Best Startup
At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based CEO’ operating in the Banking space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Immad Akhund
CEO & Founder of Mercury Technologies
Immad Akhund is the CEO and Founder of Mercury.
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About Mercury Technologies: Mercury is the banking stack for startups.* FDIC-insured accounts, debit cards, currency exchange, APIs, 3rd party integrations & more.
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Simon Rothery
CEO of Goldman Sachs
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Lloyd Blankfein
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs
With over 30 years of experience in various positions at Goldman Sachs in New York and London, Mr. Blankfein has extensive knowledge of all aspects of our business, including our risk management practices and our strategy. Mr. Blankfein utilizes this firm-specific knowledge and experience in his role as Chairman to, among other things, guide Board discussions and keep our Board apprised of significant developments in our business.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Dileep Thazhmon
Co-Founder & CEO of Jeeves
Dileep Thazhmon is the Co-Founder and CEO at Jeeves.
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About Jeeves: Jeeves is a fintech company that brings financial solutions to businesses globally.
Junaid Wahedna
Chief Executive Officer of Wahed Invest
Junaid is the CEO and founder of Wahed Invest inc. He has a Graduate degree from the department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from Columbia University. While at Columbia, he served as the Managing Editor of the prestigious academic publication,The Columbia Financial Review. Junaid is the holder of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), and CIMA Diploma in Islamic Finance (CDIF) designations. He has also been a speaker at international conferences on Islamic Finance.
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About Wahed Invest: Wahed is the first automated Shari’ah compliant investment platform in the world.
Srikrishna Ramakarthikeyan
CEO of Hexaware Technologies
R Srikrishna, a Director at Xurmo Technologies, is also the CEO of Hexaware Technologies. He was previously President at HCL Technologies. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (Chennai) and Indian Institute of Management (Kolkata), Srikrishna is an accomplished business leader who has conceptualized and pioneered many hi-tech offerings in network infrastructure management. He is credited at HCL with having broken new ground for the company many times over, in introducing new technology products and services and in opening new billion-dollar markets. R Srikrishna was honoured as a Young Global Leader for 2011 at World Economic Forum at Davos.
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About Hexaware Technologies: Hexaware Technologies Limited is an information technology and business process outsourcing service provider company based in India.
P R Chandrasekar
CEO and Vice Chairman of Hexaware Technologies
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About Hexaware Technologies: Hexaware Technologies Limited is an information technology and business process outsourcing service provider company based in India.
Brandon Krieg
CEO and Co-Founder of Stash Financial
Brandon Krieg is the Co-Founder of Collective Returns, Inc. and has been its Chief Executive Officer since July 11, 2016. Brandon Krieg served as the President of Collective Returns, Inc. until July 11, 2016 and serves as its Executive Director.
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About Stash Financial: Stash is a personal finance app that combines banking, investing, and advice into one platform.
Sergio P. Ermotti
Group Chief Executive Officer of UBS
Swiss Federal Professional Certificate of Business; Graduate, AMP, Oxford, UK. 1987-2004, with Merrill Lynch incl.: 1993, Head, European Equity Derivatives; 1996, Head, Global Equity Derivatives, NY; 1997-99, Head, Global Equity Linked Products; 1999-2001, Head, Equity Markets, EMEA; 2001-04, Sr VP and Co-Head, Global Equity Markets; Member, Op. Cttee; Vice-Chairman, Capital Markets. Prior to April 2011, with UniCredit Group: 2005, Head, Markets and Investment Banking; 2007-10, Group Deputy CEO and Head, Corporate and Investment Banking and Private Banking. April – September 2011, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, UBS Group EMEA. Since September 2011, Group Chief Executive Officer, UBS.
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About UBS: UBS is a global financial services company that engages in the provision of financial management solutions.
Donald Hawkins
Founder & CEO of First Boulevard
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About First Boulevard: First Boulevard is a fintech startup that aims to address the generational wealth gap for Black Americans.
Andrew Cecere
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of U.S. Bancorp
Mr. Andrew Cecere is Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Bancorp. Until that time, he served as Vice Chairman, Wealth Management and Securities Services of U.S. Bancorp since the merger of Firstar Corporation and U.S. Bancorp in February 2001. Previously, he had served as an executive officer of the former U.S. Bancorp, including as Chief Financial Officer from May 2000 through February 2001.
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About U.S. Bancorp, US Bank: U.S. Bancorp is a financial holding company, offers banking, investment, mortgage, trust, and payment services and products for its clients
Anthony Sarandrea
Chief Executive Officer of Pocket Your Dollars
Forbes- “Top References for Marketing Trends in 2016” http://www.forbes.com/sites/ajagrawal/2015/12/21/10-examples-of-ads-that-pull-on-emotion/#15e70c6f4d52 Inc Magazine- “Top Branding/Marketing Experts to Look out for in 2017” http://www.inc.com/ilya-pozin/9-branding-experts-to-look-out-for-in-2017.html Entrepreneur Magazine contributor- 5 Marketing Trends Business Owners Should Know in 2016 https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/281025 ASU College of Entrepreneurship + Innovation Venture Mentor Consultant/Professor SiteFlood was founded by current owner and CEO Anthony Sarandrea with a vision to provide consulting services that exceed the goals and expectations of clients. “After working in a large corporate agency, I realized businesses were getting neglected by the high volume of clients held by these corporations.” SiteFlood was born to be able to provide individual attention to each and every client, we care for each client and their business as if it were our own. “I formed my first business with $20 and promise your advertising dollars will be treated like I treated that first $20, every penny counts and it is SiteFlood’s job to make sure your business sees every opportunity to be successful.” Real client’s testimonial: “SiteFlood is managing our PPC & SEO strategy, they have saved us a fortune. I would definitely recommend sitting down with Anthony. I’ve worked with three other companies and almost gave up on finding a good consultant, then I found SiteFlood. Anthony and his team will give you daily reports and clearly define how he is growing your companies bottom line. I recommend them very highly and think they would be an asset to your business.” -Stephanie Graham You can contact Anthony at contact@siteflood.com & Facebook/SiteFlood
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About Arizona State University, Pocket Your Dollars: Pocket Your Dollars provides banking, bankruptcy, car insurance, credit card debt, insurance, tax debt, mortgage & personal loans services.
Alan Lane
CEO of Silvergate Bank
Alan J. Lane joined Silvergate Bank in December 2008 as director and chief executive officer. He is also director, president and chief executive officer of the Bank’s holding company, Silvergate Capital Corporation. With over thirty years of corporate and financial institution leadership experience, he formerly held the positions of director, president and chief operating officer of Southwest Community Bancorp; vice-chairman and chief executive officer of Financial Data Solutions, Inc.; and president and chief executive officer of Business Bank of California, a commercial bank with fifteen branches in northern and southern California. In addition to his financial institution experience, Mr. Lane has served as president/CEO or chief financial officer of both manufacturing and retail companies, ranging in size from $10 million to $50 million in annual revenues. Mr. Lane serves on the board of directors of Natural Alternatives International, Inc. He earned his BA in Economics from San Diego State University.
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About Silvergate Bank: Silvergate is the leading provider of innovative financial services to the digital currency industry.
Sankaet Pathak
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Synapse
Sankaet Pathak is the Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Synapse.
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About Synapse: Synapse is a banking platform that enables companies to provide financial products to their customers.
Fujimoto Shigeo
CEO of Synapse
Fujimoto Shigeo is the CEO at Synapse.
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About Synapse: Synapse is a banking platform that enables companies to provide financial products to their customers.
