Executive Team
The perspective and enthusiasm of the executive team resonate throughout the firm. From the brokers you’ll use as your first point of contact, to the hard-working trade execution professionals, to the support staff, every dt representative is dedicated to the firm’s mission of independence, objectivity and reliability.
Andrew Daniels, firm founder and Chief Executive Officer
“Although electronic trading has created greater efficiencies in certain aspects of the markets and presented new forms of arbitrage opportunities, electronic order execution is but one aspect of what a brokerage should offer; and, for the most part, the platforms and routing of electronic orders is, itself, a commodity. The markets have always been a major producer of irony. The greatest irony at play right now is this: As the world becomes more connected, and the human element is removed from many aspects of the trading process, you, as a trader, have never needed people more. People who have come up through the ranks and who have gained the experience through which you benefit, but which you need not personally possess. These are the people around whom I’ve built this firm. Capable market professionals who are execution experts.”
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Glenn A. Swanson, President
“I can’t think of a more competitive environment than the world of trading. I know that being the first firm on the block to offer a new service is important, but only if that service is ready to be introduced. I’ve made it my mission to stay on top of trends within the industry. If there is a new technology, product or process coming down the pike, I want to understand it before anyone else has a real grasp on it. I want to know what it can do, who’s spearheading its creation, and what its real strengths and weaknesses are. Over time, I find that more and more of my industry contacts call me to find out about any new developments on the horizon. I am most comfortable staying ahead of the curve.”
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Ken Packard, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
“Throughout my career, I’ve seen constant change within the trading industry. The world is truly becoming a smaller place, and there’s really no place where this is felt more than the markets. It creates a unique type of excitement. The first time I stepped on to the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade, I felt the excitement. The electricity caused by the momentum of commerce. I feel that same excitement every time I access the markets, each time I train a new broker, or provide service to one of my own customers. I don’t think this excitement will ever go away. I try to make my enthusiasm contagious. Working with a team like ours certainly helps.”
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Our Futures Brokers
Our brokers serve as trading advocates – advocates who are in tune to each client’s specific futures trading needs and objectives. From keeping an unwavering eye on risk, to leveraging the size and financial stability of our clearing partners, our brokers will answer questions, address concerns and never shy away from challenging orders.
Alec Torrey - Alec Torrey is a Futures & Options broker with Daniels Trading . Prior to joining the futures industry, Alec attended Texas Tech University studying Agriculture Economics. He found great interest in the commodities markets and trading while working in the local cotton industry as a farmhand in Lubbock. Alec turned his experiences in the fields and the classroom into a career where he is able to help producers and traders facing the challenges of today’s markets. He excels at providing insight to traders across the spectrum, from the new producer to the new self-directed speculator. Clients can expect a combination of energy and patience, as he understand each client’s journey is different.
Ben Kim - Increasing capital is of course the goal of any trader. Ben works with his clients to help them try and achieve their goals in futures trading. He understands that all individual traders are at different experience levels and have various ways of approaching the markets. 
Bill Peters - Even though Bill’s private clients are all industry professionals, he assists in virtually every aspect of their operations. He plays a central role in guiding clients through DT’s in-house regulatory, accounting, and marketing departments. He also leverages his widespread industry contacts to his client’s benefit by acting as a liaison and advocate with FCMs and outside technology service providers.
Brian Cullen - Brian Cullen is a Senior Futures and Options Broker and Market Strategist with Daniels Trading. He is the publisher of The Cullen Outlook newsletter and the author of How To Guide: 10 Rules for Technical Futures Trading and How To Guide: 12+ Candlestick Formations Every Technical Trader Should Know, guides for traders looking to learn or improve their technical trading skills.
Burton Schlichter - Burt Schlichter has over 20 years of futures trading experience, including educating, mentoring, and executing for retail and institutional clients. He places a strong emphasis on trading the markets from a technical standpoint and on utilizing spread trading.
Craig Turner - Craig Turner is a Senior Ag Broker at Daniels Trading, author of Turner’s Take newsletter, and the host of Turner’s Take podcast. Craig works with farmers and other participants in the ag industry to help them meet their marketing, purchasing and trading needs. He excels in determining price ranges for the crop year and developing strategies for farmers and end users based on his analysis. Craig is often quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Dow Jones Newswire, and also makes appearances on SiriusXM – Rural Radio Channel 80 and Ag Day. Mr. Turner has a Bachelors from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) where he graduated with honors and has worked at the NYSE and Goldman Sachs. While at Goldman, Craig earned his MBA in the NYU Stern executive program.
Don DeBartolo - Due to his widespread proficiency and experience with the futures and commodity options markets, he is able to offer his clients timely insight, specialized trade recommendations, and educational information through various videos and writings.
Donna Hughes - Born and raised in the Chicagoland area, Donna has been a resident of Texas since 2004. Donna began her career in commodities at the CME Group Clearing House in 1978. It was there that she became familiar with the hog and cattle trade as she worked with the USDA to facilitate physical inspections of livestock… Read more.
Drew Rathgeber - Drew Rathgeber has over 15+ years of trading experience. He is the creator of “AccuMarkets” (Specific Trades) and his weekly “vBlog Rath Overlay” (General Overview & Market Trends) with upcoming reports that affect future prices. As a Series 3 licensed Commodity & Futures Broker, Drew has essential knowledge for Speculators and Hedgers alike. Many of Drew’s clients have been with him for 10+ years, showing a true testament of his character and competence navigating the Commodity & Futures complex. You can find Drew helping his clients with the following sectors - Indices, Precious Metals, Grains, Currencies & Financials. Drew’s direct phone 312-706-7657
Jace Jarboe - Jace Jarboe is a Futures & Options Broker with Daniels Trading. Prior to joining the futures industry, Jace attended Indiana University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics.
