Chief Executive Officer & Chairman - Michael O. Sanderson
Prior to joining the company, Mr. Sanderson served as Executive Director of Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd., an investment
banking and advisory firm. He began his career at Merrill Lynch where he spent 23 years in roles including Chairman and CEO
of Merrill Lynch Canada. Subsequent to his years at Merrill Lynch, Mr. Sanderson was CEO of Instinet, Inc. and later became
Chairman and CEO of Reuters Americas. Mr. Sanderson has also held leadership positions at Market XT and served as CEO of NASDAQ
Europe, where he also served on the Board of Directors. Mr. Sanderson is a graduate of Brown University and received his
Masters (MA) from Oxford University.
Chief Operating Officer - Christopher G. Loughlin
Mr. Loughlin has been our Chief Operating Officer since December 2007, as well as the
Chief Operating Officer of Bonds.com Holdings. Since April of 2008, Mr. Loughlin has been
acting in the same capacity at
Bonds.com, Inc.
As head of global operations for the company, Mr. Loughlin is responsible for the execution of the
Bonds.com, Inc.'s domestic and international business roadmap, with
direct oversight over all marketing, technology and operations functions. Mr. Loughlin brings more than
13 years of technology, strategy and consulting experience across multiple industries, with a focus
on the financial services sector and capital markets.
Mr. Loughlin was recently the Vice President & Managing Director of Global Strategic Solutions at
Keane Inc. ( from 2004 to 2007) where he was responsible for strategic growth, client solutions, revenue
and business development, delivery, marketing, analyst relations and the management of a global team
of solution architects.
While at Keane, Mr. Loghlin grew his division's revenue by over 250% within 18 months by focusing on Fortune 500
clients. He began his career with Cambridge Technology Partners where he was accountable for
all aspects of client delivery.
Mr. Loughlin earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Finance from Bentley College
and an M.B.A. in International Business from Bentley's McCallum School.
Executive Vice President & President of Bonds.com, Inc. - Joseph Nikolson
Mr. Nikolson was appointed Executive Vice President of the company and President of Bonds.com, Inc.
in March of 2009. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Nikolson served as Chief Growth Officer of
TradeStation Group, Inc. from February 2007 until January of 2009, and also served as President of
TradeStation Securities, TradeStation's principal operating subsidiary from May of 2003 until
January of 2009.
Mr. Nikolson served as Chief Operating Officer of TradeStation Securities from December 2000 through
April 2003. From January 1999 through December 2000, he served in various roles, including Chief Compliance
Officer, at OnlineTrading.com, the predecessor to TradeStation Securities.
Mr. Nikolson previously served as director of TradeStation Europe Limited, and as TradeStation Securities'
membership representative at the Boston Options Exchange, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Chicago
Stock Exchange, the International Securities Exchange, NYSE ARCA and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. From
November 1996 to January 1999, Mr. Nikolson was a principal of Olde Discount Corporation where his roles
included the direct sales supervision and management of registered representatives in a six-state region
From 1994 ro 1996, Mr. Nikolson was a derivatives analyst with National City Bank where he was responsible
for overall valuation and risk management of the bank's interest rate swap portfolio and related holdings.
Mr. Nikolson received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Finance from Cleveland State University, and
completed post-graduate research in International Finance at Kent State University, where he also served as
a Teaching Fellow in the graduate school of business.