Rick Lane

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Rick Lane is an American technology executive and entrepreneur known for his leadership roles in the financial technology industry. He served as the CEO and Chairman of Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of professional trading software, from 2014 to 2021. He currently works for Millennium Management in a trading technologies role.
== Early Life and Education ==
Lane graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.
== Background ==
=== Early Career ===
After graduation, Lane began his career as a senior consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he developed wargaming and defense-analysis software for the U.S. Department of Defense and other government agencies from 2004 to 2006. Lane later worked for a proprietary trading firm, where he developed trading algorithms for the Chicago futures markets.
=== TickIt Trading Systems ===
In 2006, Lane co-founded TickIt Trading Systems with Michael Unetich, a company that developed trading software. He served as a software engineer at TickIt until 2010.
=== Trading Technologies ===
Lane's journey with Trading Technologies began in 2010 when TT acquired TickIt Trading Systems. He initially joined TT as principal architect. After a brief stint at Google as a product manager from September 2011 to February 2012, Lane returned to TT as chief technology officer in 2012.
In February 2014, Lane was appointed CEO of Trading Technologies, succeeding Harris Brumfield. During his tenure as CEO, Lane spearheaded the development of TT's flagship trading platform and led initiatives that expanded the company beyond its roots as a trading screen provider. 
In December 2018, Lane was appointed chairman of the board while retaining his CEO responsibilities. He held both positions until March 2021, when he stepped down to pursue another opportunity.
=== Citadel ===
Following his departure from Trading Technologies, Lane joined Citadel, one of the world's largest hedge funds, as chief technology officer of core engineering in March 2021. In this role, he led the global organization responsible for all technology infrastructure underpinning Citadel and Citadel Securities.
== Personal Life ==
As of 2024, Lane resides in Westport, Connecticut. He holds a certification as a group fitness instructor from the Athletics and Fitness Association of America, issued in March 2023.
==John Lothian News Interviews==
The Great Migration - Rick Lane, Trading Technologies
Trading Technologies Chairman and CEO Rick Lane talks about revitalizing an entrenched product, TT’s order management system, and the decision to offer infrastructure-as-a-service.
Rick Lane, chief technology officer of Trading Technologies is overseeing a major overhaul of how Trading Technologies develops its solutions. In part 1 of this two-part video with former JLN editor-in-chief Jim Kharouf, he talks about mobile trading trends, the legacy challenges for the futures industry and rebuilding Trading Technologies’ entire architecture — and how this will all come together. In Lane’s view, rethinking the way technology is built and delivered means finding a balance of buying existing software and combining it with new solutions, a departure from the firm that traditionally built everything in-house. Published Dec. 1, 2012.
In this video of JLN's annual series with industry leaders, Lane talks more about TT’s work with GDAX in the cryptocurrency space and the necessity for industry service providers to harness the copious amounts of data they love to talk about.
===MarketsWiki Education===
Lane participated in the MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity series in 2014 in Chicago.
== References ==	
Category:Trading Technologies
Category:ISV CEOs
Category:Tickit Trading - Former Employees
Category: MarketsWiki Page of the Day
Category:MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity Speaker
Category:Google:Former Employees
Category:Citadel - Former Employees