Brandis DeSimone is a Vice President and Head of Americas Data Sales for Nasdaq. Brandis is responsible for leading a sales team focused on new business and client retention for over 500 clients across North America, Central America and South America.

She has helped bring greater transparency to data by leading Nasdaq.com’s release of a new digital media data license, giving retail investors access to real-time information on bid and ask data for tens of thousands of stocks and ETFs as well as spearheading a bid/ask integration into Nasdaq Basic, a platform for investors to access market data. Prior to the creation of these new investor focused licenses, this type of data was often behind a paywall. Now, all investors have this information at their fingertips.

Brandis has been with Nasdaq for over 10 years and has worked in various businesses throughout the organization, such as Listing Services and Corporate Solutions. Brandis was a founding member for both Nasdaq’s Women’s Network (2011) and Nasdaq’s Veteran’s Network (2016). Prior to Nasdaq, Brandis worked at SunGard Financial Systems and began her Wall Street career as an equity analyst at Merrill Lynch.

She attended The US Naval Academy in Annapolis and holds a master’s degree from Rutgers University. During her Naval career, Brandis served as a Surface Warfare Officer on an Aegis class Destroyer and is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the Global War on Terror. Brandis lives in Westchester, NY with her husband and two young children.