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Ron Whalen, CEO, PTO Exchange

Ron Whalen

CEO and Co-founder, PTO Exchange

Biography

"Wouldn't it be great to take some of our unused vacation time and use it to help pay for vacation?" This idea, hatched over a dinner among friends, was the genesis for the PTO Exchange. We, like many, had seen our earned vacation time reclaimed if left unused and thought it might be a better benefit if it could be employee-directed. So, in 2016, we launched our solution and by 2017 we were named a Gartner Cool Vendor. By 2018, we’d proven the solution among U.S. companies and received our initial patent. Today, it’s broadly available to large and small, private, and public organizations.