Founded in 2009, Pico has expanded to 19 offices with a global presence across more than 55 data centers, providing mission-critical solutions to over 400 financial institutions, including leading banks, exchanges, asset managers, and trading firms worldwide.
The company’s strong growth and global expansion are made possible by the Pico team, whose leadership consists of highly experienced executives from a variety of backgrounds in the Financial Markets industry.
As Pico's Chairman, Founder and CEO, Jarrod defines the company vision and leads the executive team on business strategy and execution. His responsibilities include interacting with clients and investors, reviewing and discussing product innovation and global expansion, and ensuring organizational stability. Most importantly, Jarrod is committed to listening to clients, a core principle responsible for Pico’s growth.
Jarrod has over 20 years of experience in institutional trading. Prior to founding Pico, Jarrod served as Global Head of Electronic Trading at Merrill Lynch, where he oversaw the business from its inception and was responsible for sales, trading, risk, execution service, product development and quantitative analytics for these products worldwide. Before working on Wall Street, Jarrod worked as a product engineer and conducted semiconductor research at Intel.
Jarrod is a member of the Yale School of Engineering Leadership Council and serves on the Operating Board for the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (CITY), providing mentorship to Yale student entrepreneurs. Jarrod holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Yale University and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.
As Pico’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Eric oversees all areas of Finance, Global Operations and Global Network Services, while maintaining a central role in Organizational Leadership, Strategy and M&A.
Eric brings over 30 years of financial experience to the Pico leadership team. Prior to joining Pico, Eric served as both Chief Financial Officer and subsequently Chief Executive Officer for American Car Center, a private equity-backed integrated chain of auto dealerships and captive finance company. Before joining American Car Center, Eric served as Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Risk Officer at GATX, a publicly-traded global provider of railcar leasing and services, where he had numerous responsibilities, including treasury, M&A, investment analysis, enterprise risk management, investment risk management and corporate insurance. He also held seats on several executive committees and was an active voice on the leadership team. Eric has held leadership positions in various financial services firms and served on the board of Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance, a leading lessor of commercial aircraft engines.
Eric earned his B.S. in Business and Accounting at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and received his MBA in Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
As Pico's Chief Product and Marketing Officer, Stacie leads the organization in defining and executing the product and marketing strategy as well as driving Pico’s product innovation, continued global expansion, revenue growth and scale through the products organization, which includes the global portfolio of infrastructure, connectivity, data, software and analytics serving the financial services industry.
Stacie brings three decades of exchange and financial technology experience to Pico. She has served as a global software executive and transformation leader of technology and services businesses. Prior to Pico, Stacie managed Nasdaq’s Corporate Solutions division, the global connectivity to Nasdaq’s markets, trading, compliance and risk applications, Nasdaq’s trade reporting platform, as well as other roles in the organization. She listens to clients and brings technological innovation and energy to her roles to optimize the businesses she’s responsible for while accelerating growth and enhancing the client experience.
Stacie recently served on the Advisory Board for the College of Business and Economics at Towson University, where she earned a B.S. in Business with a concentration in Marketing.
As Pico's Global Chief Information Officer, Seetharam is the global technology leader of platform and network engineering, software engineering and corporate infrastructure. Seetharam drives efficiency by hiring high performance teams and promoting automation in build, deploy, deliver and support functions. He develops the strategy and vision for IT and engages with clients in understanding and potentially solving technology problems.
Seetharam brings over 20 years of experience to Pico. In his previous role, Seetharam served as the Head of Global Trading Technology at Citadel where he was responsible for leading focus on building trading systems supporting fundamental and quantitative strategies trading globally. Prior to Citadel, Seetharam was the CIO at Point72, responsible for driving technology transformation and innovation by deploying new technologies and new development methodologies. Earlier, he worked at SAC Capital as Co-CTO managing the Application Development stack, as well as the Front and Back Office Technology teams that he built during the initial years of SAC.
Seetharam attended Osmania and Bradely University, as well as receiving his M.B.A in Finance at The University of Connecticut School of Business.
