Michael T. Bickford is Senior Vice President in charge of Options at the American Stock Exchange (AMEX). Prior to joining the Options Division, he was Vice President of the Exchange's Capital Markets Group. Before coming to the AMEX, Mr. Bickford was Vice President, Options and Senior Registered Options Principal at Kidder Peabody & Co., where he was responsible for options trading, marketing and strategy for the Investment Securities Division. Mr. Bickford began his financial services career as a registered representative at Dean Witter Reynolds. Mr. Bickford has been a member of The Securities Industry Association Derivatives Products Committee and was an instructor at the New York Institute of Finance for sixteen years. He is a graduate of Fordham University. |