Ken Moelis
Chairman & CEO of Moelis & Company
Ken Moelis is Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company, a global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors. Mr. Moelis has over 30 years of investment banking experience. Prior to founding Moelis & Company, he worked at UBS from 2001 to 2007, where he was most recently President of UBS Investment Bank and previously Joint Global Head of Investment Banking. Before joining UBS, Mr. Moelis was Head of Corporate Finance at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where he worked from 1990 through 2000. Mr. Moelis serves on the University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees, the Wharton Board of Overseers, the Board of the Tourette Syndrome Association, and the Board of Governors of Cedars Sinai Hospital. He holds an undergraduate degree and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Moelis & Company, Moelis & Company: Moelis & Company is an investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base.
Charles Scharf
President and CEO of Wells Fargo
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About Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.3 trillion assets providing banking, insurance, and investments.
Mary Knell
CEO, Pacific Northwest Commercial Banking of Wells Fargo
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About Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.3 trillion assets providing banking, insurance, and investments.
Scott Beiser
CEO of Houlihan Lokey
Mr. Beiser is Houlihan Lokey’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. His responsibilities include managing Houlihan Lokey’s operations, identifying and developing new strategic opportunities, and pursuing and managing new and existing client relationships. Mr. Beiser previously led Houlihan Lokey’s Infrastructure Services and Materials practice and has specialized expertise in investment banking services for engineering and construction businesses, including ownership and management transition programs, corporate acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged recapitalizations, and ESOP transactions. Mr. Beiser serves on the Board of Directors of FNF Construction and is an advisor to several boards and executives in the engineering and construction industry. Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Beiser was a Senior Financial Analyst at Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Co., where he supervised the budget and forecasting department. Mr. Beiser earned both a B.S. and an M.S. in Finance from the College of Business and Economics at California State University, Northridge.
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About Houlihan Lokey: Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank that focuses on capital markets, financial restructuring, valuation, and strategic consulting.
Ravi Balasubramanian
CEO and Co-founder of Sandbox Banking
Ravi was a trader and portfolio manager at Lehman, Barclays, UBS, and Harvard Management Company before co-founding AlphaPack. He was in the M&T program and got degrees in Electrical Engineering and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. When he’s not on the phone with customers, he’s writing Sandbox code in Python. Ravi loves rock-climbing, scuba diving, and travelling beyond cell-phone coverage.
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About Sandbox Banking: Sandbox Banking provides Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) technology to banks, credit unions, and fintechs
Jorge Sun
CEO & Co-Founder of LendingFront
Founding team member and Chief Credit Officer for OnDeck. Most recently, Head of Small Business Credit at Capital One Bank.
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About GATHER & SAVE, LendingFront: Small business lending software platform for banks and other financial institutions
Steven Smith
Co-Founder & CEO of Finicity
Steven Smith is Finicity’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He has strong strategic and tactical business skills and combines them with a passion to develop products and services that make a positive difference in people’s lives. Prior to co-founding Finicity, Steve served as a senior member of the executive team at Megahertz Corporation, the world’s leading supplier of data communication products for mobile computers. At the close of his nine-year tenure, Megahertz had more than 1,200 employees and claimed more than 50 percent of the North American PC Card market. Most recently, Steve led the acquisition and management of a global industrial engineering and manufacturing firm. Under his direction, the company became a leading supplier of critical service control equipment for chemical and petrochemical plants. Steve holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Utah.
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About Finicity: Finicity provides open banking services, real-time financial data access and insights.
J. P. McNeill
CEO of Ando Money
Mr. McNeill has 17 years of senior executive experience as at four early stage companies. Most recently, Mr. McNeill co-founded Renovate America, the leading provider of a new innovative financing product (Property Tax Financing) used by homeowners and businesses to finance energy products. The Harvard Business Review listed Property Tax Financing as a Top 10 Breakthrough Idea in 2010. Prior to co-founding Renovate America, Mr. McNeill held a number of senior level positions including Chief Financial Officer of two venture capital (VC) backed companies and Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Sales of a third VC backed company. Two of the three VC backed companies went public on the NASDAQ stock market and the third was sold to a public entity. In addition to serving on the board of Renovate America, Mr. McNeill serves on the board of San Diego Coastkeeper and Quality Home Maintenance, Inc.
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About Ando Money: Ando Money enables customers to join and drive a transformative movement to combat the climate crisis through carbon-reducing banking.
Mingzhe Ma
Chairman and CEO of Ping An
Mingzhe Ma is the founder of the Company. Mingzhe Ma founded Ping An Insurance Company in March 1988, and is the current Chairman and CEO of the Company. Since the establishment of the Company, Mingzhe Ma has served as President, Director, Chairman and CEO of the Company, and has been in charge of operations and management of the Company. Before establishing the Company, Mingzhe Ma was Deputy Manager of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Social Insurance Company. Mingzhe Ma has a doctor’s degree in money and banking from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (previously Zhongnan University of Economics).
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About Ping An, Ping An Healthcare Management: Ping An Insurance Company is a holding company deals with insurance, banking, and financial service.
Aryeh Bourkoff
Founder & CEO of LionTree
Mr. Bourkoff is the founder and CEO of LionTree LLC, an independent investment bank. He previously served as Vice Chairman and Head of Americas Investment Banking at UBS, which he joined in 1999. He was also a member of the UBS Investment Banking Executive Committee. Other positions Mr. Bourkoff held within UBS include Joint Global Head of Telecom, Media, and Technology Investment Banking and Head of the Media and Communications Research Group. Before joining UBS, he served as a high-yield research analyst at CIBC World Markets from 1997-99 and Smith Barney from 1995-97. Mr. Bourkoff is a director on the boards of select private companies. He is also a chair of the entertainment, media, and communications division of the UJA-Federation of New York and a member of its digital media executive committee; a member of the New York Philanthropic Advisory Board of UNICEF; a trustee of the Foundation Fighting Blindness; and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. – See more at: http://www.tribecadisruptiveinnovationawards.com/aryeh-bourkoff-founder-and-ceo-liontree-llc/#sthash.YRJMs0Ws.dpuf
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About LionTree: LionTree Partners is a service provider and investment banking fund that invests in media, technology, and telecommunication.
Colin Walsh
CEO and Co-Founder of Varo Money
Colin Walsh is the brainchild behind Varo and its mission to revolutionize banking. Colin and his team founded Varo to create a better way of banking that empowers consumers to be more in control of their financial lives. He believes too many people are not well served by the big banks, which have created a significant opportunity for innovators. Varo is building a seamless retail banking solution that addresses big pain points for the ~20 million millennial Americans (ages 22-36) who are creditworthy yet still manage their money on a month-to-month basis. These Americans are often one unexpected event away from running into financial trouble, which can prevent them from building savings and investing their money around longer-term goals. Varo has designed a product that allows its customers to see their full financial picture, understand how they’re spending, and access lending and savings products to smooth cash flow and build wealth over time. Varo’s frictionless, mobile-first banking solution does not charge overdraft fees or punitive interest rates, thereby eliminating the harmful fees traditional banks rely on to make money from this large segment of consumers. As proven in other industries, innovators who introduce products people love at lower cost often create massive disruption. We believe the time for such a change in retail banking has arrived. Understanding banking and how people manage their money is a vital part of developing such a new mobile banking platform. Walsh is perfectly positioned to do this with more than 25 years of retail financial services industry experience. His knowledge and expertise is guiding the Varo team to deliver a platform that allows users to effortlessly cover their expenses and build their wealth, so they can get on with their lives.
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About Varo Money: Varo is a digital bank that offers innovative, premium banking services wrapped in inclusive design.
