Michael Meagher is Co-Founder of The Seaport Group. Before co-founding the firm, he was a President of Amroc Securities, where he launched the firm’s public bond trading business and led all aspects of the business including sales and risk management. Michael built his career in distressed at Kidder Peabody, Lehman Brothers and Salomon Brothers.

Michael holds a B.A. & M.A. from Marquette University and a J.D. from The Cornell Law School.

Steve Smith is Co-Founder of The Seaport Group. Before co-founding the firm, Steve was a Senior Salesperson at Amroc Securities.  Previously, Steve helped found distressed debt broker-dealer Libra Investments, which later became U.S. Bancorp Libra.  He was a Senior Salesperson at Libra, and opened and managed their New York City office. Before Libra, Steve was a Salesperson and Vice President at Jefferies Group. Steve began his career as an investment banker at Merril Lynch. 

Steve received his B.S. from Indiana University.

Mark Miller joined Seaport in March of 2009 to run the day-to-day business and manage sales and trading.  Prior to Seaport, Mark spent over 19 years in institutional fixed income sales at Salomon Brothers/Citigroup.  In his last role at Citigroup he was responsible for global distribution of all U.S. credit products, which included high yield debt, high grade debt, money markets, leveraged loans, structured credit and distressed debt.  In 2004 Mark joined Banc of America Securities where he most recently served as the Head of Global Market Sales.  He was responsible for all institutional distribution of both debt and equity products globally.

Mark received a B.S. from Cornell University.

Drew Doscher joined Seaport in June of 2009 to run Distressed Debt Trading and co-head High Yield Debt Trading. Prior to Seaport, Drew was Head of Distressed Debt Trading at Barclays Capital. At Barclays, Drew ran both sales and trading in concert with managing proprietary capital. Before Barclays, Drew founded and co-managed the UBS Global Distressed franchise. Prior to his experience at UBS, Drew was a Trader at Lehman Brothers where he was instrumental in building the firm into a top tier distressed trading desk. 

Drew holds a B.A. from Holy Cross University.

Michael Meyer joined Seaport in May 2009 to head the High Grade Corporate Bond business and co-run High Yield. Before Seaport, Michael was Head of Global Investment Grade Trading and Sales for Bank of America. Prior to BofA Michael managed the US Corporate Bond Trading Desk for UBS Securities. Before UBS, Michael held various senior level positions for Merrill Lynch and CSFB.

Michael holds a B.A. from Duke University.

John Hartzell is responsible for all aspects of Seaport’s Emerging Market business. Prior to joining Seaport, Mr. Hartzell founded Milton Point Capital, LLC, a global asset management and advisory firm specializing in Latin American international financings. Previously, Mr. Hartzell spent 14 years at Citigroup and Salomon Brothers as Head of Latin America Bi-lateral Corporate Trading and Co-Head of Latin America Debt Markets. Before Citigroup, Mr. Hartzell worked at John Hancock managing High Yield and Emerging Markets investments and at Drexel Burnham Lambert.

John holds an MBA from Northeastern University and a B.A. in Government/English from Franklin and Marshall College.

Jack Mascone heads the Convertible Bond business for Seaport. Before joining Seaport, Jack was Head of US Convertible Bonds for Bank of America. Prior to Bank of America Jack held senior level positions at JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch trading corporate and convertible bonds. Prior to his career in finance Jack was an officer in the US Navy.

Jack holds a B.A. from Duke University.

John DeCoursey is Head of Private Placement Sales and Trading at Seaport. Prior to re-joining the firm, John was an Executive Director & Head of Private Placement Trading at JP Morgan. Prior to that, he was a Principal and head of Private Placement Trading at Banc of America Securities. Before BofA, John was an Executive Vice President here at the Seaport Group, focused on trading distressed Private Placements. John got his start trading Private Placements at Libra Investments, which became U.S. Bancorp Libra. He has also held positions in sales and trading at Jefferies and Co., and L.F. Rothschild.

John holds a B.A. in English from Iona College.

Sean Kirk leads the Seaport structured finance unit. Prior to joining Seaport, he was a distressed asset and mortgage backed securities trader at United Capital Markets, Bear Stearns and Credit Suisse.

Sean Kirk holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering-Aerospace and a BA in Business Economics from Brown University.

Jay Conklin joined Seaport in February 2010 as head of European Fixed Income and to establish The Seaport Group Europe LLP, Seaport’s European broker-dealer.  Prior to joining Seaport, Jay was the Head of Credit Trading at HBK Capital Management.  During his time at HBK, Jay was responsible for trading distressed, high yield, and investment grade bonds, loans, and credit derivatives. Jay also had primary responsibility for negotiating several large US and multi-jurisdictional restructurings.

Jay holds a BBA from the University of Texas in Business Honors and Finance.

Markus Witthaut is Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for Seaport. Before joining Seaport, he was the vice president of finance and FINOP at IPO Group, Inc. Markus holds a B.A. in Economics from Boston College and a M.B.A. in Accountancy from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College.

Steve Dudowitz is the Director of Operations for Seaport. Prior to joining the firm he was the Assistant Director of Brokerage Operations for North America UBS. Steven learned the brokerage business at LF Rothschild, and at Smith Barney, where he was an assistant vice president of Domestic & International Operations. Steven attended Geneva College and Brooklyn College where he majored in business administration.