# Gerard Nealon

> Gerard Nealon is Co-Founder and CEO of SOLVE, a fixed-income market-data, analytics and workflow company founded with Eugene Grinberg in 2011. His background includes systems architecture and analytical tools at ACA Capital, Sandell Asset Management and Houlihan Lokey (Red Pine Advisors), and computer science and cryptography studies at Rochester Institute of Technology.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at SOLVE
- **Organizations:** SOLVE, Houlihan Lokey (Red Pine Advisors), Sandell Asset Management, ACA Capital
- **Education:** Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Master’s in Cryptography (as described in SOLVE’s biography), Rochester Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded SOLVE in 2011., Built architecture at ACA for a platform supporting more than $90 billion in risk positions., Developed complex-security analytical tools and a distributed computation grid at Red Pine Advisors.

## Career timeline

- **2005** — RIT published his master’s project on ElGamal-type signature schemes.
- **Before 2011** — Worked in architecture and analytics at ACA Capital, Sandell Asset Management and Houlihan Lokey (Red Pine Advisors).
- **2011** — Co-founded SOLVE with Eugene Grinberg.
- **2019** — SOLVE announced investment from Credit Suisse Asset Management’s NEXT Investors in August.
- **2022** — SOLVE announced over $80 million from Charlesbank in February and acquired Advantage Data, Best Credit Data and Lumesis that year.
- **2025** — SOLVE acquired MBS Source in October.

## Achievements

- Co-founded SOLVE in 2011.
- Built architecture at ACA for a platform supporting more than $90 billion in risk positions.
- Developed complex-security analytical tools and a distributed computation grid at Red Pine Advisors.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Company update: SOLVE previewed New Issue Monitor at ABS East on October 20.
- **2026-09** — Company update: SOLVE announced enhancements to TRACE data, BWIC workflows and relative-value analysis.
- **2026-02** — Company update: SOLVE launched a corporate-bond Confidence Score for predictive prices.

## Links

- Website: https://solvefixedincome.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerard-nealon-2532b65

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Last updated: 2026-10-22