THE BIG PICTURE
Doug is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®ïž and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst who spent more than 20 years as a derivatives market maker and asset manager before “reincarnating” as a financial media professional 15 years ago.
Before joining Britannica as executive editor in 2022, Doug spent nearly six years managing financial education initiatives for a dozen clients, including TD Ameritrade (and later Charles Schwab & Co.), for which he served as the principal editor of The Ticker Tape, a market news and personal finance site for retail investors. He also spent five years covering financial market structure, with a specialization in derivatives regulation in the wake of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
CFP®ïž | CFP Board
Certificant since 2026
CAIA | Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst
Charter Holder since 2006
PRMIA | Professional Risk Managers’ International Association
Former Regional Director (Chicago region)
Former editor of Intelligent Risk, PRMIA’s global member newsletter
CME Group
Former member, Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade
EDUCATION
BS, Agricultural Economics | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MBA, Economics & Sustainability | Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
IN DOUG’S OWN WORDS …
While my years as a financial journalist taught me how to get to the heart of a story and create a narrative, nothing shaped my craft quite like those years as a derivatives trader. It’s there that I learned how to mix the quantitative and the qualitative, how to separate the signal from the noise and, above all, how to act and think independently so I could steer my own financial ship.
That’s the spirit with which we’re building Britannica Money—to offer practical, relevant, unbiased financial insights to all investors of all ages and stages.
Whether you go it alone or work with an advisor, the goal is the same: make smarter, more confident decisions. That’s where Britannica Money comes in.
