Our leadership

The leadership team at MIAX® is comprised of highly experienced industry professionals, who believe conducting business with integrity, transparency and reliability is the best way to serve our member firms, shareholders and teammates.

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Thomas P. Gallagher

  • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Thomas P. Gallagher is one of the Company’s principal founders and has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of MIH and the MIAX Exchanges since 2008.  Mr. Gallagher has been serving as...

 

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Douglas M. Schafer Jr.

  • Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, President, Miami International Technologies, LLC

Douglas M. Schafer Jr. has served as Executive Vice President, Chief information Officer and a Director of MIH since March 2011. Mr. Schafer has also served as president of Miami International Technologies since 2011. Prior to joining MIH...

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Barbara Comly

  • Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Barbara Comly is one of MIH’s principal founders and has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since MIAX Exchange Group’s inception in 2007. Barbara joined MIH...

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Shelly Brown

  • Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Business Development

Shelly Brown has served as Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Business Development since April 2011. Prior to joining MIH, he served as...

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Lance Emmons

  • Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Lance Emmons has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since March 2020. Prior to joining MIH, Lance served as CFO of several startups...

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Edward Deitzel

  • Executive Vice President, Chief Regulatory Officer and Chief Compliance Officer

Edward Deitzel is Executive Vice President, Chief Regulatory Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, serving as Chief Regulatory Officer since March 2009 and Chief Compliance Officer since October 2015.  Prior to joining MIH...

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John Smollen

  • Executive Vice President, Head of Exchange Traded Products and Strategic Relations

John Smollen has served as Executive Vice President, Head of Exchange Traded Products and Strategic Relations since July 2015. John brings over 35 years of options industry experience to MIH...

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Harish Jayabalan

  • Executive Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Risk Officer

Harish Jayabalan has served as Chief Risk Officer of the MIAX Exchanges since joining MIH in August 2011 and as an Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of MIH since September 2022. He has also served as...

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Joseph W. Ferraro III

  • Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel; President, MIAX Futures

Joseph W. Ferraro III serves as President of MIAX Futures and Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of MIH and the MIAX Exchange Group. Prior to joining MIH...

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Andy Nybo

  • Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer

Andy Nybo serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer at MIH since 2021. Prior to joining MIH...

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Gregory Wojciechowski

  • President and Chief Executive Officer of BSX

Gregory Wojciechowski has served as president of MIAX Global since January 2020 and President and Chief Executive Officer of Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) since January 2002. Mr. Wojciechowski was the Chief Operating Officer of BSX from 1995 to 2002...

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