David D. Sliney was promoted to Senior Vice President of the Company in 2003. In 1997, Mr. Sliney began a Strategic Planning and Finance role with Stifel Nicolaus and now serves as a Director of Stifel Nicolaus and is responsible for the Company's Operations and Technology departments. Mr. Sliney joined Stifel Nicolaus in 1992, and between 1992 and 1995, Mr. Sliney worked as a fixed income trader and later assumed responsibility for the firm's Equity Syndicate Department.