Jeff Coglianese - Jeff Coglianese is a Senior Broker with Daniels Trading in Chicago. Jeff started in the business in 1994 with LFG (Linnco Futures Group). In 1995, Mr. Coglianese went to work for the Daniels Trading Division of LFG and has been with them ever since. Daniels Trading became an Independent Introducing Broker in the fall of 2005.
Jim Burket - Currently, Jim is Senior Vice President at Daniels Trading utilizing his extensive background in trade execution, brokerage and back office navigation. Daniels Trading has gone from a two man operation to its current position as one of the largest introducing brokers.
John Payne - John Payne is a Senior Futures & Options Broker and Market Strategist with Daniels Trading. He is the publisher of the grain focused newsletter called This Week in Grain, along with being a co-editor of Andy Daniels’s newsletter, Grain Analyst. He has been working as a series 3 registered broker since 2008.
Jonathon Haralson - Jonathon graduated from Texas A&M University in 2005 with a degree in Agricultural Development with an emphasis in beef cattle and dairy science. After college he sold chemicals, seed, and fertilizer before moving on to Texas Farm Bureau where he served 8 years as a field representative. He specialized in assisting producers with legislative and regulatory issues that faced Texas agriculture. In 2014 he returned to his roots in production agriculture farming corn, cotton, and wheat along with running a cow/calf and stocker operation in the black lands of Central Texas. He grew to love the challenge marketing and logistics provided in dealing with his physical products. In 2018 he joined Daniels Trading as a series 3 broker with a desire to help farmers and ranchers deal with the same challenges he faces on a daily basis with his own farm.
Kirk Donsbach - Kirk Donsbach was born and raised in production agriculture. He graduated From Rocky Mountain College in 1998 and worked as a Project Manager and Electrical Designer for Foxboro and Duke Energy retrofitting Digital Control Systems into aging Power Plants. In an effort to assist his fellow producers in risk management, Mr. Donsbach became a Daniels Trading Broker in 2015.
Tom Dosdall - Tom Dosdall specializes in working with commercial participants in the agriculture industry, both growers and merchants, to better manage price risk and opportunity for the commodities they buy or sell. With the understanding that each client is independent of another, Tom has shown an ability to listen to the needs of each and match them with the service or product that best suits their circumstances.
Tony Kasathsko - Tony Kasathsko was born and raised in Valencia, Venezuela. He moved at the age of 17 to Miami, Florida where he lived for over 10 years. Tony graduated from Florida International University in 1995. In 2003, after working for a day trading firm as a proprietary equity trader - he decided he wanted to enter the futures industry and left the beautiful sunny skies in Miami to move to the great city of Chicago. The fact that Tony is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese allows him to help Latin American institutions and clients when it comes to facilitating their access to the different derivative markets. Our Support Staff
Our support staff is here to ensure that every customer has a positive experience at Daniels Trading. Whether it’s connecting potential customers to a broker or maintaining our technology and resources, our staff makes sure Daniels Trading is always at the front of the pack.
Adam M. Nicholson - Adam Nicholson is the Vice President of Marketing at Daniels Trading. He oversees the company’s marketing and advertising initiatives, including creative development, web development, media planning/buying, search engine marketing and social media. Additionally, Adam plays a key administrative role in the development and management of the company’s proprietary CRM software.
Amanda Kuhlemeier - Amanda began interning for the Board of Trade as a summer clerk while she was an undergraduate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1994, Amanda quickly secured a full time position at a securities broker-dealer in downtown Chicago. Amanda’s versatility became evident while simultaneously working in… Read more.
Chris Lamitie - Christopher Lamitie started in the IT industry in 1998 as a first tier ISP help technician and working his way up the ladder from there. He learned a valuable technology lesson early on — to sink or swim regardless how deep or long the pool may be. This survival instinct has taught him to fear… Read more.
Ed Ziecina - Edward is a veteran of the futures industry with over 25 year’s experience in the futures and derivatives markets. After graduating from the Illinois Institute of Technology he started working in the futures markets as a phone clerk for a Canadian Investment Group. His background which includes working on the institutional and banking sides of… Read more.
Emily Brown - Emily Brown is the New Accounts Administrator at Daniels Trading. After graduating with a BA from Moody Bible Institute, Emily worked for a time in the banking industry developing knowledge in finance and customer service. She then had the opportunity to join Daniels Trading and further her career in the financial industry. Emily’s strong organizational… Read more.
Heather Krakora - Heather Krakora is the Director of Compliance at Daniels Trading. Heather was raised in the finance industry, working her way up the ladder from the back office of an investment advisory firm to eventually trading asset backed securities. She then parlayed that operational and transactional experience into a position in the Compliance department. Heather joins… Read more. Jim Burket - Jim was educated at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois and has worked in the futures industry for nearly 25 years. In 1985 he left a menswear retail position in sales and merchandising to accept position as a runner on the Chicago Board of Trade grain floor. Eventually Jim worked his way up to becoming a… Read more.
Mary Ann Sellers - Mary Ann started her career in the derivatives industry as a price reporter on the floor of The Chicago Board Options Exchange after graduating from Eastern Illinois University with a B.S. in Finance. Within a year, she had accepted a position in the Market Regulation Department of the CBOE and earned her MBA from DePaul… Read more.
Rachael Peterson - Rachael Peterson graduated with honors from Loyola University Chicago with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Rachael used her passion for helping others to launch her career in the customer service industry. As the Content Strategist at Daniels Trading, she uses her interpersonal skills to support brokers, clients, and the marketing department. In her free… Read more.