The Institutional Sales & Trading Team has over 200 years of combined experience in both bull and bear markets, executing orders from broker/dealers, hedge funds and high net worth individuals. The firm makes markets in Exchange Listed, NASDAQ and OTC equities, both foreign and domestic, to ensure the highest possible quality executions. We have access to most exchanges, algorithmic strategies and dark pools, giving our customers unparalleled liquidity.
John Laresca
Senior Managing Director – Institutional Sales and Trading
John is a Senior Managing Director – Institutional Sales and Trading with Paulson and head of the firm’s Trading and Market Making Desk. He has over 35 years of trading, market making, and management experience in the securities industry with firms such as Drexel Burnham Lambert, Nash Weiss & Company, Fleet Securities, and Buckman, Buckman & Reid and holds FINRA Series 7,24,55 and 63 licenses.
Albert Ingrassia
Senior Managing Director – Institutional Sales and Trading
Al is a Senior Managing Director – Institutional Sales and Trading with Paulson’s Trading and Market Making Desk. He has over 25 years of trading, market making, operations, and management experience in the securities industry with firms such as NDB Capital Markets, Domestic Securities, and Puma Capital and holds FINRA Series 7, 24, 55, and 63 licenses.
Michelle Teitelbaum
Vice President of Institutional Sales and Trading
Michelle is a Vice President of Institutional Sales and Trading with Paulson. She has over 26 years of trading and market making experience in the securities industry with firms such as Aegis, Finance500, and Herzog Heine & Geduld and holds FINRA Series 7, 55, 57, and 63 licenses.
Tim O’Donnell
Senior Institutional Sales Trader
Tim is a Senior Institutional Sales Trader with Paulson. He has over 30 years of trading and market making experience in the securities industry with firms such as Alternative Execution Group, Primary Capital Group, and Baird, Patrick & Company, is a CFA charterholder, and holds FINRA Series 7, 24, 55, 57, 63, and 79 licenses.