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Ronan Ryan is the Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of IEX Group, Inc.
Ronan is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of IEX Exchange. He focuses on building and strengthening relationships with external stakeholders, including broker-dealer members, institutional investors, and companies.
Prior to co-founding IEX, Ronan was the Head of Electronic Trading Strategy at RBC Capital Markets, where he used his prior experience in network, hardware, and co-location technology to generate client-facing solutions. Ronan was also the Head of Financial Services Development at Switch and Data and Head of DMA and Co-location solutions at BT Radianz, a leading network solutions provider.
Ronan graduated from Fairfield University.