# Ron Daly

> Ron Daly is the Charlotte-based founder, president and CEO of Virtual StrongBox, a financial-technology company that gives banks and credit unions a secure way to collect, store and exchange sensitive documents. An accountant by training and a former financial-institution CFO, Daly founded DigitalMailer in 2000, launched the original My Virtual StrongBox product in 2012 and later made the platform a separate company. His career is a study in patient, problem-led fintech: listen to regulated institutions, modernize one stubborn workflow at a time and make security part of the product rather than an apology attached to it.

- **Role:** President, CEO, Founder and Chairman of the Board at Virtual StrongBox
- **Organizations:** Virtual StrongBox, DigitalMailer, NCRFirst, Callahan & Associates, Association for Financial Technology, Credit Union Executive Society
- **Education:** Executive MBA in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The George Washington University School of Business, Bachelor's degree in accounting, American University
- **Known for:** Founded DigitalMailer in 2000 and grew it into a provider serving more than 200 credit unions by 2014., Launched My Virtual StrongBox in 2012 and presented it at Finovate in 2012 and 2014., Named inventor on multiple granted U.S. patents concerning encrypted virtual storage and secure document exchange.

## Career timeline

- **c. 1980-2000** — Served for 20 years as chief financial officer of a large Washington, D.C.-area financial institution.
- **2000** — Founded DigitalMailer, an early electronic-statement provider for credit unions.
- **2012** — Launched My Virtual StrongBox and demonstrated the online safe deposit box concept at Finovate.
- **2014** — Returned to the Finovate stage; the product was then available through 16 financial institutions serving 1.4 million consumers.
- **2016** — Exited the original company and focused on Virtual StrongBox as a separate organization.
- **2016-2022** — Was named as an inventor on a series of U.S. patents covering secure storage, encryption, copying and document sharing methods.
- **2024** — Virtual StrongBox described its evolution from a digital vault into a broader collaboration platform for financial institutions.

## Achievements

- Founded DigitalMailer in 2000 and grew it into a provider serving more than 200 credit unions by 2014.
- Launched My Virtual StrongBox in 2012 and presented it at Finovate in 2012 and 2014.
- Named inventor on multiple granted U.S. patents concerning encrypted virtual storage and secure document exchange.
- Led Virtual StrongBox from a digital safe-deposit-box concept to a secure collaboration platform for financial services.
- Served as president of NCRFirst, a regional financial-institution coalition focused on emergency preparedness and crisis management.
- Served on the board of Callahan & Associates.

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Virtual StrongBox published an account of its evolution from an online safe deposit box into a collaboration platform with secure file-sharing, digital-vault and workflow uses.
- **2024-04** — Daly published a LinkedIn article about an $8 billion financial institution that lacked a convenient secure document-submission process.
- **2024-03** — A Virtual StrongBox platform page attributed to Daly detailed its digital vault, organization collaboration, secure forms and e-sign components.

## Links

- Website: https://www.virtualstrongbox.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rondaly-vsb
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rondalyvsb
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VirtualStrongBox

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Last updated: 2026-08-27