The 2010 Tech 40
Financial services companies once looked upon technology as a back-office, factory-like function. Now they depend on it as an engine of growth. Institutional Investor's annual ranking identifies the Top 40 technology architects and entrepreneurs who have risen to the top of their profession and continue to push toward a higher-tech future. Below, is a profile index of 40 innovators who have lifted financial technology from an operational backwater to an engine of growth.

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Rank Name Company
1 Heidi Miller JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2 Kevin Kometer CME Group
3 Lance Uggla Markit Group
4 Jeffrey Sprecher IntercontinentalExchange
5 Seth Merrin Liquidnet Holdings
6 Dan Mathisson Credit Suisse
7 Anna Ewing Nasdaq OMX Group
8 Catherine Bessant Bank of America Corp.
9 Joe Ratterman BATS Global Markets
10 Dominique Cerutti NYSE Euronext
11 Alasdair Haynes Chi-X Europe
12 Ken Harvey HSBC Holdings
13 Jon Robson Thomson Reuters
14 Paul Galant Citigroup
15 Robert Goldstein BlackRock
16 Olivier Le Grand Cortal Consors
17 William O'Brien Direct Edge
18 Tom Miglis Citadel Investment Group
19 David Rutter ICAP Electronic Broking
20 Shawn Edwards Bloomberg
21 Lee Olesky Tradeweb
22 Chris Church Swift
23 Stephen Scullen Fidelity Investments
24 Peter Bernard D. E. Shaw & Co.
25 Martin Davis Wells Fargo & Co.
26 Murray Pozmanter Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.
27 Magnus Böcker Singapore Exchange
28 Howard Lutnick BGC Partners
29 Michael Kuhn Deutsche Börse Group
30 Philip Weisberg FX Alliance
31 Antoine Shagoury London Stock Exchange Group
32 David Gershon SuperDerivatives
33 Eli Leenaars ING Group
34 Jan Verplancke Standard Chartered Bank
35 Fred Tomczyk TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.
36 Thomas Bill Orc Software
37 Mark Palmer StreamBase Systems
38 Kim Fournais and Lars Seier Christensen Saxo Bank
39 Dan diBartolomeo Northfield Information Services
40 Justin Brownhill and Nicolas Perkin Receivables Exchange