"Mike and Julie are seasoned Broker/Dealer professionals, and both bring broad management experience to our already strong leadership team," said Amy Webber, President of Cambridge. "We continually keep our eyes open for talented individuals that complement our existing team and share our firm-wide commitment to supporting true independence for our Rep/Advisors. In contrast to industry trends, our overall team has increased by nearly 10 percent in 2009 as we continue to maintain a ratio of 5:1 in terms of Rep/Advisors versus Home Office staff support."

Hamm's immediate priorities include strategic leadership for the Cambridge Partner Support Center -- a one-stop, high-level service center for Cambridge's Rep/Advisors. The Partner Support Center was launched in the fall of 2008 as Cambridge assembled a team of its most experienced staff to personally deliver "white glove service" and serve as a central point of contact to Rep/Advisors in key areas such as Operations, Commissions, Compliance, and CIRStatements. In keeping with his responsibilities for ensuring that Cambridge continues to deliver on its reputation for high level service, Hamm is also charged with oversight of Cambridge's BEST Service Standards. The BEST initiative is a quantifiable quality control system that Cambridge created to track and continually enhance delivery of the best service to Rep/Advisors. Hamm reports to Webber.

Prior to joining Cambridge, Hamm served with LPL Financial as Vice President of Business Technology Services. His tenure at LPL includes prior responsibility as the Vice President of Broker/Dealer Support Services. Hamm has over 15 years experience in the financial services industry with a focus on Operations and Technology. Hamm holds a MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, a BS from Pennsylvania State University, and FINRA Series 7, 24, 63, and 65 licenses.

As Assistant Vice President of Compliance, Gebert's immediate focus includes supervision of the following Compliance units: Advertising Review, Training, External Audit, and Internal Audit -- which is comprised of trade review, electronic correspondence, outside business activities, and employee transactions.