Peter Cameron
CEO of The Lenox Group
Peter Cameron is currently the CEO of Lenox Corporation, an American manufacturer of fine china. Cameron previously served as CEO of Waterford Wedgwood plc, a manufacturer of fine china and crystal products, and from 1997 to 2003 he held the position of CEO and president of All Clad Holdings, a manufacturer of cookware products that was acquired by Waterford during his tenure. He is also currently vice chairman and owner of Acuity Management Inc., an investment management company that owns and operates several commercial real estate investments. From 1988 to 1995 he served in various senior level management capacities within Hanson plc, including chairman of U.S. Industries Housewares Group, and president and CEO of Farberware, Inc. Prior to that, Cameron was CEO and president of Revereware, a leading manufacturer of branded cookware to department store and mass merchant channels. Cameron has also held senior management positions at Polaroid Corp., Bowmar Instrumental Corporation, and Starcraft. He graduated with a B.S. in economics from Northeastern University, and serves on the boards of Northeastern University, Chapel Hill, The International Housewares Charity Foundation, Acuity Management, Farberware Licensing Co., Hartmann and Lenox. He formerly served on the Board of Directors, New York Botanical Garden Association, International Housewares Association, and Bronx Green-up.
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About The Lenox Group: The Lenox Group is a family-owned businesses and entrepreneurs with sound corporate advisory services.
Jes Staley
Group Chief Executive Officer of Barclays
Jes has nearly four decades of extensive experience in banking and financial services. He worked for more than 30 years at JPMorgan Chase, initially training as a commercial banker, and later advancing to the leadership of major businesses involving Equities, Private Banking and Asset Management, and ultimately heading the company’s global Investment Bank. Most recently, Jes served as Managing Partner at BlueMountain Capital. Jes holds a BA in Economics from Bowdoin College.
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About Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
Andrei Cherny
CEO and Co-Founder of Aspiration
Andrei Cherny has spent nearly twenty years working to make the financial system more open and fair. He combines a background as an advisor to some of America’s top companies, the co-founder and president of a media start-up, a financial fraud prosecutor, a historian, a White House aide, a Navy reserve officer, and a nationally-recognized economic policy expert. Andrei has provided strategic counsel to companies such as Intel, Qualcomm, and Bank of America. He launched and grew Democracy Journal to one of the most widely read idea journals in America. There, he helped start the successful fight for the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. A former Clinton White House aide, he was the youngest White House speechwriter in American history. His 2000 book, The Next Deal, showed how business and government would be transformed by people’s demands for more and better choices. He is also the author of the The Candy Bombers. He graduated from Harvard University and from the University of California Berkeley law school. Source: https://www.aspiration.com/team
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About Aspiration: Aspiration offers retail banking and investing services that enable customers to spend and save their money in ways that protect the planet.
James H. Herbert
Chairman and CEO of First Republic Bank
Herbert founded First Republic Bank as CEO in 1985. Previously, he was the Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of San Francisco Bancorp from 1980-1985. Mr. Herbert currently serves as the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Twelfth District member for the Federal Advisory Council and holds board/trustee positions with Babson College; the San Francisco Ballet Association (Chair and Co-Chair, 2002-2008); Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York; and The BASIC Fund. B.S., 1966, Babson College; M.B.A., 1969, New York University; Harvard Business School CEO Presidents’ Seminar Graduate.
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About First Republic Bank: First Republic offers banking for individuals and businesses, wealth management and more with a focus on tailored services and solutions.
Pankaj Srivastava
CEO of MentorCloud
Pankaj is a change catalyst and believes in building products that help overcome genuine human problems. A proven marketing and operations leader, Pankaj excels at building global technology brands through product, marketing and go-to-market strategy development and execution. He turns visionary instinct into reality in his dual role as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at FigLeaf, a privacy-first company built on the premise that when privacy is a choice, humanity is free. With a contagious passion, Pankaj balances strategy, technology, analytics and customer experience to deliver highly innovative products and services at global scale. Prior to FigLeaf, Pankaj led the turnaround of an online consumer security company, and led global consumer marketing for McAfee, where he helped launch one of the world’s first SaaS businesses, built a team from five to 130 people, managed 600+ partners, and grew revenues from less than $100M to more than $500M. Pankaj serves as a board member of ZEO Alliance and ROI Mantra Inc., and is an active startup mentor, where his experience pairs with new founders’ creative energy to translate vision into practical, bottom-line results.
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About MentorCloud, PracticalSpeak: MentorCloud is a cloud-based mentoring platform for enterprises to accelerate digital transformation, employee engagement and retention.
Brady Harris
CEO of Dwolla
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About Dwolla: Dwolla is a fintech company powering innovations with sophisticated account-to-account payment solutions.
Herbert Allen
President & CEO of Allen & Company
Herbert Allen has been director of The Coca-Cola Company since 1982. Allen is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Allen & Company Incorporated, a privately held investment firm, and has held these positions for more than the past five years. He previously served as a Director of Convera Corporation from 2000 to 2010.
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About Allen & Company: Allen & Company is a private investment and advisory firm.
Oren Bass
Chief Executive Officer of Fcancer Project
Oren Bass is Co-Founder of Pave, a funding platform for Millennials. Oren began his career as a lawyer at Clifford Chance in London before moving into structured finance at Goldman Sachs. Oren later joined GLG where he was responsible for co-managing an investment fund focused on distressed and special opportunities globally. Oren left to set up a family office where he served as COO until March 2012 when he left to start Pave. Oren holds a degree in history from the University of Leeds and UCLA, and a Law degree from London’s College of Law.
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About Fcancer Project: Online platform enabling volunteers to donate skills to Cancer charities
William Demchak
CEO, President and Director of PNC
Mr. William S. Demchak, also known as Bill, has been the Chief Executive Officer at PNC Financial Services Group Inc. since April 23, 2013. Mr. Demchak has also been the President of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. and its subsidiary PNC Bank, National Association since April 24, 2012. Mr. Demchak serves as the Chief Executive Officer of PNC Bank, National Association and has been its President of PNC Financial Services Group since April 24, 2012. He served as Senior Vice Chairman of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. since February 2009 until April 24, 2012. Mr. Demchak served as Senior Vice Chairman of PNC Bank until April 24, 2012. He served as Head of Corporate & Institutional Banking of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and Head of Institutional Bank of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. since September 2002, where he was responsible for PNC’s middle market and large corporate businesses, as well as capital markets, real estate finance, equity management and leasing. Mr. Demchak led PNC Financial Services Group Inc.’s asset and liability management function. From 1997 to May 2002, he served as Global Head of Structured Finance and Credit Portfolio for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. He also held key leadership roles at JP Morgan prior to its merger with the Chase Manhattan Corporation in 2000. Mr. Demchak was actively involved in developing JP Morgan’s strategic agenda. He served as Vice Chairman of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. since September 2002. He served as Vice Chairman of PNC Bank. He has been Director of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. since February 2013 and of Blackrock Inc. since 2003. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Pittsburgh, the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and the Blue Mountain Credit Alternatives Ltd. He is a member of The Financial Services Roundtable. He served as a Director of BlackRock World Mining Trust plc. He served as a Director of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. He served as a Director of Hilliard Lyons Research Advisors – Investment Advisor of The RBB Fund, Inc. – Senbanc Fund. Mr. Demchak holds a Bachelor of science degree from Allegheny College and earned an MBA with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of Michigan.
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About PNC, PNC Bank: PNC is a financial service company providing bank deposits products and services to its community.
Donna Wells
Founder and CEO of Valencia Ventures
A nationally-recognized technology executive with an exceptional track record in driving strategic innovation and rapid growth in Fortune 500 and start-up environments. Ms. Wells is a former software company CEO and led US marketing for two Fortune 500 companies. She holds degrees from Wharton and Stanford and teaches entrepreneurship at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Ms. Wells is an Audit Committee Financial Expert and has served on public, private and SPAC boards since 2010. She was named Board Director of the Year by the Women in Information Technology organization in 2021.
