TROVATA - Key Persons
Aqeel has built his career on executing large-scale initiatives: from delivering on Marriott's mobile platform to executing on Capital One's Virtual Card project to being a key leader for Trovata's engineering program. Starting as one of Trovata's founding engineers, he has evolved to being a key contributor in Trovata's engineering strategy. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University. Residing in the suburbs of Chicago, he is a full-time family man with two fast-growing boys.
After starting out as a CPA at Deloitte, Brett spent his early years as a financial reporting & GAAP specialist in Controller roles prior to his time at Amazon managing its SEC reporting. After leaving Amazon in 2005, Brett developed a strong track record for building, financing, and growing tech startups as a CFO. Prior to starting Trovata in 2016, he raised over $100M through equity and debt financings with successful exits at 3 enterprise startups generating over $500M in shareholder value. Outside of work, Brett enjoys time with his family, the beach, playing golf, and watching the Seahawks.
Chris joins the Trovata team with over 15 years of tech and SaaS sales experience across multiple industries and segments. Most recently Chris led all go-to-market functions for Podium, a company he helped scale from $5m to $200m ARR. Additionally, Chris brings years of experience building and scaling successful sales teams from 5 to 100 team members. Outside of work you will find Chris in the outdoors with his wife and 4 kids…biking, golfing and surfing being at the top of his list.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Machine Learning Engineering
- VP Machine Learning
Francisco is Vice President of Machine Learning Engineering at Trovata. Previously, he served as Principal Data Scientist at Capital One. He has experience building innovative FinTech data products. In his spare time, Francisco enjoys road trips and camping.
Job Titles:
- Senior Director, Business Development
Henry leads Trovata's business development by spending his time engaging with Trovata's strategic partners and executing on the company's key priorities. Prior to Trovata, Henry spent over a decade at BlackRock across investment strategy, operations and finance teams. Living on the east coast, you might find him and his wife chasing after a toddler, who is chasing after their dog, who is chasing after a squirrel.
Since the beginning of his career, Jelani has been leading Programs and Projects from the ground up that require multiple convergent stakeholders. With a majority of his career spent delivering military simulation systems for the US Army's Simulation Training and Instrumentation Division, his ability to manage teams, create processes, and maintain systemic alignment has led to successfully delivering complex technological products globally. Currently residing in the Bay Area, Jelani graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelors in Computer Engineering.
Joe comes to us from Google where he drove API Product Strategy & Governance for GCP's enterprise customers. Joe continues to build upon his deep expertise of API platform strategy, program management & design best practices specifically within the Financial industry. In his free time, Joe loves spending time with his wife & 1 yr old son, woodworking & spending time out on the lake.
Job Titles:
- Chief Product Officer
- CPO
Joseph Drambarean is the Chief Product Officer as well as CTO at Trovata. Joseph is one of the founding members of the company and the first engineer. Before Trovata he worked with companies like Capital One where he was at the forefront of digital transformation, leading product management as head of the innovation labs and mobile banking teams. Joseph is driving innovation around rapid deployment and customer onboarding, bank-grade security, and machine learning at Trovata, creating a more consumerized user experience for customers from small businesses to enterprises.
Job Titles:
- Senior Director, Technical Sales and Services
Kevin has served in a variety of go-to-market roles, both pre and post-sales, while focusing on technology solutions ranging from network infrastructure to SaaS. After a successful exit at his first startup, he worked with strategic customers at Salesforce, eventually leading a pre-sales team contributing $50M+ ARR. Kevin now lives in Minneapolis and enjoys traveling, exploring the outdoors, and an occasional game of pickup hockey, soccer, or basketball.
Job Titles:
- Director of People Operations
Madeline Chapman is the Director of People Operations for Trovata. Previously, she served as the Director of HR for Sun Air Jets and hails from an HR background spanning non-profit, medical, and music retail industries. Madeline holds a MS in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, a BS in Psychology, and a certificate in Organizational Development & Change Leadership. Originally from Minnesota, Madeline now resides in Ventura County, CA with her husband and spends her time outdoors and at the beach!
Matt is a business focused cybersecurity leader with over 18 years of expertise in building and running comprehensive and innovative cybersecurity programs. He has unique cybersecurity experience driving security architectures and risk management strategies, and helping Fintech startups mature their cybersecurity programs and prepare for acquisition or IPO. Matt lives in California and has his BSE in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University.
Job Titles:
- Senior Director, Marketing
Rida leads the Marketing team at Trovata, driving demand generation and brand awareness in the US. Previously at Rybbon (acquired by Blackhawk Network) and Geospark Analytics (now Seerist), she has focused her career on delivering data-driven results at high-growth start-ups. Rida holds a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in International Relations from Virginia Commonwealth University. Currently residing in Washington, DC, she enjoys experimenting with new recipes and walking her dog through the nation's capital.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Product
Ryan Voris is the Vice President of Product at Trovata. He got his start in the financial world at Capital One where as an engineer he helped develop Capital One's iOS application which was one of the highest-rated banking apps in the world and a two time J.D. Power award winner for best banking app. Ryan holds a degree in Computer Science and a degree in Management Information Systems. When he isn't having a late night gaming session, Ryan is going to punk rock shows or enjoying a good craft beer.
Scott brings over 20 years of finance and accounting experience to Trovata, including financial leadership in high-growth publicly traded and privately held companies, including Microsoft, Screenlife (acquired by Paramount Pictures/Viacom), and Coinstar. Most recently, Scott held key finance roles at two of Seattle's fastest-growing tech unicorns - Qumulo and Highspot. During his time at Qumulo, Scott was instrumental in scaling the business through hypergrowth and raising over $250M in equity through funding rounds. Scott began his career at Moss Adams, in Seattle, where he earned his CPA after graduating with a BA in Accounting from Western Washington University.
Job Titles:
- Senior Sales Director, SAP and Global Treasury
Tim brings to Trovata over 20 years of banking, ERP, and corporate treasury sales leadership experience with Citi, SAP, and API-focused fintech FinLync. Prior to overseeing Sales and Partnerships - Americas at FinLync, Tim spent 17 years in leadership and producer roles at Citi in Treasury & Trade Solutions (TTS), to include running Sales for the Technology, Media and Telecom sector. In addition, Tim spent five years with SAP as part of their version of a start-up around B2B marketplaces as well as their roll-out of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO).
Job Titles:
- VP Open Banking Engineering / Product
Product executive driven by innovation and technology. Was leading Open Banking initiatives supporting clients and partners including the largest Tier 1 US and EU Banks, Lenders, Credit Bureaus, FinTechs, EMIs, Merchants, Accounting/ERP vendors as Head of Open Banking Gateway at Salt Edge Inc.
Job Titles:
- Director, Self - Serve Growth
Zach heads up growth for Trovata's industry-defining self-serve offering. Before joining Trovata, Zach spent 4 years building the self-serve revenue function at Quora and, most recently, developed the foundational GTM strategy for Ribbon Health, an enterprise healthcare data platform. A resident of NYC, you'll find Zach circumventing pedestrians on his long-runs, learning to play jazz piano, or cooking southern Italian food (heavy on the calabrian chili) for his friends and family.