The Principals

Eric Van Standifer, President

Mr. Standifer has over 25 years of experience in trading and managing various products and services in the brokerage business. Prior to forming Robert Van Securities, Inc. in 1991, he worked as a broker for Merrill Lynch and Sutro & Co. Mr. Standifer is a Certified Public Accountant, a General Securities Principal, Registered Municipal Principal, Registered Options Principal, Registered Investment Advisor, Registered Representative, and licensed Life Agent. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Manhattan College.

Timothy O’Brien, Executive Vice President – Sales & Trading

Mr. O’Brien has over 24 years of experience in the sales, trading execution, and clearing of domestic equity and taxable fixed income products. Prior to joining Robert Van Securities in 1992, he was an assistant vice president for Sutro & Company and Dean Witter Reynolds, where he worked on BIS (Branch Institutional Sales) teams. Tim is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, with a B.S. in Social Science/Education.

Steven Singleton, Executive Vice President – Director of Research

Mr. Singleton has over 24 years of experience in developing fundamental, technical, and quantitative models to understand the factors that effect stock price and portfolio performance. Prior to joining Robert Van Securities, he spent 10 years in the financial information services business with Fact Set Research Systems, Interactive Data Corporation, One Source Information Services, and Telekurs North America, selling those services and consulting on applications that require historical, fundamental, expectation and portfolio analysis applications. He is a general securities principal, registered research analyst and investment advisor (NASD Series 7, 24, 63, 65, 86 and 87). Steven holds a B.A. in Mathematics/Economics from Claremont McKenna College (formerly Claremont Men’s College).

Russell Ware, Executive Vice President – Global Trading Platforms

Mr. Ware has over 25 years in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Robert Van Securities, he spent 15 years in San Francisco with Bear Stearns in the private client services group for high-net worth clients. He began his career with Merrill Lynch in 1981. Russell completed undergraduate studies at the University of San Francisco in Economics.

James Atwater, Executive Vice President

Mr. Atwater has over 20 years of experience in institutional sales and trading. He started his career at Salomon Brothers in 1985. Mr. Atwater managed the New York Branch of KeyBanc Capital Markets and the Total Rate of Return Fixed Income Group for Ryan Beck & Co. Mr. Atwater holds an MBA with concentration in Business Economics, Financial Management, and International Business from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Finance from Georgetown University. He manages the New York office, along with investment banking, and national sales.

Compliance & Operations

Richard Hanley, Sr. Vice President – Compliance

Mr. Hanley has over 28 years experience as a compliance officer. He has served as Director of Compliance for NYFIX Millenium, Laid Law Adams & Peck, Direct Brokerage, Ladenburg and Thalmann & Company. Mr. Hanley holds the NYSE Series 14 Compliance Official; NASD Series 8 (9/10) Branch Office Manager; Series 24 General Principal; Series 4 Registered Option Principal; Series 7 Registered Representative; Series 63 Agent; SIA Compliance & Legal Division; National Society of Compliance Professionals. Mr. Hanley holds his Associates and Business degrees from Suffolk Community College.

Alex Ciulla, Sr. Vice President – FinOp

Mr. Ciulla has 25 years of industry experience in operations, including all phases of back office functions. Mr. Ciulla has a strong background in equity and fixed income products. Mr. Ciulla plays an integral part in guiding the firm through FINRA examinations and financial reporting.

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