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About Stanford Graduate School of Business, Valencia Ventures: Valencia Ventures offers strategic board, investment and advisory aervices for companies seeking to define and hold the leading edge.
Joe DiPasquale
CEO of BitBull Capital
Joe DiPasquale is the founder and CEO of Regroup, recognized through industry awards as the leading mass notifications company. He completed his MBA at Stanford University and his BA at Harvard University. Previous experience includes Deutsche Bank’s Technology Investment Banking Group, General Motors’ Strategic Initiatives Group, venture capital at HighBAR Partners, and strategy consulting at Bain and McKinsey.
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About BitBull Capital, Regroup Mass Notification, StartOut: BitBull Capital is the first cryptocurrency fund of hedge funds.
Allan Martinson
CEO of Xolo
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About Martinson Trigon Venture Partners, Xolo: Xolo makes freelancing a magical experience
Chris Bridges
CEO & Co-Founder of VITAL CARD
Co-Founder of VITAL CARD.VITAL is the world’s first social credit card that offers unlimited cash back rewards when you use it and share it. The more you share, the more you earn!
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About Grays Peak Capital LP, VITAL CARD: VITAL is the credit card that pays you to share and spend responsibly.
Ray Youssef
CEO & Co-Founder of Paxful
Ray is the co-founder and CEO of Paxful, the peer-to-peer global finance platform with over seven million users. Ray and his co-founder Artur started Paxful in 2015 to help everyone gain financial freedom through equal access to finance. Ray started out as an entrepreneur in 2001, when he founded a successful ringtone business and then had a series of start-ups before setting up Paxful. At Paxful, Ray is CEO and looks after growth, marketing, customer service and operations. Ray also founded the Built With Bitcoin Foundation that uses Bitcoin to create opportunity and thriving communities by providing access to clean water, quality education, and healthy food and a healthy environment via sustainable farming.
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About Paxful: The global peer-to-peer platform building a financial system for the 100%— one Bitcoin at a time.
Tom Durovsik
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FreedomPay
A marketing and new product development visionary, Tom has held leadership positions with some of the world’s most recognized consumer brands, followed by a string of highly successful start ups focused on emerging technologies including; internet, cloud computing and mobility. Tom has built a strong reputation in the business community as a focused leader, a strong hands-on operator and a successful entrepreneur. As a Product Director for Pepsi Cola, among the world’s leading consumer brands, Tom focused on marketing and new product development for Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew and an array of new beverage products. Later, Tom served as President and minority equity partner at The Franklin Mint, a manufacturer and direct marketer of collectibles. Under Tom’s leadership, the company grew sales from $150 million to over $1 billion annually with more than 5,000 employees spanning the globe. Tom spearheaded the global expansion of marketing to 35 countries while reinvigorating product development and expanding manufacturing, fulfillment and customer care facilities to meet worldwide demand. In 1995, Tom founded Intelihealth in partnership with US Healthcare and Johns Hopkins University. Intelihealth was the first company to provide personalized branded health care information to all forms of electronic media including the then-new medium of the Internet. Intelihealth.com won a “Webbie” for best health-related site in 1999 along with a “People’s Choice Award”. Aetna, Inc., the world’s largest insurer, acquired Intelihealth in 1999. In 2000, Tom founded FreedomPay the leading cloud-based payment, mobile and incentive platform. Today, the FreedomPay Commerce Platform serves global banks, Fortune 1000 corporations, elite healthcare institutions and is a leading provider of payment solutions to the United States government, serving over 20 federal agencies. In 2013, FreedomPay was selected by Microsoft as its commerce platform partner for the global banking and retail sectors. Tom is a founding member of The Cancer Support Community, a global nonprofit that provides emotional support, education and hope to cancer patients and their families. His wife, Jill, is Chair for the national organization’s Cancer Survivorship Research and Training Institute located in Philadelphia. Tom holds a BA from Drew University and an MBA from George Washington University.
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About FreedomPay, The Cancer Support Community: FreedomPay is a white label e-commerce platform for banks, retailers and healthcare organizations to deliver cloud-based user experiences.
Felix Orwa
Founder/CEO of SOTE
Felix Orwa is the Founder & CEO of Sote. He is a former professional pilot.
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About SOTE: Sote is building the digital logistics infrastructure and largest B2B marketplace for Africa.
Caitlin Long
Co-Founder & CEO of Avanti Financial Group
Caitlin Long is chairman and president of Symbiont, the market-leading smart contracts platform for institutional uses of distributed ledger technology. Caitlin previously spent 22 years on Wall Street in senior roles, working for Morgan Stanley (2007-2016), Credit Suisse (1997-2007) and Salomon Brothers (1994-1997). During her career she started and ran three new businesses, was a top-ranked equity research analyst for the life insurance sector, and worked directly for the co-CEOs on a business restructuring in Zurich. Caitlin has been active in bitcoin since 2012 and blockchains since 2014, and she served on Morgan Stanley’s internal blockchain working group in 2014-16. MarketsMedia awarded Caitlin its 2016 Women in Finance Award for Excellence in Blockchain, and Institutional Investor named Caitlin to its list of the most influential people in pensions during her final 3 years on Wall Street. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School (JD, 1994), the Kennedy School of Government (MPP, 1994) and the University of Wyoming (BA, 1990).
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About Avanti Financial Group: Avanti Financial Group is an operator of a crypto-asset banking company used to focus on providing regulated services for digital assets.
Ramzi Musallam
CEO of Veritas Capital
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About Veritas Capital: Veritas Capital is a private equity investment firm that invests in companies that provide critical products and services.
Rick Hull
CEO of Ohio Legacy
Mr. Hull was appointed as President and Chief Executive of the Company and the Bank effective February 20, 2010. From August 2009 until February 2010, Mr. Hull served as a consultant for Excel Financial and Excel Bancorp and assisted them in evaluating opportunities to directly or indirectly acquire a financial institution. From January 2006 to August 2009, Mr. Hull served as the President of the Akron/Canton Region of Huntington National Bank (formerly Sky Bank). From January 1999 to December 2005, Mr. Hull served as the President of the Ohio Valley Region of Sky Bank. Mr. Hull is admitted to practice law in the State of Ohio, and previously served as General Counsel of The Citizens Banking Company and maintained a private real estate and commercial law practice. Mr. Hull provides the Board with nearly 30 years of experience in the commercial banking industry, including experience in an executive management capacity, and has extensive knowledge of legal compliance and corporate governance issues within the banking industry.
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About Ohio Legacy: Ohio Legacy Corp is a $224.4 million bank holding company
Mike Maddox
President & CEO of CrossFirst Bank
Mike graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in Business. He continued his education at the University of Kansas School of Law and graduated with a Juris Doctorate degree. While at KU, Mike was a four-year letterman and a member of the KU basketball team that won a National Championship in 1988. He was captain of the 1991 KU team that was the national runner-up. He practiced Law in Lawrence, Kansas for more than six years and has been in banking for almost nine years. Mike is a former Community Bank President for INTRUST Bank in Lawrence, and was later promoted to Regional President where he managed all of the bank’s operations in Northeast Kansas. He completed the Graduate School of Banking in Wisconsin in 2003. Mike is currently involved in a number of community activities and boards.
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About CrossFirst Bank, CrossFirst Holdings: CrossFirst Bank provides banking services primarily designed for business owners, professionals and their families.
