Derek Braddock joined the firm in 2005 and previously had over nine years of experience in financial services, predominantly in sales and product management roles. At Higdon Partners, his search experience has been focused on investment and sales/marketing professionals, notably in the alternative investments arena. Derek began his career at Lord, Abbett & Co. in mutual fund sales and marketing. He then joined Salomon Smith Barney, where he became an Assistant Vice President, Nasdaq Trading, specializing in high tech companies while working closely with research and research sales. After receiving his M.B.A. in 2000, he spent over four years at Charles Schwab Company in San Francisco with responsibility for overseeing Schwab Institutional's trading technology offering. Derek earned his B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management.