Chris Isaacson on Resilient Market Infrastructure and Tech Leadership at Cboe

August 18, 2025

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Chris Isaacson

Chief Operating Officer of Cboe Global Markets

Chris Isaacson is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Cboe Global Markets (Cboe), overseeing technology and operations, risk/information security, the trade desk, infrastructure, data & analytics, and FX technology and operations. He joined Cboe as CIO in 2017 during the Bats Global Markets acquisition and led the Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE) migration to Bats technology on February 25, 2018.

Episode Overview

“Resilience is a mindset.” Chris Isaacson, Chief Operating Officer of Cboe Global Markets, joins Technovation host Peter High to discuss how the global exchange operator delivers trusted, 24/7 markets through technology, operational excellence, and a deeply integrated data strategy. A founding employee of BATS Global Markets and former CIO of both BATS and Cboe, Chris reflects on his two-decade journey scaling from startup to enterprise. He shares insights on building fault-tolerant platforms, organizing global teams for growth, and navigating crises like the flash crash and COVID with calm, systems-level thinking. Chris also explores the future of exchange operations, from AI-powered security and timestamping services to data commercialization and agentic software development.

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