Rajinder P. Singh
Chief Executive Officer of BankUnited
Raj Singh assumed leadership of BankUnited’s Mortgage Banking and Corporate Development areas in May 2009. In this role, he oversees BankUnited’s mortgage banking activities, corporate strategy, and is the primary liaison with the FDIC’s loss sharing division. Mr. Singh has several years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, including the acquisition of BankUnited, Capital One’s acquisition of North Fork Bank and Bank of America’s acquisition of FleetBoston. Before joining BankUnited, Mr. Singh was managing director of Invesco’s WL Ross & Co., a private equity firm with more than $8 billion under management, where he led the firm’s financial services practice. Earlier in his career, Mr. Singh was executive vice president of Capital One Bank, where he managed product marketing and non-branch channels. Prior to that, he was the head of corporate strategy and development for North Fork Bank. Before North Fork, Mr. Singh spent nine years at FleetBoston.
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About BankUnited: BankUnited, Inc. (BKU) is a bank holding company with three wholly owned subsidiaries:
John A. Kanas
President & CEO of BankUnited
John Kanas was named chairman, president and chief executive officer of BankUnited in May 2009. Mr. Kanas led a group of investors in the purchase of the bank in a history-making transaction. Prior to joining BankUnited, Mr. Kanas was chairman, president and CEO of North Fork Bancorporation, the sixteenth-largest bank holding company in the United States. He held this position from 1977, when he was appointed at the age of 29, until North Fork’s acquisition by Capital One in December 2006. Mr. Kanas led the company in its initial public offering in 1982 to its membership on the NYSE and inclusion in the S&P 500 Index. During his tenure, the company completed 15 bank acquisitions and distinguished itself as one of the most profitable and efficient banking companies in the country.
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About BankUnited: BankUnited, Inc. (BKU) is a bank holding company with three wholly owned subsidiaries:
Vilash Poovala
CEO and Co-Founder of Oyster
Vilash Poovala has over 19 years of product management and business development experience (mobile, e-commerce, financial services and payments). He has joined Allegro as Chief Product & Technology Officer of Allegro EMEA in January 2017. As a member of the leadership team he focus on the successful execution of Allegro’s strategic Objectives by Establishing the company’s tech and product vision, steering the product roadmap and leading all aspects of the company’s technology development. Vilash has served as an adviser and / or developer for several payments / commerce startups; most notably, they Of These startups, PlayerScale, was acquired by Yahoo in May 2013. His fascination and passion for payments was first sparked while building cutting edge products to ease wallet online checkout payments at his first startup, Globeset which was acqui-hired to Visa in 2000. Most recently, Vilash was the co-founder and CTO of Clip, and mobile POS provider in LATAM. In addition this being the CTO, he helped raise $ 40M in multiple rounds of funding. Prior joining this clip, Vilash was the Sr. Director of Products for Consumer and Merchant Acceptance at V.me by Visa. He successfully launched V.me wallet and checkout across the top 33 of the US e-tailers. Vilash also worked at PayPal where he focused on rolling out new markets and products like PayPal debit card and Transactional Credit.
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About Infinitec Solutions GmbH, Oyster: Oyster is a provider of digital financial services intended for freelancers, startups, and SME’s.
Alexander Leishman
Co-Founder and CEO of River Financial
Alexander Leishman is a Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of River Financial. Prior to that, he was the Engineer and Investor at Polychain Capital and the Security Software Engineer at Airbnb.
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About River Financial: River Financial is a Bitcoin financial institution allowing long-term investors to buy, sell, and manage Bitcoin.
Dimitri Dadiomov
Co-Founder and CEO of Modern Treasury
Dimitri Dadiomov is an Associate at NextView Ventures. Dimitri is the Co-Founder and CEO of Modern Treasury.
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About Harvard Business School, Modern Treasury: Modern Treasury offers a payment operations platform used to simplify and modernize business payments.
Philipp Von Girsewald
CEO of Deposit Solutions
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About Deposit Solutions: Deposit Solutions is provider of the open banking platform for deposits connecting banks and depositors.
Nico Simko
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Clair
Nico is Clair’s Chief Executive Officer and one of its Co-Founders. He manages the company’s overall strategic direction and its relationships with its shareholders and customers. Prior to co-founding Clair, he was at J.P. Morgan, leading the M&A due diligence process on a broad range of payments companies for the firm’s Wholesale Payments division. He managed M&A, investment and partnerships due diligence on 10+ payments FinTechs worth over $25 billion. Originally from Switzerland and Argentina, Nico holds a B.A in Economics from Harvard University.
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About Clair: Clair is a mission-driven digital banking platform that is breaking the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle by offering flexible on-demand pay to America’s workforce.
Chris Britt
Co-Founder & CEO of Chime
Chris Britt is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Chime.
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About Chime: Chime helps everyday people achieve financial peace of mind, together.
Clayton Gardner
Co-CEO & Co-Founder of Titan
Prior to co-founding Titan, Clayton was an analyst at a NY-based fundamental long/short equity hedge fund, where he led consumer technology investing. Previously he was an investor at Farallon Capital Management and Cerberus Capital Management investing in public and private companies. Clayton graduated summa cum laude from The Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology at the University of Pennsylvania in 2012. Clayton earned a BAS in Computer Science and a BS in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Statistics and a minor in Mathematics. Originally from Chicago, he is most passionate about investing and software.
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About Titan: Titan is an operating system for active investment management, powering investment products, and experiences for retail investors.
TS Anil
Global CEO of Monzo
TS is a highly respected financial services and payments leader with over 25 years of retail banking experience, the last 10 being global. As Monzo’s new CEO, he brings his expertise from Visa, Standard Chartered, Citigroup and Capital One in roles that have spanned the world, including the US, Singapore, Canada, Japan and India. He has a wealth of experience launching new products, developing innovative payment technologies, transitioning existing business towards new growth opportunities and much more.
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About Monzo: Monzo is a digital-only bank platform and marketplace that allows customers to access a range of products and services.
Marc J. Leder
Co Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer of Sun Capital Partners
Marc J. Leder is the co-founder and co-chief executive officer of investment firm Sun Capital Partners, Inc., having more than 25 years of engagement in leveraged buyouts, investment banking, and business operations. Prior to the establishment of his firm in 1995, he had served in various positions at Lehman Brothers, including senior vice president. He is an alumnus of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. Currently, he sits on the advisory board of the University of Pennsylvania Huntsman Program and serves as a member of the boards of directors of the Berggruen Museum in Berlin and the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation.
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About Sun Capital Partners: Sun Capital Partners is a private investment firm
Rodger Krouse
Co Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer of Sun Capital Partners
Co-Chief Executive Officer at Sun Capital Partners.
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About Sun Capital Partners: Sun Capital Partners is a private investment firm
Steven Mnuchin
Chief Executive Officer of OneWest Bank
Steven T. Mnuchin has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of One West Bank Group LLC, the holding company of OneWest Bank, since January 2009. Mr. Mnuchin is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dune Capital Management LP, a private investment firm, and he has served in that or a similar capacity since September 2004. Mr. Mnuchin is a trustee of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, LAPD Foundation and New York Presbyterian Hospital
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About Liberty Strategic Capital, OneWest Bank: OneWest Bank is focused on delivering personalized, relationship-based banking to its customers
Shamir Karkal
CEO and Co-Founder of Sila
Shamir, a software engineer turned fintech innovator, co-founded Simple with Josh in 2009 and remained the company’s CFO until 2015. Today, he serves as BBVA’s Head of Open APIs. Prior to Simple, Shamir was a consultant at McKinsey & Co. specializing in strategy for financial institutions in Europe, the Middle East, and the US. Shamir holds a bachelor’s in computer science, a master’s in information technology, and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.
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About Sila: Sila is an API platform that provides banking and payment infrastructure-as-a-service for software teams.
