Dick Green
CEO and Chairman
Authors the Big Picture column.
Dick Green has been a leader in market analysis for over 25 years. In 2005, Smart Money Magazine named him a top market mover on their annual Power 30 list. Both Barron's and Forbes named Briefing.com a top site for market analysis in 2004. Dick founded Briefing.com in 1992 and has since grown the company to over 50 employees with offices in Boston, Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to Briefing.com, Dick was President of MMS International. He joined the company after graduating from Harvard in 1979 and over the next 13 years he grew the company to $45 million in revenue with 160 employees in 23 offices worldwide. Dick is based out of Chicago and can be reached at dgreen@briefing.com.

Damon Southward
Chief Market Strategist
Manages team of Fundamental, Technical & Special Situations Analysts
Since 1996, Damon has provided analysis and color over the Briefing.com platform. He currently manages a team of more than two dozen analysts working across the Platinum, Institutional and BriefingTrader^® products. Damon is a graduate of Stanford University and is located in Chicago. He can be reached at dsouthward@briefing.com.

Jim Schroeder
Technical Analyst
Provides Technical Analysis of Individual Equities and Market Indices.
In his pre-market The Technical Take column, Jim identifies key resistance and support levels for the major market indices as well as providing his opinion on how short-term sentiment and technicals will play into the near-term direction of the markets. His analysis also appears on the Trader and Live In Play pages. After 13 years with MMS International covering both the Equity and Treasury markets, Jim joined Briefing.com in early 2000. A graduate of  Illinois Institute of Technology, he is located in Chicago and may be reached at jschroeder@briefing.com.

Scott Smith
Technical Analyst
Provides technical analysis of equities and market indices.
Scott identifies technical trading opportunities setting up intraday for the Trader and Live In Play pages. He also authors the post-market column Swing Trader as well as the TA Page. He recently passed Level 3 of the Charted Market Technician exam and is awaiting sponsorship as a member of the Market Technicians Association. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame, Scott began reading charts as a clerk on the floor of the NYSE and at the OTC trade desk at Spear, Leeds & Kellogg. He is located in Chicago and can be reached at ssmith@briefing.com.

Jim Busch
Senior Analyst, Manager of Live In Play^®
Specializes in identifying intraday trading opportunities for Trader and Live In Play.
In addition to managing the In Play page, Jim spends his time screening for trading opportunities using both fundamental and technical analysis. He particularly focuses on screening for promising small-cap growth stocks as well as intraday technical set-ups. He joined Briefing.com in late 2001 after working for 3 years at CCBN and Pioneer Group, and has degrees from The College of William & Mary and the London School of Economics. He is located in Chicago and may be reached at jbusch@briefing.com.

Robert J. Reid
Equity Analyst
Provides analysis for the Small-Cap Profile column and contributes to Trader and Live In Play.
Robert is frequently quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Dow Jones and has appeared on Bloomberg TV. He joined Briefing.com in 2000 after two years of contributing to a research team ranked number one by Institutional Investor Magazine at Salomon Smith Barney as well as spending time on the Buy-side at Irmco Asset Management. Robert is a graduate of  Indiana University and may be reached at rreid@briefing.com.

Beth Malloy
Bond Market Analyst
Provides fixed-income analysis on the Bond Market Update and Bond Column pages.
Prior to joining Briefing.com in 2003, Beth worked at Prudential Securities where she wrote bond market commentary for clients. She has also worked at Bankers Trust, Smith Barney, Carr Futures, and Drexel Burnham Lambert where she provided analysis for clients and facilitated trades. Beth is located in Chicago and can be reached at bmalloy@briefing.com.

Gavin Maguire
Equity Analyst
Provides commentary to Briefing.com's calendars as well as Trader and Live In Play.
Gavin joined Briefing.com in 2003 after four years in the industry working at Zacks Investment Research and TradingMarkets.com. He graduated from the University of Scranton, PA in 1995 and can be reached in the Chicago office at gmaguire@briefing.com.

Chris Borgmeyer, CFA
Sr. Options Analyst, Asst. Mgr. Live In Play
Searches for intraday trading opportunities while monitoring the options market for notable activity and changing sentiment.
Chris keeps tabs on insider trading activity to identify notable trading and sentiment that may not be readily observed in the underlying stocks. He came to Briefing.com from the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange where he was an equity options Market Maker for an independent trading firm. He graduated with a degree in Finance from the University of Nebraska. Chris is located in Chicago and may be reached at cborgmeyer@briefing.com.

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