Jim Ryan

Mr. James Ryan is a President & Member of the Investment Committee at EAB Investment Group LLC.
He has over 25 years of trading experience in equities, futures and derivatives.
Prior to joining EAB Investment Group, Mr. Ryan co-founded RB Derivatives LP in 2006.
RB Derivatives was involved in mean reversion equity trading and earnings event arbitrage.
At RB, Mr. Ryan developed proprietary algorithms based on quantitative research and automated the execution through proprietary software.
Previously, Mr. Ryan co-founded Heard Trading, LLC in 1990.
Heard was a Philadelphia based proprietary trading firm specializing in volatility arbitrage in index and equity options.
Mr. Ryan was responsible for firm wide risk and business development.
Mr. Ryan also spearheaded the firm’s entry into the ETF arbitrage business on the AMEX.
In addition to his duties at Heard, he worked with programmers to design and build an electronic trading system for pairs, baskets and single stock execution.
The system was used both internally and externally through a distribution agreement with Fimat.
Mr. Ryan received a B.A.
in Economics from the University of Richmond.