Ironbridge Adviser
Ironbridge Adviser
20+ Years of Experience
Solomon Shields serves as Managing Partner for IronBridge Advisers.
Before IronBridge Advisers, he served as Managing Director for Nasdaq, responsible for Corporate Development in Markets, Technology, and Data for over a decade. During his tenure, he turned around the Data business with the creation of the Buyside Data & Analytics business, which included the acquisition of eVestment, Solovis, and Quandl. Alongside Data, Solomon created the Anti-Financial Crimes Technology business which lead to some of Nasdaq’s largest acquisitions, Verafin and Adenza, and expanded Nasdaq’s relationship with the US Intelligence Community, AT&T, and AWS. Initially, he created Nasdaq’s global Futures Exchange (NFX) which became the 3rd largest in the world, selling to Deutsche Borse, 7 years after breaking ground.
Prior to Nasdaq, Solomon served as Head of Risk for NECC, a physical commodity trading and clearing house in Chicago. He earned his master’s degree in statistics at Illinois Institute of Technology and bachelor’s degree in applied economics from Coastal Carolina University.
Solomon Shields
Solomon Shields
Solomon Shields serves as Managing Partner for IronBridge Advisers.
Before IronBridge Advisers, he served as Managing Director for Nasdaq, responsible for Corporate Development in Markets, Technology, and Data for over a decade. During his tenure, he turned around the Data business with the creation of the Buyside Data & Analytics business, which included the acquisition of eVestment, Solovis, and Quandl. Alongside Data, Solomon created the Anti-Financial Crimes Technology business which lead to some of Nasdaq’s largest acquisitions, Verafin and Adenza, and expanded Nasdaq’s relationship with the US Intelligence Community, AT&T, and AWS. Initially, he created Nasdaq’s global Futures Exchange (NFX) which became the 3rd largest in the world, selling to Deutsche Borse, 7 years after breaking ground.led
Before Nasdaq, Solomon served as Head of Risk for NECC, a physical commodity trading and clearing house in Chicago. He earned his master’s degree in statistics at the Illinois Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree in applied economics from Coastal Carolina University.