Robert Tirschwell
Head of Trading of Broadpoint DESCAP

Mr. Tirschwell joined Broadpoint in 2004 in connection with its acquisition of DESCAP Securities Inc. Mr. Tirschwell joined DESCAP in 1991 as a salesman. He was named Head of Trading in 1998. Under his leadership, DESCAP, which began as a specified pool trading house, has become a firm with much greater breadth and scope, trading a variety of mortgage- and asset-backed securities. Mr. Tirschwell received a BA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.