Victor is a graduate of Fort Hays State University with a degree in Business Administration. He is owner-operator of a large farm in northwest Kansas and understands the issues facing farmers in marketing crops. A commodity trader since 1987 and a broker since 2011, he has experienced both the highs and lows of commodity prices. When not trading commodities or farming he enjoys hiking the mountains surrounding Phoenix, AZ.
Jake is born and raised in northwest Kansas, grew up on a farm, and attended Hoxie High School in 2007. He attended Kansas State University and graduated with a dual degree in finance and marketing in 2011. While in college, Jake got a Series 3 license and helped at his dad’s brokerage to learn the business. In 2014, Jake became an introducing broker and merged with RCM Ag where he helps clients develop marketing strategies for their farm. Jake still helps his dad and brother on the farm, and is a partner on the cow herd. Aside from agriculture, he is a big sports fan and loves to golf in the summers. Jake is married to Megan, and is a father to Camille and Madeline.
Rob Preston joined The Memphis, TN Branch of RCM Ag Services as an Associated Person (AP), in April of 2016, where he works with the Agriculture Hedging and Trading Operations Team. He brings over 35 years of experience in the commodities, futures and equities markets. Mr. Preston was a long time Associated Person with McVean Trading & Investments, A Futures Commission Merchant, (“FCM”) located in Memphis, TN.(1990-2015), and was formerly a Registered Representative of Hilltop Securities, a Registered Broker/Dealer based in Dallas, TX. (1994-2015). Prior to that he worked as a Registered Representative and Commodity Broker for Shearson, Lehman Hutton and Merrill Lynch. Mr. Preston graduated from Southern Methodist University, (“SMU”) in 1982 with a Bachelors Degree in Economics. He has been married to Suzanne D. Preston for 32 years and has 4 children and 1 grandchild.
Jody began his career as an accountant after receiving a degree from Memphis State University in 1989. Shortly after, Jody started working with farmers on business and marketing plans which ultimately led to the founding of Wingman in 1999, a consulting brokerage firm with a well followed daily newsletter. Jody’s musings on Ag markets now attract more than 7,000 farmers across 33 states, opening up a tremendous network of Ag specialists across the grain and meats complex for which Jody to draw upon in assisting select clients in structuring agricultural hedging via the futures and options markets.
With more than 30 years or experience in futures, Tom Chavez serves as the Director of Agriculture Services at RCM Ag Services. He has successfully adapted his extensive expertise in commodity livestock markets to lead our Commercial Livestock Risk Management efforts. Tom works closely with livestock producers and commercial clients to develop tailored risk management strategies, leveraging his deep market knowledge to provide innovative solutions that help manage volatility and protect profitability.
Alex Gu started his career in Financial service industry 6 years ago. For his first two years he worked as Senior client manager at HSBC, then he joined a FCM to continue his career path. Currently he works at Galaxy Futures as Manager of Global Business, leading the team to help develop international business. Alex is a witness of golden age for China’s financial industry. He and his team cover more than 1,000 local PFMs and have deep collaboration with more than 300 of those, cover 30 Securities and FCMs, 20 Investment Banks, and a number of household FOFs and MOMs. Alex and his team are pioneers of China’s international financial business.
