OIC Biographies

Philip Gocke

Phil Gocke is Managing Director of research and educational strategy for institutional investors at the Options Industry Council (OIC).

In this role, he is responsible for educating pension funds, hedge funds and money management firms about the benefits and risks of exchange-traded options. Mr. Gocke also works with academic institutions to commission research, serves as a spokesperson for OIC, presents options material at educational seminars and writes options-related articles.

Mr. Gocke is also the founder and President of the options trading firm, Brite Sky LLC. Brite Sky uses proprietary mathematical and technical models for electronic execution on broad and narrow equity option indices. Previously Mr. Gocke was a Managing Director and CEO of Van Der Moolen Options U.S.A. LLC. Prior to that Mr. Gocke was a Managing Director of Tague Van Der Moolen LLC and held a similar position for 15 years with Tague Securities Corporation/BancAmerica Options, Inc. until TSC was acquired by TVDM in April 1999. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gocke was a Vice President and Chief Advisor for Bank of America's Financial Market Advisory Group and a senior foreign exchange trader for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Mr. Gocke received an MBA degree from New York University and a BA in Economics from Lafayette College.