Everett Cook
Co-Founder / CEO of Rho Business Banking
Everett Cook is a Co-Founder at Rho Business Banking.
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About Rho Business Banking: Rho Business Banking is a digital banking platform for startups and high-growth companies.
Dorinda C. Smith
President and Chief Executive Officer,SunTrust Mortgage of SunTrust Bank
Dorinda Smith has been named president and chief executive officer of SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., effective November 1, 2015. In this role, she will oversee SunTrust’s mortgage production, servicing, operations, secondary marketing and technology areas. Smith joined SunTrust predecessor, Crestar Mortgage, Inc., January 1996 as the operations manager overseeing the consumer direct channel, and subsequently held increasingly responsible positions including oversight of national operations for both the wholesale and correspondent channels. Most recently, Smith served as the national production manager for the correspondent channel. During her tenure in that position, she launched the non-delegated platform to meet the needs of smaller community banks as well as independently owned mortgage companies. Prior to joining SunTrust, Smith managed commercial real estate portfolios for Perpetual Savings Bank in Tysons Corner, Virginia and subsequently the Resolution Trust Corporation. She graduated cum laude from the University of Memphis with a BA in pre-law.
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About SunTrust Bank, SunTrust Bank: Products and services to make banking easy.
Richard D. Fairbank
CEO of Capital One
Richard D. Fairbank is founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Capital One Financial Corporation, a broadly diversified financial services company ranked 130th on the Fortune 500. Mr. Fairbank founded Capital One in 1988 based on his belief that the power of information, technology and testing could be harnessed to bring highly customized financial products directly to consumers. Mr. Fairbank served on MasterCard International’s Global Board of Directors and, prior to that, as Chairman of MasterCard’s U.S. Region Board. Mr. Fairbank holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Stanford University.
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About Capital One: Capital One is a diversified banking company that offers early and later stage venture, and debt financing investments.
Steve McLaughlin
Founder, CEO & Managing Partner of Financial Technology Partners
Steve McLaughlin is the Founder and CEO of FT Partners and former senior banker at Goldman Sachs covering FinTech and Financial Services for over 20 years. Steve was recently named “Investment Banker of the Year”, ranked #2 Investment Banker in Silicon Valley by The Information and ranked Top 5 on Institutional Investor’s “Online Finance 35” list of most influential people in FinTech.
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About Financial Technology Partners: Financial Technology Partners is an investment banking firm focusing on financial technology.
Bryce Galen
Founder & CEO of Level
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About Level: Level is a neobank and mobile banking app that provides next-level banking for modern consumers.
Shawn Melamed
Co-Founder and CEO of Spiral
Shawn Melamed is a serial fintech entrepreneur that founded Spiral. He is the former Managing Director of Morgan Stanley’s Technology Business Development and Innovation Offices. He also founded software company Correlix, which was acquired by TSA, and led StrikeNet to its M&A with TMX Group.
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About Spiral: Spiral is a provider of a banking solution for the charitable sector.
Justin Wickett
CEO and Co-founder of Informed.IQ
Justin Wickett is the CEO and Co-founder at Informed.IQ.
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About Informed.IQ: Informed is a developer of a consumer auto financing platform designed to collect and analyze loan documents.
Nathaniel Harley
Co-founder & CEO of Mantl
Nathaniel Harley is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Mantl.
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About Mantl: Mantl is a banking technology company that provides workflow management and automation tools for banks and credit unions.
Matthew Gorelik
Founder, Chairman & CEO of Township Capital
As the founding chief executive officer and board chairman of Township Capital, Matthew Josef Gorelik works with accomplished and experienced professional sponsors and operators around the globe. In his 20+ years of experience in Private Banking and Brokerage industry, Matthew Gorelik continues to be highly regarded as an expert in capital management. His entire career has been focused on cultivating relationships and bringing more value to his clients. These skills work very well hand in hand, attributing to much of Gorelik’s success in the financial industry. Throughout his career, he has personally served some of the world’s wealthiest families. He’s masterfully created lasting relationships with powerful capital sources including individuals, life insurance companies, conduit leaders, agencies, and banks. Matthew Gorelik has personally handled, both sourced and negotiated, nearly $5 billion in structured capital for many of the aforementioned parties. His dedication to client service and knowledge of the industry has given his client base the confidence that any client deserves to have in a significant venture. To say the least, he is a leader in the industry. Gorelik’s successful career began with 15+ years as the Senior Vice President for Citi, one of the world’s leading financial institutions. After developing great relationships and learning a great deal about the industry, Matthew Gorelik moved on to become the Managing Director for Jefferies, and soon after, J.P. Morgan. After gaining what he could from these massively successful entities, Gorelik was inspired to move forward with his own venture in Township Capital. Investing as a passive partner, Township Capital provides critical funding for specific companies without contributing to ongoing business operations. Matthew J. Gorelik and the rest of the Township Capital team primarily focus on new, ground-up, commercial property developments, adaptive-reuse real estate projects, and value-add opportunities. In addition to its headquarters in Los Angeles, California, Township Capital maintains regional offices in Bingham Farms, Michigan, and Chicago, Illinois. When he isn’t busy overseeing daily operations at Township Capital, Matthew Gorelik is active with the iGlobal Private Equity Real Estate Summit and participates in panel discussions at iGlobal conferences in both Los Angeles and New York City. He is also an active member of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. In his free time, Mr. Gorelik avidly travels the world and enjoys playing golf.
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About Township Capital: Township Capital is a real estate private equity and mortgage banking firm.
Stephane Lintner
CEO & Co-Founder of Jiko
Stephane is the CEO and co-founder of Jiko. Prior to founding the company, he was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs & Co, operating as a senior strategist on the Equities Trading Floor where he modernized various businesses across the floor, including exotic derivatives to ETFs, swaps, and other products. During his career he led number of cross-divisional and international efforts, always leveraging technology and finding synergies to modernize the bank. He graduated from Caltech with a PhD in Applied and Computational Mathematics. He also holds degrees in Machine Learning and Computer Science from the Ecole Normale Superieure in France.
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About Jiko: Jiko is a financial technology company that offers a new way to store and move money.
Richard Murray IV
President & Chief Executive Officer of National Commerce
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About National Commerce: National Commerce is a a financial holding company that provides various financial services to individuals, businesses, and business owners.
Earl Robinson
CEO and Founder of Consequent Capital Management
Earl Robinson is CEO and Founder of Consequent Capital Management, boards of managers of the firm and the firm’s parent company. He leads the firm’s alternatives, real estate, and special situations investment practices. He is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Earlier in his career, Earl helped launch a $700 million distressed debt and special situations investment firm. He also served as a Senior Vice President in the leveraged buyout and special situations verticals at a $2 billion private equity and pension fund investment advisory firm. At JPMorgan Investment Management – Americas, he acted as Operations Officer with $440 billion in assets under management and, prior to that, as a Vice President. He began his career as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. Prior to founding Consequent, Earl was the CEO of the New Orleans Startup Fund and PowerMoves.NOLA. He secured significant financial and strategic support from Morgan Stanley, the Knight Foundation, the Case Foundation, the Surdna Foundation, and others to execute a national, inclusive venture capital ecosystem strategy. Under Earl’s leadership, PowerMoves.NOLA companies and alumni gathered more than $30 million in startup and growth capital in less than two years. Earl is a member of the development team and equity investor group for the Four Seasons Hotel in New Orleans. The $384 million project is the largest real estate development effort in New Orleans since the development of the Super Dome in 1976. The Four Seasons New Orleans team made the largest commitment to Minority Business Enterprises and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in the city’s history. Earl serves on the board of Ebony Media Holdings, LLC. Earl received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Wesleyan University and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Columbia Business School. He attended Columbia as a Robert Toigo Foundation Fellow.
