Ananth Madhavan is a financial executive with a wealth of experience leading global quantitative research and technology teams. With a Ph.D. from Cornell University, Madhavan's expertise spans market microstructure, trading, portfolio transition management, and exchange-traded products. He is a registered Series 7, 24, and 63 professional and has authored numerous publications in leading academic journals in addition to co-inventing several patents held by ITG Inc. As the author of "Exchange-traded funds and the new dynamics of investing," published by Oxford University Press in 2016, Madhavan's insights are highly regarded in the finance industry. Madhavan has held positions at Investment Technology Group, Inc., NASDAQ, the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., and the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business and is currently a Managing Director at BlackRock.