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Mr. Caris has more than 15 years of Wall Street experience, having held positions in Equity Trading, Equity Research, and Institutional Sales. Mr. Caris began his career at Gruntal and Co. as a proprietary trader where he was one of the top 10 producers at the firm within his second year of joining. When he joined Torrey Pines Securities as Vice President in 1996, he created an institutional sales and equity trading infrastructure that brought the firm national attention as a leading market maker in such securities as Cisco, Dell, Intel, and Microsoft. In 1999, he joined Granite Financial Group as a partner and was responsible for managing and growing Capital Markets. The divisions under his supervision included Institutional Sales, Equity Research, Retail Sales, Equity Trading, Operations, and Compliance. In 2002, Mr. Caris formed Caris & Company in an effort to create Wall Streets leading research-driven boutique investment bank. Mr. Caris holds a degree in economics from the University of California at San Diego. In his spare time, Mr. Caris likes to surf and spend time with his wife and family. He holds the Series 7, 24, 55, and 63 licenses. | 