Darren Ward is vice-president and co-founder of Helmet HALO Technologies. He is a graduate of West Chester State University in Pennsylvania with a B.S. in General Business. Mr. Ward also holds several FINRA licenses including his Series 3, 7 and 63. Most recently Mr. Ward received a certificate in mastering project management through Villanova University.

Mr. Ward possesses an impressive 20 year record of success in varying business roles spanning several different industries. He began his career in the industrial adhesives industry driving sales for a major Dow Corning reseller. Seeing the growth of technology in the early 90’s Mr. Ward quickly transitioned his career to a path within the technology services and software industry. Mr. Ward spent the next nine years working in business development and management for technology firms such as Computer Associates, Viewlocity and Paragon Computer professionals. Shortly after the 9-11 tragedy he decided to transition his skills and abilities to the financial markets as an institutional broker of fixed income securities. He began his career with Hilliard Farber & Co. and quickly found success in facilitating trades between major broker dealers. A year later Mr. Ward was recruited by the world’s largest interdealer broker ICAP to join their US Agency trading desk. In 2006 Mr. Ward transitioned to ICAP’s electronic trading unit BrokerTec to lead the division’s product development and sales efforts for all GSE debt trading. Since joining the BrokerTec electronic trading division, he has held several roles in sales, product management, project management and client engagement management. Most recently Mr. Ward was asked to design and develop a new role for the firm that will strengthen the business units working relationships with clients and strategic technology partners.

Mr. Ward has been married for fifteen years and has 2 young daughters. He is involved as a coach for his daughter’s recreational sports teams and enjoys playing basketball in the local men’s league as well participating in the charity events sponsored by the league. Mr. Ward is an avid golfer and skier but always finds time to compete in one or two endurance races a year.