John Tartaglia is the Chief Compliance Officer of Auriga Capital Management, LLC (ACM) and President of Auriga Holdings. Prior to Auriga Holdings, Mr. Tartaglia was a founder and Chief Operating Officer of Xzerta, LLC. Prior to founding Xzerta, Mr. Tartaglia was a partner at The Winter Group.  He was involved in the development of new business lines that complemented the core trading and securitization platform, including running the firm’s investment banking activities. These business lines focused primarily on servicing, due-diligence and asset management. Prior to joining The Winter Group, Mr. Tartaglia spent five years as a director at Merrill Lynch in the mortgage-backed and structured finance area, and six years as a vice president in the public finance area of Prager, McCarthy and Sealy.  He graduated from St. Lawrence University.