Frank O’Connor is Vice President of Research at IRI. Prior to joining IRI, he was a product manager for Asset Manager Annuity Solutions at Morningstar, Inc., and held various positions at Morningstar since joining the firm with Morningstar’s 2005 acquisition of VARDS, including leading development of the Variable Annuity Database and the Morningstar Annuity Research Center/Annuity Analyzer tool suite, and product management roles in Morningstar’s Licensed Data and Data Redistributor business lines.

Prior to joining VARDS and Morningstar, O’Connor worked in insurance based executive benefits consulting from 1997 to 2001.

He holds an MBA with Finance Concentration from The John H. Sykes College of Business at the University of Tampa and a BA in International Relations from the University of South Florida. O’Connor resides in Roswell, GA with this wife and children.