Geoff Tennican

Head of Equity Volatility

Geoff is the Head of Equity Volatility at Walleye, responsible for overseeing equity-related trading activities within the volatility business. Geoff started as a lead market maker on the Pacific Stock Exchange options floor. He co-founded Orca Capital Management, focusing on equity volatility arbitrage, which merged with Walleye in 2014. Prior to being named Head of Equity Volatility, Geoff led Walleye’s volatility arbitrage group for over a decade, with an expertise in both fundamental and quantitative trading approaches, and has successfully built a range of strategies within the business. He holds a B.A. in History and an M.F.E. from U.C. Berkeley.