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SOLVE is a leading market data platform provider for fixed income securities. Industry-leading firms trust the SOLVE Market Data Platform, powered by Deep Market Insight™, to reduce risk for securities investments and save hundreds of hours in pre- and post-trade research and validation.
Eugene Grinberg, CFA, Co-Founder & CEO
Eugene Grinberg is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SOLVE. He spent more than 20 years developing enterprise financial technology solutions, with specific expertise at structuring, modeling, and assessing relative value opportunities of complex and illiquid fixed income securities.
Prior to co-founding SOLVE, Eugene held executive positions at Houlihan Lokey (Red Pine Advisors), Duff & Phelps, and ACA Capital.
Eugene earned his Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Cooper Union and is a CFA Charterholder.
Eugene Grinberg, CFA
Co-Founder & CEO
Gerard Nealon, Co-Founder & CEO
Gerard Nealon is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SOLVE. He draws on more than 20 years of experience in systems architecture and development, securitized product modeling, and analytical tool-building for esoteric securities.
Prior to co-founding SOLVE, Gerard held executive positions at Houlihan Lokey (Red Pine Advisors), Sandell Asset Management, and ACA Capital.
Gerard earned his Master’s in Cryptography and a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology.
Gerard Nealon
Co-Founder & CEO
Joseph Plastina, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
Joe brings to SOLVE 20 years of experience as a finance, corporate development, strategy, and operations executive at enterprise technology companies, including experience purchasing and selling more than $4 billion-worth in enterprise software companies.
Prior to joining SOLVE, Joe was a trusted consultant and fractional CFO to several private equity-backed firms. Before that, he was a senior executive at Aventri, Broadridge, BridgeLoanNetwork, Triple Point Technology, ION Trading and Misys plc (Finastra).
Joe was previously a software engineer and operations executive. He earned his M.B.A. from The Wharton School and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the Cooper Union.
Joseph Plastina
Chief Financial Officer &
Chief Operating Officer
Michael Pascuma, Chief Revenue Officer
Michael was previously Head of Index Trading, Americas at Nomura Securities, trading High Yield and Investment Grade Credit Derivative Indices. While at Nomura, Michael was a lead architect of Nomura’s Credit Franchise, from the ground up. Prior to that, Michael held senior roles at Lehman Brothers and Barclay’s, where he performed high-level operational and front-office roles and specialized in the Credit Markets.
Michael earned a B.A. in Finance and Business Administration from Sacred Heart University’s John F. Welch AACSB Accredited College of Business. He is a Member of the Sacred Heart Department of Economics and Finance Advisory Council.
Michael Pascuma
Chief Revenue Officer
Keenan Marshall, Chief Technology Officer
With more than 20 years of experience in software design, development, implementation and project management, Keenan specializes in cloud-based systems integration and parallel architecture and computing.
Prior to SOLVE, Keenan was the Director of Software Development at Hi-Tek Data, Corp. as the Head Project Manager and Lead Developer where he designed and developed various complex applications for a wide variety of companies.
Keenan earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology.
Keenan Marshall
Chief Technology Officer
Vincent Aubrun, Chief Information Officer
Vincent holds a Diplôme d’ Ingénieur (EE) from l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Paris, France. He also holds a Master in Computer Science from New York University.
Vincent Aubrun
Chief Information Officer
Wah Chu, Chief Customer Officer
Leverages experience gained in Big Four, enterprise, and startup environments to deliver results that meet demand and exceed ROI objectives. Frequently recruited by executive leadership to create scalable and actionable strategies that fulfill urgent need while also providing long-term impact. Proven track record working with the senior management and board members to manage the rapid growth of emerging high technology companies and to achieve company objectives including their eventual successful exits.
Drives consistently strong profit performance by developing workflows and metrics to identify and resolve inefficiency while achieving top-tier business outcomes and outstanding customer experiences. Builds scalable teams; delivers optimal cost / benefit by effectively executing staffing, budgeting, forecasting, and contracting of outside agencies and vendors.
