Dan serves as President of ShareBuilder Securities Corporation and President and Chief Investment Officer of ShareBuilder Advisors LLC.

Over the past 7 years, Dan has been instrumental in building ShareBuilder into the 6th largest online brokerage firm with over $2 billion in assets. During that time, he served as the Company's CFO and member of the Executive Management Team securing venture financing, driving M&A activity, managing daily market risk and launching the ShareBuilder 401(k) product.

Dan joined ShareBuilder in 2000 as an Executive Officer and CFO; Dan served as a member of the Board of Directors of ShareBuilder Corporation prior to joining full time as an employee. Prior to ShareBuilder Dan worked for the investment and insurance group of GE Capital Services, now known as Genworth Financial. As Vice President, Business Development for GE Capital, he specialized in corporate finance, portfolio risk management, strategic investing and merger and acquisitions. During his tenure, he completed over 60 transactions and lead deal teams in completing acquisitions or investments ranging in size from $10 million, to transactions for several billion dollars. Prior to GE Capital Services, Dan held several senior investment positions at Washington Square Capital, a subsidiary of ING, and Piper Jaffray & Hopwood in Minneapolis.

Dan currently serves on the Board of Directors of Big Fish Games, an internet entertainment company based in Seattle. He holds Series 4, 7, 24 and 63 FINRA licenses and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the Seattle Society of Financial Analysts (SSFA). Dan is a graduate of the University of Minnesota.

Kay Dapper

Head of Customer Service and Marketing

Kay has more than 20 years of Customer Service, Operations, and international management experience in financial services and consulting. During his career at BHF-BANK in Frankfurt he built up branches in London, New York and Tokyo. As COO of Consors Discount-Broker he orchestrated the creation of one of Europe's leading online broker. He is dedicated to driving ING DIRECT USA future success by approaching challenges from a different perspective, through teamwork, development of people's potential, and thinking "outside the box". His entrepreneurial attitude and exceptional track record of business improvement is based on his philosophy of combining innovation and know-how.

Kay received his B.S. degree in economics from the University of Applied Sciences in Frankfurt, Germany. In 2005 he earned his MBA degree from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Garrett Silver

Head of Investments Technology

Garrett Silver is vice president of Technology for ShareBuilder Corporation. He is responsible for the development and implementation strategy for the technology and brokerage platforms. Garrett oversees Development, Systems Architecture, Quality Assurance, Program Management, and Project Management.

Garrett has 15 years experience as an IT professional and over 25 years development experience. As a certified database instructor and consultant, Garrett began working with ShareBuilder in 1999 and joined the company in 2004. Prior to ShareBuilder, Garrett worked as a consultant and architect in the Apparel and Debt Collection industries. Garrett received his B.A. from Western Washington University and has passed the Level 1 Chartered Financial Analyst examination.

Brian Applegate

Chief Compliance Officer

As ShareBuilder's Chief Compliance Officer, Brian is responsible for ensuring that ShareBuilder Securities and ShareBuilder Advisors comply fully with Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and state regulations. Brian has more than 18 years of experience in the financial services industry.

Before joining ShareBuilder in 2008, Brian held a range of compliance positions which included serving as the Chief Compliance Officer for WaMu Capital Corp., a registered broker-dealer. He also supported and managed compliance functions for WaMu's investment advisor and mutual fund family, the WM Group of Funds, in addition to WaMu's retail brokerage affiliate, WaMu Investments. His career in financial services began at Seafirst Bank (now Bank of America).

Brian is a graduate of the University of Washington, and has completed the FINRA Institute at the Wharton School's Certified Regulatory and Compliance Professional (CRCP) program. He holds FINRA series 7, 24, 53, and 63 licenses, and participates in several professional associations where he presents often on compliance topics relevant to the investment industry. He has been a member of the National Society of Compliance Professionals (NSCP) since 1998, and serves as an industry arbitrator for FINRA Dispute Resolution.

Brandon Potter

Head of Product Management

Brandon serves as the vice president of Product Management for ShareBuilder Corporation. He is responsible for all aspects of product management, product marketing and customer experience within the organization. Brandon has more than 15 years of management and leadership experience within high-growth, technology-based companies.

Before joining ShareBuilder in 1999, Brandon was the Director of Advertising at Sierra On-Line, leading all direct marketing efforts for the entertainment and education software development company. Prior to Sierra On-Line, he was responsible for advertising sales and business development at Adobe Systems.

Brandon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications, with an emphasis in Business Administration from Washington State University.

Paul Swegle

General Counsel

Paul is vice president, general counsel and secretary of ShareBuilder Corporation. He is responsible for managing all of the company's legal affairs and advises the Company's board of directors and management team across all areas of law.

Before joining ShareBuilder in 2000, Paul served as director of law at Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., one of the largest private timber companies in the U.S. Paul began his career with the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement, where he spent five years investigating, litigating and prosecuting a wide variety of securities cases. In addition, Paul served two appointments with the Department of Justice as a Special Assistant United States Attorney to prosecute securities cases. He transferred to the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance in 1994, where he served as a senior attorney advisor reviewing hundreds of initial public offerings, mergers, acquisitions and other SEC matters.

Paul holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of Washington and received his law degree from the University of Washington School of Law. He is a member of the Washington State Bar Association and serves on the Executive Committee of the Corporate Law Department Section of the Washington State Bar, and the Financial Services Committee of the Association of Corporate Counsel. In 2006, Paul served on the Washington State Bar Association's Rules of Professional Conduct Committee. Paul is also an active volunteer in Washington Lawyers for the Arts and is Chairman of the Cystic Fibrosis StairClimb in Seattle, Washington.

Steve Throckmorton

Head of Human Resources

Steve is head of human resources of ShareBuilder Corporation. He is responsible for human resources programs and organizational development as well as staffing, compensation and benefits. Steve has more than 20 years of experience in human resources.

Before joining ShareBuilder in 1999, Steve served as a director of human resources and a member of the management team at HK Systems/Endura Software, a leading developer and installer of enterprise software solutions for the distribution industry. Prior to HK Systems/Endura Software, he was human resources manager responsible for worldwide sales and service at Fluke Corporation, a world leader in electronic test tools and software. While there, Steve played a significant role in a major reorganization in the U.S. and the expansion in Europe of the sales and service organization. For more than six years, he managed human resources initiatives on both a national and global scale for Fluke Corporation. Steve also held a senior human resources position at Hewlett-Packard Company. Steve received a bachelor of arts degree and a master's degree in business administration from Seattle University.