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About Consequent Capital Management: Consequent is a registered multi-strategy Investment Management and full-service Investment Consulting firm
Chief Executive Officer, Intellect SEEC of Intellect Design Arena
Pranav is the CEO of Intellect SEEC. He brings deep Insurance industry experience. Having been a very senior executive with QBE Insurance Group with exposure to Insurance markets across Australia, Asia Pacific and USA, he was responsible for Strategy, Technology and Operations for QBE. A recognized thought leader in the Insurance industry, he is widely consulted by our clients on both technology and operational matters across the globe. Pranav has also been a member of the Board of Austral Mercantile Collections and served on the Australian Advisory Committee of ACORD. Prior to QBE, Pranav worked across the Asia Pacific region with consulting firms such as Booz Allen Hamilton and A.T.Kearney, primarily on matters of corporate strategy and operational improvement in the Telecom sector. Pranav has a Bachelors Degree in Electronics Engineering and an MBA.
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About Intellect Design Arena: Intellect Design Arena Ltd, is a global leader in Financial Technology for Banking, Insurance and other Financial Services.
Patrick Kann
CEO and Co-Founder of Papaya
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About Papaya: Papaya is a developer of an online mobile application and payments technology designed to simplify bill payment for consumers.
Xavier Gury
Co-Founder & CEO of Wind Capital
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About Tempow, Via ID, Wind Capital: Wind Capital is investing in environmental industries and luxury goods/services.
Christopher Galvin
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Hypur
Christopher E. Galvin is the Founder/Chairman/CEO at Hypur Inc.
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About Hypur: Hypur automates many tasks, ensuring consistent application of policies and allowing staff to focus on serving clients, not doing paperwork.
Zak Grove
Co-Founder & CEO of Zoro Card
Zak Grove is the Co-Founder and CEO of Zoro.
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About Zoro Card: Build credit with a debit card.
Dan Hannum
CEO of Hannum Capital Management
Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Hannum Capital Management
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About Hannum Capital Management, ZenLedger: A capital management company focused on digital and blockchain-based assets exclusively on the blockchain technology sector.
Rajib Das
CEO of Lexington Park Group
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About Lexington Park Group: Lexington Park Group is a global merchant bank working across asset classes and geographies.
Suman Radhakrishna
Chief Executive Officer of ThoughtFocus
Chief Executive Officer at ThoughtFocus .
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About TF Payments Inc., TFAvionics, ThoughtFocus, ThoughtFocus: ThoughtFocus is a US based, privately held consulting, software engineering and business process management company.
Markus Wagner
Managing Partner, CEO of i5growth
Markus Wagner is a serial entrepreneur and accredited angel investor. He is CEO of i5growth Inc., and founder of business incubabor i5invest capital (www.i5invest.com). Before i5invest, he was founder of Xidris, which grew to be one of Europe’s leading providers of mobile communication services, and was later acquired by VeriSign Inc. Markus Wagner hold several supervisory board positions in European venture capital funds as well as startups. Markus was awarded as the Austrian Business Angel 2010 and won the Austrian Private Equity & Venture Capital Award 2010. Markus is co-founder of the Austrian web/mobile/high-tech cluster InitialFactor located in Vienna and co-organizer of the STARTUP WEEK.
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About Adverity, blackshark.ai, emotion3D, Gamma Capital Partners, i5growth, i5growth, i5invest, StreamUnlimited, Thinkers Capital, TourRadar, Wikitude: late stage growth accelerator
Ronnie Mateo
Chief Executive Officer of Trumid
Ronnie is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Trumid. He has 20 years of experience in the credit market. Prior to Trumid, he started and ran the credit group of inter-dealer broker Trinity Brokers. He was an MD at Salomon Brothers/Citibank for 12 years where he traded corporate bonds and CDS, Emerging Markets, and CDX indices. He started Trumid in 2014 to make credit trading easier for all market participants. Away from Trumid, Ronnie is passionate about his family and coaching. He has a B.S. with honors from Cornell University and played for Cornell’s football team.
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About Trumid: Trumid is a financial technology company bringing efficiency to credit trading through data, technology, and innovative products.
Gilles Gade
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of Cross River Bank
Gilles Gade is a founder of Cross River Bank (CRB) and has served as its Chairman, President and CEO since its inception in 2008. Gilles is steering CRB as an innovation-driven state-chartered bank and a provider of fully compliant financial solutions to the marketplace lending and payments sectors. Gilles possesses over 20 years of experience in investment banking and venture capital including Co-Founder and Managing Director of Chela Technology Partners and Chela Internet Ventures, a boutique investment bank and venture fund focusing on emerging technologies and telecommunications; technology investment banker at Barclays Capital; and FIG investment banker at Bear Stearns. Gilles started his career in 1990 at Citicorp Venture Capital. Gade graduated from the MBA Institute IMIP (Groupe IPESUP) in Paris with an MS in International Management.
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About Cross River Bank: Cross River is a financial institution that offers technology and banking services to consumers and businesses.
Erik Beguin
Founder & CEO of Austin Capital Bank
Erik Beguin is the Founder & CEO of Austin Capital Bank.
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About Austin Capital Bank, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Federal Reserve Board: Austin Capital Bank is a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation that offers investor real estate financing.
Erik Beguin
Founder & CEO of Austin Capital Bank
Erik Beguin is the Founder & CEO of Austin Capital Bank.
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About Austin Capital Bank, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Federal Reserve Board: Austin Capital Bank is a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation that offers investor real estate financing.
Arjun Thyagarajan
Co-Founder & CEO of Solid
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About Solid: Solid is a Modern Banking Platform that instantly creates bank accounts & cards for your customers.
Steve Abreu
CEO & Founder of Newfi Lending
Steve Abreu is the founder and chief executive officer of [Nexera Holding](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nexera-holding#/entity), a dynamic startup that sets the standard for efficiency and transparency in the lending marketplace. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of San Francisco.
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About Newfi Lending: Newfi Lending is reshaping the mortgage experience through a combination of proprietary technology and product innovation.
Lawrence Calcano
Chief Executive Officer of iCapital Network
Lawrence Calcano is the Chief Executive Officer of iCapital Network. He has been a Director of the Company since December 2006. Since January 2014, Calcano is one of the managing partners of iCapital Network where he is responsible for the investor network and business development. Previously he was the Founder of i1 Biometrics, Inc., an information and technology company focused on the Sports and Military markets devoted to developing protection and performance products, and was its Chief Executive Officer from inception in July 2012 until its relocation to Seattle in October 2013. Calcano was the Chairman of Bite Tech, Inc. from January 2012 until July 2012 and was Chief Executive Officer from January 2010 until July 2012.
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About iCapital Network, Vibrant Emotional Health: iCapital Network is an online platform for alternative investments and investors.
Anil Arora
CEO of Yodlee
Anil Arora has been President and CEO of Yodlee since 2000. He is a passionate leader and innovator in developing ways for consumers to manage their personal finances through simple, easy-to-use online and mobile solutions. Eleven years later, Yodlee solutions have redefined the way Financial Services companies utilize the Internet to engage customers via interactive and personalized money management services.Anil has extensive experience building some of the world’s most recognized brands, developing innovative new market strategies, and increasing the lifetime customer value for companies in a variety of industries.Prior to Yodlee, Anil was global chief marketing officer of Gateway, leading the Internet initiatives. He was named Ad Age’s Marketer of the Year in 1999 and was selected for Institutional Investor’s “The Online Finance 40” in 2000, 2001 and 2002. Prior to Gateway, Anil had 15 years’ experience in executive marketing positions at General Mills and Kraft.
