown currently serves on the Board of Directors of Fingerhut Direct Marketing, a privately held database marketing company, MRU Holdings, a publicly traded specialty finance company focused on the educational loan market, and OutlookSoft Corporation, a privately held company providing web-based business performance management solutions. In addition, he has been actively involved with Battery's investments in ChemConnect, The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (acquired by Euronext) and Pedestal, Inc. From 1996 to 1998, Michael was a member of the High Technology Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he worked on a variety of debt and equity financings and merger and acquisition assignments. Prior to joining the High Technology Group, he was a Financial Analyst within Goldman's Financial Institutions Group between 1994 and 1996. Mr. Brown graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a dual B.S. in Finance and International Business.

Brian O'MalleyPrincipal, Battery Ventures

Brian is a Senior Associate at Battery Ventures, focusing his efforts on consumer internet and digital media investments. Before entering the venture world, Brian worked at several successful startups, including Bowstreet, Inc. (acquired by NYSE: IBM), Matrics, Inc. (acquired by NYSE: SBL) and Compoze Software (acquired by NASD: BEAS). Earlier in his career, Brian was at Ernst & Young's Center for Business Innovation and Motorola Computer Group. He received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, Brian mentors students in UC Berkeley's Center for Entrepreneurship Studies and is a judge in Wharton's Business Plan Competition.

Peter A. IanelloPartner / Co-Founder, OCA Ventures

Peter is a Partner and a Co-Founder of OCA Ventures and is the treasurer for the O'Connor Partners Investment Office. From 1995 to 1997, Peter was the President and Chief Executive Officer of SBC Capital Markets, Inc., the broker-dealer subsidiary of Swiss Bank Corporation. From 1979 until 1997, Peter was a General Partner and Member of the Executive Committee of O'Connor & Associates. Prior positions include Vice President of First Options of Chicago, Director of Surveillance for Chicago Board Options Exchange, Surveillance for the New York Stock Exchange, and the research department of Loeb Rhodes & Co. Peter received a B.A. from Mount St. Mary's College in 1970. In addition, he is a Member of the Board of Trustees of Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart located in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Guy GibsonChairman, United Western Bancorp

Guy is currently Chairman of United Western Bancorp, Inc. (formerly known as Matrix Bancorp, Inc.) of Denver, Colorado (NASD: UWBK), having returned to an active role with the firm in 2005. He is also the founder and has served as Chairman of G2 Holding Corp. since 2002. G2 owned and controlled Legent Clearing LLC, a securities clearing firm, until its sale in 2005.

Guy originally founded United Western Bancorp in 1993. He served as the President and CEO of United Western Bancorp from 1993 through 2002. During that time period, Guy was responsible for strategic direction and determining what new product and business lines to add to the United Western Bancorp consolidated group. He also was one of the original founders of Matrix Financial Services Corporation (a national mortgage bank) and served as its Chairman from 1990 through 2002. He has extensive mergers and acquisition experience as well as material experience in integrating new acquisitions as a result of the numerous acquisitions made by United Western Bancorp during his initial tenure in active management for the company. Prior to founding United Western Bancorp, Guy held the position of Account Executive with the investment banking firms of PaineWebber from 1987 to 1989 and Lincoln Financial Group, a Denver-based mortgage serving brokerage firm, from 1989 to 1990. He received a B.S. in Finance from Bowling Green State University.

Richard J. Hagen, Jr.President & COO

Richard J. Hagen has served as President and COO of TradeKing since 2006. In this role, Rich plays a key role managing the firm's business strategy, technology, marketing, customer service, and compliance directives. Rich is an online brokerage veteran with experience dating back to the 1990s. Prior to co-founding TradeKing, Rich led H&R Block's online brokerage strategy and the integration of the company's online channel with its traditional branch office-based business model. Prior to H&R Block, Rich served as vice president at Foliofn and was in charge of its retail brokerage division. Rich also served as president of SureTrade, where he was responsible for the firm's operations and strategy. During that time, he lent his expertise to numerous committees and action groups within Fleet Financial, SureTrade's parent company, in developing Fleet's overall Internet strategy. Rich holds a B.A. in business and marketing from Southampton College.

Philip ClaxtonChief Financial Officer

Phil was Senior Manager of Planning and Analysis at E*TRADE. He also served as Vice President of Global Internet Strategy for Fleet Financial Services, Inc., Vice President of Strategy for Quick & Reilly Group and Vice President and CFO for SureTrade.

Thomas A. DesmondChief Growth Officer

Prior to joining TradeKing, Tom was a Co-Founder, Partner and Managing Director of Baird Venture Partners, LLC, a venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL. Prior to Baird Venture Partners, Tom served as a Vice President in Robert W. Baird & Co.'s Investment Banking Group. Tom was also a Senior Product Manager and Senior Analyst at Morningstar, Inc. and an Associate in Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s Investment Banking Division. Tom earned an M.B.A. with distinction from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and M.A. with high honors from Michigan State University and a B.A., cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame.