Majestic Research

John Aiken
Managing Director, Head of Equity Research

John has received broad recognition for his in-depth coverage of Majestic’s Internet Media, eCommerce, and Online Travel sectors. He received a BS in Biological Statistics and Computational Biology from Cornell University with Distinction in Research and a Master’s in Operations Research concentrating in Financial Engineering from Columbia University. John has regularly been quoted in the media, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times and has been featured in Barron’s.

Doug Atkin
President and CEO

Doug Atkin was previously President and CEO of Instinet Group, where he conducted Instinet’s IPO (NASDAQ: INGP). He also developed Instinet’s research, as well as its international trading and correspondent clearing businesses, and led a consortium of nine global brokerage firms that took a majority stake in the virt-x stock exchange. Doug serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Starmine, WR Hambrecht, and Tamale Software. He has been named twice to the Online Finance 30, Institutional Investor’s annual ranking of the most important leaders in international e-finance. Doug is a graduate of Tufts University. 

Tony Berkman
Co-Founder and Executive Director

Tony was previously Chief Risk Officer for Tower Capital, a $2 billion portfolio of hedge funds. Prior to Tower, he was a Director of Research for the $15 billion Zweig family of funds. Tony was named to Institutional Investor‘s “Online 40” annual ranking of e-finance leaders. He has a BS in Applied Math & Computer Science and an MS in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University.

Greg Lederman
Senior Vice President of Sales

Greg was previously Vice President of Operations for TheStreet.com, where he was responsible for the operational concerns of TheStreet.com and its institutional subsidiary, IRG Research. Prior to TheStreet.com, he was with Brown Brothers Harriman. Greg has a BS in Business Administration from Boston University.

Steve Miller
Chief Financial Officer

Steve, prior to Majestic, worked as Senior Director of Corporate Development for Gamelogic. Previously, he was a Vice President for Comerica’s Technology and Life Sciences division and an Associate at Flatiron Partners, an Internet-focused venture capital firm. Steve began his career as a management consultant at Monitor Company.  He has a BA in Political Science from Columbia University.