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About THE TIFIN GROUP, Yodlee: Yodlee is a provider of financial applications that offers solutions for banks, entrepreneurs and individuals.
Scott Schoen
CEO of Baylon Capital Management
Scott A. Schoen, J.D. has been the Chief Executive Officer at Baylon Capital Partners, L.P. since April 2013. Scott Schoen has been a Senior Advisor at Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. since 2012. He serves as a Principal Managing Director/Senior Managing Director and Vice President of Thomas H. Lee Advisors, L.L.C., the general partner of Thomas H. Lee Partners, LP. He serves as Managing Director of Thomas H. Lee Management Co. He has held various senior management roles with Thomas H. Lee Partners, including Co-President from 2003 to 2009, Senior Managing Director from 1998 to 2003 and Managing Director. Scott Schoen served as Consultant of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. since May 2012. He serves as Director of ARC Holdings, LLC and Nielsen Finance LLC. He has been Director of Syratech Corp., since 1997. He serves as Director of The Nielsen Company B.V., Gen9, Inc., Partners HealthCare System, Inc. and Share Our Strength, Inc. He served as Director of United Industrial Corporation. He served as Director of Wind International Inc., since June 1999.
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About Baylon Capital Management: Baylon Capital Management is a private investment partnership which seeks to deliver long term and tax-efficient capital appreciation.
Gary Norcross
Chairman, President & CEO of FIS
Gary Norcross is the Chairman, President & CEO at FIS.
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About FIS: FIS focuses on retail and institutional banking, payments, asset and wealth management, risk and compliance, and outsourcing solutions.
Douglas McAllister
CEO – Ventures / FIS AutoSuite VBO/BPO Operations of FIS
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About FIS, FIS: FIS focuses on retail and institutional banking, payments, asset and wealth management, risk and compliance, and outsourcing solutions.
Sheena Allen
Founder and CEO of CapWay
Sheena Allen was born in Terry, MS and is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi where she received a dual degree in Psychology (B.S.) and Film (B.A.). In 2011, Sheena started her first company, Sheena Allen Apps, and bootstrapped the app company to millions of downloads. In 2018, she started her second tech startup, CapWay, which gave Sheena the title as the youngest female in America to own and operate a digital bank. The fintech company connects underserved millennials and Gen-Z to today’s cashless economy. In 2016, Sheena made her premiere in She Started It, a documentary film that follows five women around on their startup journey. In 2017, she released her first print book, The Starting Guide, about her early journey in tech, being a nontechnical founder, and business 101 tips. Sheena has been featured in various publications, including Inc Magazine and Black Enterprise. Sheena is a 2018 Business Insider Under 30 Innovator, part of the 2019 class of Forbes 30 Under 30 and Inc. Magazine 30 Under 30, and the 2019 Inc. Female Founders 100 list.
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About CapWay, Partytell: CapWay is a digital bank creating financial access and opportunities for everyone.
David Brasfield
Executive Chairman, CEO and Founder of NXTsoft
Mr. Brasfield, founder and CEO of NXTsoft and ThreatAdvice, has demonstrated a track record of success in creating and developing several technology companies from inception to successful exit over the last 30 years. In these ventures, Mr. Brasfield has successfully developed and implemented strategies for sales, marketing and software product development. He is the founder and former CEO of Tri-Novus Capital, LLC, SBS Corporation, SBS Data Services, Inc., Brasfield Technology, LLC and Brasfield Data Services, LLC, all of which were providers of automation technology solutions for community financial institutions. He has been a director of a community bank and is currently a member of other boards in the Birmingham area. Mr. Brasfield holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
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About NXTsoft: NXTsoft is a secure data and connectivity solutions platform with over 1,900 Financial Institutions as our clients.
BC Krishna
Founder and CEO of MineralTree
BC Krishna is a technologist and entrepreneur skilled at turning innovative software solutions into industry-leading companies. He is currently President and CEO of Boston-based MineralTree, Inc, a venture-backed company that has created a secure payments platform for small and medium businesses. Prior to MineralTree, he founded bank fraud detection software company Memento. Prior to Memento, he founded FutureTense, a company that pioneered the content management category. BC holds an M.S. in Visual Studies from the MIT Media Lab, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India. He is an avid reader, runner, and squash player.
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About MineralTree: MineralTree provides mobile and online accounts payable automation software for finance professionals at growing organizations.
Gary Nelson
Founder & CEO of Alkami Technology
Gary Nelson is the Founder / CEO at Alkami Technology.
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About Alkami Technology, iThryv: Alkami Technology provides cloud-based digital banking solutions for credit unions and banks.
Michael Hansen
President and Chief Executive Officer of Alkami Technology
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About Alkami Technology: Alkami Technology provides cloud-based digital banking solutions for credit unions and banks.
Chetan Manikantan
Co-Founder & CEO of Tengu
Chet is a polymath, artist, designer, software engineer, inventor and a serial entrepreneur. He is currently the founder @gurug and @tenguID, President of Boston Blockchain Association, Director at MIT Bitcoin Club, Entrepreneur In Residence at UMass Boston, and ex Microsoft.
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About CornerTable, DeFacto Venture Partners, Guru-G Learning Labs, mySpark Technologies, Tengu: Tengu is transforming the financial services industry using blockchain technologies.
Tianwei Liu
Co-Founder & CEO of Xfers
Founder & CEO @ Xfers
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About Xfers: Xfers is a Major Payment Institution approved by the Monetary Authority of Singapore for the provision of e-money issuance services.
Susan Ehrlich
Chief Executive Officer of Earnest
Susan’s experience in financial services spans from traditional banking to fintech. In addition to her role as Chief Executive Officer at Earnest, Susan serves as Chairman of the Board of BECU, the nation’s 4th largest credit union. Previously, she was Chief Financial Officer and Head of Enterprise Risk Management at Simple Financial Technology, a BBVA subsidiary. Susan also spent years immersed in fintech, as a consultant for Lending Club and as a General Manager for Amazon. Susan was recognized on “American Banker”magazine’s 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance list three years in a row, and has served as Chairman of the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) in Chicago, IL and on the Consumer Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC. Susan holds a B.A. with honors in organizational behavior and management from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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About BECU, Earnest: Earnest is a technology-lender that brings low-interest loans to high-potential people.
Ryan Caldwell
Founder and CEO of MX Technologies
Ryan Caldwell is the Founder of MX, Inc.(also known as MoneyDesktop, Inc) and serves as its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Ryan Caldwell served as Chief Executive Officer of EnticeLabs, Inc. since March 2008. Ryan Caldwell directs EnticeLabs’ strategic vision and leads its talent team towards ever increasing levels of performance for its customers, partners, and shareholders. He served as Chief Operating Officer and Director of Corporate Strategy of EnticeLabs, Inc. He served as Director of Corporate Strategy of Zinch, Inc. While still in college, he founded and developed multiple Internet and tech businesses and drove them to multi-million dollar exits. Additionally, he has spearheaded acquisitions and mergers for several startups has directed. He has worked for the smallest hot startups and the largest Fortune 500 companies. He has consulted in the US, Singapore and London for large corporations including Visa and Microsoft. He served as Chairman of EnticeLabs, Inc. He serves as a Director of MoneyDesktop, Inc He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at EnticeLabs, Inc. He studied at United States Air Force Academy. He completed the majority of undergraduate hours at the United States Air Force Academy and transfered to the Marriot School of Management at BYU to complete a degree in Business Management with an emphasis in Information Systems.
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About MX Technologies: MX Technologies is a fintech company that aims to connect people with their financial data in a way that automates their money experience.
