Angie Ruan

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Chief Technology Officer, Capital Access Platforms at Nasdaq

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Angie Ruan is the Chief Technology Officer for Capital Access Platforms at Nasdaq, leading digital transformation and technology strategy. Her career includes executive leadership roles at Chime, American Express, PayPal, and eBay. People familiar with her work describe her as smart, data-driven, customer-focused, and a great motivator who inspires her teams.

Outside of her executive roles, Angie is a passionate advocate for women in technology, having served as the President of eBays Women in Tech group. For her own health and motivation, she prioritizes physical exercise, which has included being a dancer for 17 years and daily running.

She was inducted into the Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame in 2021.

Personality Overview

Risk-Taker

Strong-Willed

Impact-Driven

They take a lot of pride in personal achievements.  They prefer to be the ones controlling the conversation or defining the terms. More than the product, they care about the impact of the product.

Topics They Care About

AI Transformation
A frequent speaker on AI, she believes in empowering every employee with AI tools to drive innovation, not just engineers, and has discussed both incremental and transformative AI strategies.
Data-Driven Strategy
Emphasizes data strategy as the foundation for successful AI implementation and has been described by colleagues as a data-driven leader throughout her career.
Digital Innovation
Holds four technical patents and has a long track record of leading digital transformation, mobile platform development, and engineering culture shifts at Nasdaq, AmEx, PayPal, and eBay.

Media Appearances

Angie Ruan – Chief Technology Officer, Capital Access Platform, Nasdaq – WITI Hall of Fame. Featured in WITI (Women in Technology International)

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Listen to how Angie Ruan, Chief Technology Officer for Nasdaq … (Microsoft Canada). Featured in Facebook (Microsoft Canada)

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Nasdaq Women in Technology: Angie Ruan, Senior Vice President .... Featured in Nasdaq.com

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Work History

4-2024
Chief Technology Officer, Capital Access Platforms at Nasdaq
10-2021 - 4-2024
Technology Executive at Chime
5-2018 - 10-2021
SVP Technology at Nasdaq
1-2016 - 5-2018
Technology Executive, Global Customer Experience (Mobile, Web, Platform and Services) at American Express
4-2015 - 12-2015
Unit CIO, US Consumer Products and Small Business Products at American Express

Education

Master's degree from UC Santa Barbara
Computer Science from Tsinghua University

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Insights For Selling To Angie

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Hold your ground without indulging in one-upmanship
  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending time doing small talk
  • Be respectful but crisp

DONT's

  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them
  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell
  • Avoid being too verbose

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Angie is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Angie

  • If they are not convinced, they will have no hesitation in telling you the same.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Angie move?

  • They can reach decisions fairly quickly if they are convinced.
  • Can Angie take some risk or not?

  • They don’t mind risks but can be quite binary about them.

You And Angie

Personality Compatibility


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