Bryan Derdenger, Managing Director
Bryan joined Baird as a Managing Director in 2019 and has 20+ years of experience. He most recently served as sole negotiated underwriter and head of fixed income analytics at Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co/Huntington Securities. He currently leads all negotiated infrastructure transactions across the country and all underwritings for Illinois, North Carolina, Texas as well as issuers in the Northeast, Northwest, and the Southeast. He also is the lead underwriter for Baird’s Higher Education and Federal Lease groups. Bryan has helped incorporate the use of technology to better identify pricing levels and further enhance the efficiency of information across the team of Bankers and underwriters. Additionally, Bryan is well versed on the intricacies of the municipal market as well as its relationship with the macro-economic environment, which is shared internally among Baird’s various Public Finance groups. Bryan is also a licensed Municipal Advisor (Series 50) and Municipal Securities Principal (Series 53). He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and International Business from George Washington University in Washington D.C. and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Bryan has also previously sat on the Financial Advisory Committee for his local school district, helping them navigate the many different voices of the community so that the district could meet their financial needs/goals.