Ken Brady

Ken Brady has spent four decades helping organizations transform how they handle financial technology and market data, delivering innovative solutions for some of Wall Street’s most complex challenges.

As Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, Ken led the firm’s global Market Data practice: Institutional, Retail and client distribution, managing multimillion-dollar budgets and strategic vendor relationships while overseeing cross-functional teams that delivered mission-critical data solutions to traders, analysts, and investment bankers worldwide. Ken’s tenure included leading the consolidation of market data, teams, platforms and best practices across multiple mergers and acquisitions: Smith Barney, Eaton Vance and Etrade.

During his tenure as Vice President at Merrill Lynch, Ken developed talent, modernized proprietary real-time market data platforms and developed advanced Unix and PC server environments that supported trading operations across the firm.  Ken’s leadership helped shape the fintech industry through key roles at innovative startups: EJV Partners – Co-founded with partners from Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Salomon Brothers, this venture created distributed computing frameworks and data now integral to LSEG Data & Analytics Division’s fixed income solutions. Rich Incorporated (acquired by Reuters) – As General Manager, Ken developed integrated trader workstation technology that transformed how global banks accessed market data, eventually becoming the foundation for Reuters’ Open Systems Division.

Beyond finance, Ken applies the same strategic approach as a California winery owner and through his service as an active board member of industry organizations FISD Executive Committee (10 yrs.) and FIF Advisory Board (12 yrs.), active participation in industry initiatives and speaking events, plus his community involvement as HOA Treasurer. Ken holds a BS in Computer Science and an MBA from Columbia University.

Ken’s strength lies in transforming complex data challenges into competitive advantages, building and elevating effective teams, and creating solutions that stand the test of time.