Dr. Tomas is an Associate Professor in the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont, where he teaches finance. His research interests include the design and performance of futures and options exchanges and their products, derivative security pricing and use, and fixed income markets. Prior to joining the faculty at UVM's School of Business, Dr. Tomas was on the faculty at Babson College, in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Before coming to academia he was at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), where he was the Group Manager for Financial Product Research. In that capacity he was responsible for managing new product development and research efforts, applied research projects for CBOT strategic decision making, and contract maintenance programs for existing financial products. Dr. Tomas received his Ph.D. from Syracuse University, and MBA and B.S. from the University of Akron. Dr. Tomas also has a B.A. in Music History from the University of Vermont. He was a visiting scholar at Prague City University and Kent State University during academic sabbaticals in 2023 and 2011 respectively.