Jeff Kimsey is Vice President and Head of Data Regulation and Compliance at Nasdaq. He is an instrumental leader in the data business, helping to drive the right decision-making for the market data business. In his current role, he is responsible for public policy for market data and other initiatives concerning market data. His team is responsible for compliance of proprietary market data and helping to drive solutions to clients to make compliance easier. 

He has been with Nasdaq since 2001 and has assumed his current role in January 2023. Previously, he was Head of Product Management for the data division for 15 years and held roles in Research and Development and Data Analysis prior to that.

Before arriving at Nasdaq, he worked at Micros Systems, Inc., in many aspects of research and development, including testing, development and product management. 

Jeff holds a bachelor’s in finance from the University of Maryland and a Master’s in Business Administration from Loyola University.