Mark D. Herman, Principal
Equity Trader

Mark joined TAMRO in June 2007 and brings with him a strong understanding of equity markets. He is responsible for the firm’s trade execution strategies and settlement processes. He manages the best execution process through the implementation of electronic trading and effective management of brokerage relationships.

Previously, Mark was the Head Trader for Direct Institutional Trading with Knight Capital where he traded for clients, using the firm’s electronic DMA trading platform. He also was responsible for developing and testing Alternative Trading Strategies and Dark Pools. Prior to that, Mark spent eight years as the Head of Institutional Equity Trading at Wm. Smith Securities. He also has buy-side trading experience from O’Connor/Swiss Bank, along with derivatives trading experience on the OTC F/X trading desk at Banque Nationale de Paris. He has a B.S. in Economics from the University of South Florida and a M.S. in Finance from Colorado State University.