Education
- Pacific Union College, BS, Business Administration
Areas of Expertise
- Derivatives Trading and Markets
- Digital Assets and Blockchain
- NFA/CFTC Registration and Compliance
- Policies, Procedures, and Internal Controls
- CTA/CPO Operational Processes
- Risk and Compliance Programs
- Private Fund Structures
- Asset Management – Alternative Investments
Ron Breitigam
Biography
Ron Breitigam is a venerable investment and trading executive with more than four decades’ experience spanning digital assets, alternative investments, quantitative trading, and financial technology. He advises emerging managers, crypto lenders, fintech companies, and institutional investors on strategy, operations, manager selection, and business growth. Throughout his career, Ron has built, scaled, and operated investment platforms across traditional and digital asset markets, combining deep market expertise with extensive operational and regulatory experience.
Since 2020, Ron has provided digital asset advisory services, supporting clients across the cryptocurrency and fintech ecosystem. His work has included leading trading and operational functions for a global crypto investment platform, conducting due diligence on quantitative trading managers, providing outsourced COO services to digital asset funds, and advising fintech firms through strategic transactions.
Prior to focusing on digital assets, Ron founded and managed a quantitative energy-focused commodity-trading advisor, and held leadership roles at firms including SparkCognition, Lake Austin Advisors, and Eclipse Capital. At SparkCognition, he led financial services business development for artificial intelligence solutions serving hedge funds, trading firms, banks, and exchanges. At Eclipse Capital, he served as Chief Operating Officer of a $500 million commodity trading advisor, overseeing business development, trading, technology, compliance, finance, and recruiting functions.
Earlier in his career, Ron spent nearly two decades leading trading operations and managing global futures, foreign exchange, and equity trading activities. He began his financial markets career as a trader and exchange member in Chicago before holding positions with Thomson McKinnon, Paine Webber, and his own proprietary trading firm. His experience spans multiple market cycles and includes extensive work with institutional investors, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, and alternative investment managers.
Ron is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA). He also maintains FINRA Series 65 and NFA Series 3 registrations.