Vincent Miceli joined Needham & Company in 2017 as an Equity Trader responsible for the execution and risk management within Healthcare and Risk Arb. He is currently an Equity Cash/Derivatives Trader and an integral part of Needham’s Options Desk, where he is responsible for idea generation, coverage and execution within its options business in conjunction […]

Al Montanino joined Needham & Company in 2024 as a Principal in Options Sales & Trading. His role on the team involves sales coverage and trade execution as well as trade idea generation and structuring. Al started his career at Mizuho Securities where he worked for 4 years as a trading desk analyst and associate […]

Jerry Hammerschmidt joined Needham & Company in 2024 as Head of Listed Options Sales & Trading. Jerry has over 20 years of equity derivative experience having started his career in the Hang Seng options pit in Hong Kong. Most recently he was a Managing Director at Mizuho Securities where he ran the listed options business. […]

Andrew Malik was named Chairman of Needham & Company in 2008. Prior to Needham, he spent 21 years at Lehman Brothers, where he was a partner and subsequently managing director. During his time at Lehman, Mr. Malik’s duties included serving as head of Technology Capital Markets and head of the Banking Development Group. Prior to […]

Eric Ritter joined Needham & Company in 2015. Eric is the Co-Head of NY Sales and a member of Needham’s Operating Committee. Throughout the past 20 years, Eric has created & maintained strong relationships across buy-side institutions. Prior to joining Needham, Eric worked as Head of US Middle Markets, Institutional Equities at Deutsche Bank. Eric […]

Andrew Lucas joined Needham & Company, LLC in 2018. He is the Co-Head of NY Sales and a member of Needham’s Operating Committee. Before joining Needham, Andrew held similar roles at both Deutsche Bank and EvercoreISI. He received his BS from Lehigh University.

Marc Chehlaoui joined Needham & Company in 2011. He is the Head of Needham’s West Coast Institutional Sales. The majority of Marc’s 30+ year career has been spent building meaningful relationships with west coast institutional equity investors and corporate executives. Prior to joining Needham, he held positions in Institutional Sales at SMH Capital and served […]

Steve Brussard joined Needham & Company in 2015, and is currently the Head of Boston and Canada Sales. Prior to joining Needham, Steve worked as a Vice President of Equity Sales at Wedbush. Steve started his career at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in 2009 in the Private Wealth Management Division. Steve earned his undergraduate degree […]

David Laufer joined Needham & Company in 2019 as Head of Institutional Equity Trading and Sales Trading. He leads the firm’s trading unit where he is responsible for high and low touch execution services, firm capital facilitation, sector desk content and equity capital markets deal stabilization efforts. David has over 20 years of Institutional Trading […]