Chris Keith is the Chairman of PDQ Enterprises, LLC and the inventor of the PDQ idea. Chris, who is also the Chairman, CEO and co-founder of ExchangeLab, is responsible for the overall strategic business vision of the company .

Mr. Keith was President and Founder of Financial Auction Network, Inc.

an Internet auction based trading system designed to attract the hidden pools of liquidity in equity markets, that was eventually sold and turned into PRIMEX.

This partnership has since attracted Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter and Salomon/Smith Barney as partners. Mr. Keith formerly served as Senior Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer at the New York Stock Exchange, where he was also a member of the Management Committee.

Prior thereto he was Senior Planning/Development Officer at the Security Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC), responsible for well-known automation products, such as Common Message Switch, DOT, Consolidated Tape & Quote, MDS (NYSE and American Stock Exchange), PERS, Automated Bond Systems, and ITS. He founded and was Chief Executive of DNS, the financial communication service arm of ADP, Inc. He was also the original Chief Technologist of Wit Capital (Nasdaq: WITC).

Mr. Keith's accomplishments have been noted in numerous publications including; Trading and Technology, Red Herring, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! News, CNNfn, and Securities Industry News, among others. Mr. Keith holds a BA from Stanford University and completed graduate work at Swarthmore and MIT.

Mr. Ross is Chief Executive Officer of PDQ Enterprises LLC.  Keith brings thirty years of experience in the securities industry to PDQ. Mr. Ross's experiences have included floor trading, off floor trading, risk arbitrage, options, futures and cash markets.

He has managed several different sized firms ranging from 15-75 employees,

the most recent being focused on electronic trading. Mr. Ross began his career as an options analyst in 1976.

In 1979, Mr. Ross became a member of the American Stock Exchange and a registered options trader on the floor of the exchange. In 1983, Mr. Ross formed Ceres Partners which was a small trading firm specializing in risk arbitrage and options market making.

In 1988, Mr. Ross became a member of the CBOE and was a market maker until 1999. Mr. Ross has spent the last several years focused on electronic trading. Mr. Ross joined PDQ Enterprises, LLC in 2005 and serves as CEO. Mr. Ross is a graduate of Princeton University and resides in Chicago.

David Padgitt is the Chief Technology Officer of PDQ Enterprises LLC. He is responsible for the development and implementation of the PDQ system.

He has been involved in the securities industry for over 20 years. He was an early member of Hull Trading where he worked on the design and implementation of one of the first real time option pricing and risk management systems starting in 1986.

At Hull their technology made them an early leader in the options market making business. David was also Chief Information officer for First Continental Trading where developed a global trading system for proprietary derivatives trading.

He has worked as Director of Information Technology at Grosvenor Capital Management, a Fund of Fund firm, and had been a trader and hedge fund manager. He graduated from Knox College with a B.A. in Physics.

Ed is the Chief Operations Officer at PDQ Enterprises LLC and President of PDQ ATS Inc.  His responsibilities include managing the firms day-to-day activities. Prior to this Ed worked at Allston Trading where he was responsible for managing and tracking the implementation of all projects impacting the trading and systems areas within the firm.

Ed was also the firm’s liaison with all US Equity Exchange’s and ECN’s on connectivity and trading relating issues. He previously held the position of SVP at the National Stock Exchange where his responsibilities included the oversight of the Business Development area and all related client service issues.

In addition, Ed managed the Trading Operations Department which included the Operations Help Desk and also represented the Exchange on numerous committees including CTA, ITS and NASDAQ UTP.

He started his career with the CBOE where he worked on the trading floor and ultimately became responsible for a number of projects focused on automating the execution of customer orders. Ed is a member of the Chicago Securities Traders Association and is series 7, 24 and 63 qualified.

Ed graduated from St. Mary' s University in Winona, Minnesota and received his MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Jason is the Managing Director of PDQ Enterprises, LLC and PDQ ATS, Inc. His responsibilities include managing all sales and marketing efforts, as well as assisting with the day-to-day operations of the firm. He has been involved with PDQ since the company's inception in 2003. In 2001, Jason joined ExchangeLab International, Inc.

where he worked on various securities industry projects including the development and formation of PDQ Enterprises, LLC.

Prior to ExchangeLab, Jason was an Analyst with Tower Hill Capital Group, Inc., an international investment banking, venture capital and consulting firm focused on Internet venture opportunities. Jason is a member of the NY Securities Traders Assosciation and is Series 7, 24 and 63 registered. He graduated from Connecticut College in 2001.