Wah holds a MBA from New York University in Corporate Finance and a Bachelor of Science in Industry Engineering from Cornell University.
Wah Chu
Chief Customer Officer
Timothy Stevens, CFA, Chief Product Officer
Timothy Stevens joined SOLVE as part of the Lumesis acquisition. Prior to co-founding Lumesis, Tim spent over fourteen years with Ambac Financial Group where, most recently, he was a Senior Managing Director and led all Capital Markets activity including management of the company’s investment portfolios, the Guaranteed Investment Contract business, the Global Interest Rate Derivatives business and the Global Secondary Markets Group.
Tim holds a B.S. in Business and Economics from Lehigh University. He currently holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and was a licensed Certified Public Accountant during the years that he practiced accounting. He was also registered with FINRA as a General Securities Representative (Series 7) and a General Securities Principal (Series 24).
Timothy Stevens,CFA
Chief Product Officer
Vlad Berson, Chief Marketing Officer
Vlad has experience spearheading global marketing and high-growth international business, contributing to $100 million in annual sales. He held an impactful role rebuilding market models, transforming data into revenue-driving opportunities, overhauling lead and demand generation, and managing sales development (BDRs). Additionally, he championed Account-Based Marketing (ABM) and orchestrated strategic events while transforming valuation approaches and go-to-market strategies.
Most Recently Vlad was Chief Marketing Officer at Hazeltree Fund Services; the NY-based SaaS treasury management, cash and liquidity optimization, and portfolio finance (securities finance and collateral management) fintech highly focused on alternative asset managers, fund administrators, and the banks that serve them. Before that, Vlad spent nearly a decade at Broadridge in several marketing leadership roles, including Global Head of Marketing for Capital Markets (i.e., sell-side institutional).
Vlad holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business at NYU, with a double major in Marketing and Managing Organizational Behavior. His undergraduate degree is from Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he earned a BA in Electronic Filmmaking and Digital Design. Vlad also has a certificate in management from Columbia University. He’s an active member of the Financial Communications Society and recently served as a judge for their FCS Portfolio Awards, which are often referred to as the Oscars of financial services marketing.
Vlad Berson
Chief Marketing Officer
Shannon McGowan, Global Head of HR
Shannon has been working for SOLVE since 2019 but has assisted in recruiting efforts at SOLVE for many years prior to joining the team permanently. She recruited one of SOLVE’s first software developer in 2014.
Shannon has a diverse Human Resources background. She has extensive experience in recruiting, onboarding and employee relations across multiple industries. She holds a BA in Public Relations and Communications from Rowan University.
Shannon McGowan
Global Head of HR
Gregg Bienstock, Esq, SVP, Group Head, Municipal Markets
Gregg Bienstock joined SOLVE as part of the Lumesis acquisition. Gregg is former CEO and a Co-Founder of Lumesis. He is a frequent speaker on municipal market’s use of technology to solve business and compliance needs. Prior to Lumesis, Gregg spent more than thirteen years with Ambac Financial Group where, most recently, he was responsible for Strategic Initiatives and previously served as Chief Administrative Officer and Employment Counsel.
Gregg is a 1991 graduate of Brooklyn Law School. He received his B.S. in Business and Economics from the University of Maryland. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of The Children’s Village.
Gregg Bienstock, ESQ
SVP, Group Head, Municipal Markets
Mark Sollecito, SVP, Account Management & Solution Consulting
Prior to SOLVE, Mark was a Strategic Client Manager at Charles River/State Street responsible for partnering and building relationships with many of Charles River’s largest clients. While at Charles River, Mark spearheaded programs to measure and improve client health and satisfaction. He also previously served as Head of Capital Markets Solution Consulting at Finastra where he led the pre-sales function within the Americas. As the pre-sales leader, Mark engaged with potential and existing clients to craft solutions leveraging Finastra’s suite of capital markets products. Before Finastra, Mark was a member of the Risk Assurance and Advisory Group at Deloitte focused on technical accounting for derivatives and structured products.
