James O’Day is a Managing Director and is Director of Equities at JMP Securities. James is a member of the firm’s executive committee.

James previously served as JMP’s head of institutional sales. Prior to joining JMP, James was a structured credit trader at CypressTree Investments.

James holds a BA from Northeastern University.

Brendan Byrne is a Managing Director and is head of institutional sales at JMP Securities.

Prior to joining JMP, Brendan worked in institutional sales at Credit Suisse Securities, SunTrust Robinson Humphry, and Vertical Research Partners.

Brendan holds an MBA from Bentley University’s McCallum Graduate School of Business and a BA from Harvard University, where he was a member of the men’s varsity baseball and ice hockey teams.

John Pitarresi is a Managing Director and is co-head of trading at JMP Securities.

Aidan Whitehead is a Managing Director and is co-head of trading at JMP Securities.

Prior to joining JMP, Aidan was head of listed trading at ThinkEquity partners. He has also served as a Director and position trader at SG Cowen Securities and a Principal and position trader at Robertson Stephens during his career.

Scott Margolis is a Managing Director and is Director of Convertible Sales and Trading.

Prior to joining JMP, Scott was a Managing Director at Piper Jaffray, where he traded convertible bonds and hybrid securities and provided institutional sales coverage as a senior member of the Fixed Income Services group. He was previously Head of Convertible Securities at Gleacher & Company, a Managing Director in equity-linked products at Weeden & Co. and a Managing Director in structured equity products at Bear Stearns & Co. Earlier in his career, Scott had convertible and derivative securities roles at Credit Suisse First Boston Corp., UBS Securities and Lehman Brothers. Before making the transition to finance, Scott was a senior administrator at The New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center.

Scott holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a BA from University of Connecticut.

Dave Ciruli is a Managing Director in institutional sales.

Steve Frankel is a Managing Director in institutional sales.

Prior to joining JMP, Steve was in institutional sales for seven years at Piper Jafray & Co. He previously served as an equity salesperson at Fulcrum Global Partners, C.E. Unterberg, Towbin and Merrill Lynch.

Steve holds a BA from Lehigh University.

John Curley, Jr., is a is a Managing Director in sales trading.

Prior to joining JMP, John held institutional sales trading roles at firms including RBC Capital Markets, Merrill Lynch, and Herzog, Heine & Geduld. He began his Wall Street career as an assistant position trader at Kidder Peabody.

John holds a BA in finance from Stonehill College.

Tyson Ester is a Managing Director in institutional sales.

Prior to joining JMP, Tyson spent six years at Soleil Securities, preceded by three years at Dougherty & Company.

Tyson holds a BA from Luther College in Iowa, where he was a member of the men’s soccer team, receiving recognition on the Verizon Academic All-America Team.

Steve Haynes is a Managing Director in Institutional Sales.

Prior to making the transition to institutional sales in 2004, Steve spent four years in JMP’s investment banking group with a focus on real estate. Prior to joining JMP, Steve worked in the investment banking department at Peacock, Hislop, Staley & Given for two years. Steve began his finance career in the research department at Jefferies & Co.

Steve holds an MBA from the University of San Francisco and a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Jen Kurila is a is a Managing Director in sales trading.

Todd Leone is a Managing Director in trading.

Simon Manning is a Managing Director with a specific focus on equity options and other equity-linked securities.

Michael Pascarella is a Managing Director in institutional sales.

Paul Paskalides is a is a Managing Director in sales trading.

Jake Rothenberg is a Managing Director in institutional sales.

Prior to joining JMP, Jake was a Managing Director at Schwab SoundView Capital Markets, where he had served as an institutional salesperson since 1998. From 1996 until 1998, Jake worked in institutional sales at Hambrecht & Quist.

Jake holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Tyler Stoviak is a Managing Director in institutional sales and leads JMP Securities’ family office group.

Prior to joining JMP, Tyler was a Director at Simon Quick Advisors, a wealth management firm serving affluent families, business owners, and executives. He was previously a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch, after working as a credit analyst at Firstrust Bank. Tyler began his career at T. Rowe Price as a portfolio accountant.

Tyler holds a BA in finance from Syracuse University, where he played men’s soccer and was a four-time Big East Academic All-Star.