Matt Samelson is a Principal at Woodbine Associates, LLC, specializing in equity market structure, trading venues, electronic trading, and transaction cost analysis. He brings to the firm a wealth of experience in U.S. and international equity sales and trading, quantitative analysis, consulting, and research. He has in-depth knowledge of trade strategy formulation, algorithmic trading, market structure, transaction cost analysis, and trading technology.

Mr. Samelson has been quoted extensively in the media, including the Financial Times, Business Week, and CBS MarketWatch.  He has also been quoted in various trade publications, including Institutional Investor, Trader Magazine, Wall Street & Technology, Wall Street Letter, Trading Technology Week, and Securities Industry News.

Prior to founding Woodbine Associates, Mr. Samelson was a senior analyst at Aite Group focusing on equity-related topics.  He has also served as Director of Product Management at Liquidnet, Inc. where he took part in enhancing the service offering. Previously, Mr. Samelson served as Vice President of Global Portfolio Sales and Trading at Investment Technology Group, where he developed portfolio and single-stock trading business and managed trading relationships with investment management, mutual fund and hedge fund clients.  He also worked in portfolio trading at Lehman Brothers and as a financial risk management consultant at Price Waterhouse.  Mr. Samelson also served as an officer in the U.S. Navy.

Mr. Samelson received an M.B.A. in Finance and Business Policy from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in Economics from Columbia College of Columbia University. He holds FINRA Series 7, 63, 55 and 24 licenses.