# Nick Solinger

> Nick Solinger is President and CEO of FIA Tech, the derivatives market infrastructure company owned by a consortium of clearing firms and the Futures Industry Association. He leads the Trade Data Network, the post-trade processing hub that quietly moves listed derivatives trades among executing brokers, clearing brokers, and end clients. A CFA charterholder with an MIT computer science degree, he spent much of the 2000s and 2010s at Traiana building the Harmony network before taking over FIA Tech in January 2016.

- **Role:** President & CEO at FIA Tech
- **Organizations:** FIA Tech, FIA (Futures Industry Association), Traiana, XOJET, Ariba, Oracle
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), CFA Institute
- **Known for:** Led development of Traiana's Harmony trade-lifecycle management network across FX, listed derivatives, equities., Grew FIA Tech into consortium-owned infrastructure with 12 clearing-firm owners and 120 employees., Kept Trade Data Network delay rates to 2.5% during 2026 Iran-shock volumes vs. 17% industry-wide.

## Career timeline

- **pre-1997** — Managed the Americas Application Technology team at Oracle Corporation.
- **1997** — Joined Ariba as an early employee; VP Product Marketing for enterprise software.
- **2002** — Joined Traiana at startup stage as VP of Marketing and Business Development.
- **2006** — Left Traiana to become CMO of XOJET, a private jet charter company.
- **2009** — Returned to Traiana as Head of Marketing and Product Strategy; helped launch Harmony.
- **2015** — Briefly departed Traiana; returned two weeks later after CEO change.
- **2016-01** — Named President of FIA Technology Services, succeeding Mary Ann Burns.
- **2024** — FIA Tech partners with Nasdaq to integrate real-time clearing into the Trade Data Network.
- **2026-06** — Speaks at FIA IDX London on post-trade resilience, AI, tokenization.

## Achievements

- Led development of Traiana's Harmony trade-lifecycle management network across FX, listed derivatives, equities.
- Grew FIA Tech into consortium-owned infrastructure with 12 clearing-firm owners and 120 employees.
- Kept Trade Data Network delay rates to 2.5% during 2026 Iran-shock volumes vs. 17% industry-wide.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Discussed post-trade resilience during the Iran war shock, AI adoption, and tokenization at FIA IDX London.

## Links

- Website: https://fia-tech.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-solinger-77779/

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Last updated: 2026-07-09