As Pico’s Chief Sales Officer, Holly is focused on implementing best-in-class sales practices to drive success worldwide. She plays a key role in advancing Pico’s global sales strategy, ensuring stronger consistency and alignment across regions to deepen global relationships and accelerate growth. Holly drives greater consistency and alignment across regions to strengthen global relationships, enhance client retention, and accelerate profitable growth.
Holly brings over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Pico, Holly was the served as Global Head of Sales and Marketing at Curinos, a leading provider of data, analytics and technology solutions to financial institutions. Previously, she led global sales at Informa’s Financial Intelligence business, managing a large global team focused on growing market share and enhancing client relationships. Earlier in her career, she held multiple senior sales roles at Thomson Reuters.
Holly’s extensive sales leadership experience, relationships in the financial services sector and knowledge of best-in-class sales processes will be instrumental in advancing our sales strategy and in driving the next phase of our revenue growth and strengthening client relations.
As Pico’s General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer & Corporate Secretary, Lauren is responsible for all aspects of the company’s legal function, providing critical support for Pico’s global operations and growth initiatives. Lauren also oversees corporate governance, compliance, human resources, corporate development and risk management.
Lauren has over 25 years of legal experience, including serving previously as the General Counsel of two public companies, VEREIT, Inc. and Revlon. She began her legal career at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson and the boutique litigation firm of Stillman & Friedman, after which she served nine years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York and then worked in house at MacAndrews & Forbes. Lauren has extensive experience overseeing legal and compliance matters, managing the day-to-day functioning of a legal department to advance corporate strategy and working with management and boards of directors to institute appropriate corporate governance processes. Prior to her legal career, Lauren was an accountant and worked at Coopers & Lybrand.
Lauren received her undergraduate degree in economics with a major in accounting from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and her J.D. from Columbia Law School.
As Pico's Head of Strategy & Corporate Development, Kelly Spector leads the organization's strategic direction and long-term growth initiatives, driving corporate development efforts, partnerships, and strategic planning. She plays a critical role in identifying market opportunities, aligning cross-functional teams, and executing high-impact initiatives that support business transformation and value creation.
Kelly brings deep expertise in financial services, operations, and corporate strategy. Prior to her current role, she served as Chief Operating Officer & Head of Strategy at Alerian, where she was instrumental in streamlining operations, expanding product offerings, and guiding corporate strategy across the firm’s energy infrastructure indices. Before Alerian, Kelly held the position of Vice President of Index Operations & Governance at Nasdaq, where she oversaw governance frameworks, index methodology development, and operational excellence across a broad range of global benchmarks.
Kelly holds an M.B.A. from The George Washington University School of Business. She is known for her collaborative leadership style, strategic mindset, and commitment to driving innovation and scalable growth.
As Pico's Chief People Officer, Matt focuses on leading People & Culture initiatives, organizational design, HR systems improvement, talent and performance management, career development, recruitment and retention strategies and general HR operations
Matt Brings extensive global experience to Pico. Prior to joining Pico, Matt served three and a half years as Chief People Officer at DigitalOcean, where he built the HR department, while helping the organization grow from 500 to 1,300 employees and go public in 2021. Before his position at DigitalOcean, Matt served as Executive Vice President of Human Resources for six and a half years at Denihan Hospitality Group, where he led the development and delivery of all HR and culture initiatives for an organization of 3,000 employees.
Matt earned his B.A. degree in Psychology and Economics at Wabash College and received a Masters degree in Organization and Leadership Development from Columbia University.
As Pico's Commercial and Client Partnerships lead, Frank manages commercial strategy, global client partnerships, and delivery management to support Pico’s expansion and revenue growth.
Frank brings over 25+ years of trading technology experience in the Capital Markets industry. Prior to joining Pico, Frank was Managing Director and Head of Global Technology Services at ITG, a multinational agency brokerage and financial markets technology firm, where he led the Global Technology Services organization responsible for Trading Support, Infrastructure, Market Data, Quality Assurance, and Vendor Management. Prior to ITG, Frank was Executive Vice President and Head of Americas Client Services at Reuters where he was responsible for all customer support functions across North and South America including Relationship Management, Customer Help Desk, Technical Account Management and Client Site Engineering.
Frank received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado and his M.B.A. from the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business.
