Daniel May Email & Phone Number

Daniel May founded May Consulting, Inc. in 1990 along with his brother, Dennis May. Daniel, with a background in computer science, paired up with Dennis, a finance major and Chicago Board Options Exchange market maker to create MicroHedge, a leading option analytic and risk management software system for professional option market makers. MicroHedge quickly became the industry standard for option traders across the United States. May Consulting was acquired by SunGard Data Systems in 1998, with Mr. May continuing to act as Chief Technology Officer until 2000. SunGard expanded the MicroHedge product line internationally, and it is still available today (known as SunGard Valdi Options Solutions). In 2000, Daniel started the May Trading Group, leveraging his technology experience in the US Equity and Index option markets. The May Trading Group was a pioneer in automated high frequency option trading. Daniel then co-founded SpryWare in 2004, a leader in low latency market data infrastructure. SpryWare introduced the concept of “A Ticker Plant in a Box”, the ability to normalize and distribute low latency direct market data from a single network device. While at SpryWare, Mr. May co-authored the FAST protocol for Fix Protocol Limited (FPL), establishing a standard for market data distribution. SpryWare was acquired by Pico Quantitative Trading in 2014. In 1998, Mr. May created The May Foundation, a donor-advised fund. The mission of the foundation is to promote education opportunities and life experiences for willing learners. Mr. May has been the full time director of the foundation since 2014.