Mark earned his Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting from Fordham University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Mark Sollecito
SVP, Account Management
Stacey Virzi, SVP, Client Success
Stacey Virzi joined SOLVE as part of the Lumesis acquisition. Stacey is an experienced client services executive with deep expertise in financial services and data businesses. She has over 15 years of experience fostering exceptional client relationships, building and managing client service and support teams that include; VP Client Services at CreditRiskMonitor.com and Account Manager at Saatchi & Saatchi. She holds a BA from Rutgers University.
Stacey Virzi
SVP, Operations
Sourav Srimal, SVP, Data
Sourav Srimal is Senior Vice President, Solutions at SOLVE. In this role he manages initiatives across all of SOLVE. He joined SOLVE as a part of the AdvantageData acquisition. Sourav has deep credit market expertise having built award winning products at AdvantageData including Leveraged Loans, Business Development Companies Product, Middle Market Loans and Private Bonds. Sourav has also worked at Wellington Management. He has a Bachelors in Finance from Rochester Institute of Technology and MBA from University of Massachusetts, Boston
Sourav Srimal
SVP, Solutions
Michael Pellerito, SVP, Financial Engineering
Prior to joining SOLVE, Michael was head of Bloomberg BVAL Evaluated Pricing Service’s Government, Supranational, Agency and Corporate (GSAC) pricing group, having spearheaded the development of sophisticated pricing/risk models and overall growth of the evaluated pricing business. His work there culminated in Bloomberg’s the acquisition of Barclays Risk Analytics and Index Solutions Ltd. (BRAIS).
Prior to Bloomberg, Michael held trading, portfolio management and analyst positions at Morgan Stanley, BHF Capital, Natixis, and JPMorgan Chase.
Michael holds an MBA from Fordham University and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Michael Pellerito
SVP, Credit Strategy and Derived Data
Premsudhan C Jaikumar, SVP, DevOps & Security
Premsudhan C Jaikumar
SVP, DevOps & Security
Kristiaan Sheedy, SVP, AI/ML
Before joining SOLVE, Kristiaan gained extensive experience at small to midsized broker-dealers with a national footprint. At Blaylock Van, he served as the Senior Vice President of Public Finance, where he managed municipal origination strategy and enhanced client outreach and coverage. At San Blas Securities, Kristiaan held multiple roles including Chief Operating Officer, banker, and underwriter. He directed municipal strategy and oversaw the firm’s outreach and transactions from lead generation to underwriting and final sale. Additionally, he managed the San Blas trading desk and co-led competitive underwriting at IFS, the predecessor to San Blas.
Kristiaan is a proud graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, holding bachelor’s degrees in finance and industrial engineering. He also holds Series 7, 24, 52, 53, and 66 licenses.
Kristiaan Sheedy
SVP, AI/ML
Craig Wagner, SVP, Sales
Craig Wagner is Senior Vice President of Sales at SOLVE. He draws on more than 20 years of experience in Fixed Income, Structured Credit, Corporates, CDS and Municipals.
Craig previously led business and product development at a fintech startup, responsible for partnering with tier 1 clients to design and implement front-office workflow solutions for the mortgage-backed security market. Prior to that, Craig held various sales roles covering both the Structured Products and Credit markets. Before that Craig provided operational leadership for a growing team, supporting Credit Derivative trading.
Craig earned an M.B.A. from New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a B.S. in Finance and Economics from the University of Scranton Kania School of Management.
Craig Wagner
SVP, Sales
Jim-Perrello, Advisor
Jim Perrello draws on more than 25 years in credit trading and credit workflow software development.
A serial entrepreneur, Jim founded LiquidityLink, CodeStreet, and Konnect2, each of which focused on solutions in the credit trading industry. Notably, Jim was awarded a patent (US20080208732) for design of corporate bond trading software (currently held by Tradeweb).
Prior to his entrepreneurial career, Jim traded Fixed Income at Goldman Sachs. Jim earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA in Finance from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Jim Perrello
Advisor
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