Bob Skea, President
Bob Skea brings over 20 years experience building and leading financial technology organizations. He has been President of NorthStar since 2008 and is responsible for all of the company’s day to day operations. Prior to his appointment as President, Bob was Chief Operating Officer at NorthStar for two years. Prior joining NorthStar, Bob ran the Client organization for Reuters America . In this capacity, he was responsible for all client relationships and revenues in North and South America across Financial Services and Media product lines and markets. Prior to Reuters, Bob was the global head of Sales and Business Development for Multex, a financial information company, which was acquired by Reuters in 2003. Before joining Multex, Bob spent 15 years at JPMorgan Chase Bank in a variety of strategy, sales and operational roles in the United States and Latin America. Bob holds a BS in marketing from Rutgers University. He is a member of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and the Association of Financial Professionals (AFP). Bob also serves on the Boards of several youth related non-profit organizations.
Lawrence K. Kinsella, Chief Financial Officer
Larry Kinsella is a seasoned finance executive, with more than 20 years of leadership experience in world-class companies. He was previously Chief Financial Officer of British Telecom’s Global Financial Services Division from 2005 to 2007. Before that he was CFO of Radianz, which was acquired by British Telecom in 2005. He served as CFO and Chief Administrative Officer of Moneyline Telerate from 2001 to 2004.
From 1993 to 2001, Larry held a number of senior business and financial positions at Dow Jones & Company, Inc., including Vice President/General Manager of Dow Jones International and Comptroller and Chief Accounting Officer of Dow Jones & Company. He had joined Dow Jones Telerate in 1988, at that time a subsidiary of Dow Jones. Larry has been on the Boards of CNBC Europe, CNBC Asia, Vedomosti, and Americonomia. He was previously with Coopers & Lybrand in New York. Larry is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
William Entwistle, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing
William has over 15 years of experience in the financial services marketplace. Most recently, William was a founding member and Sales Leader for IBM’s Global Business Services Wealth Management Practice. In that role, William managed the sales organization that supported a dedicated consulting practice of 110 delivery staff members in the US, Europe and Asia. Prior to IBM, William was a District Sales Manager for WinMill Software where he ran sales for the Financial Services Consulting Practice and was responsible for establishing regional offices on the east coast. Prior to WinMill Software, as a Sales Director for Charles Schwab, William helped establish, market and grow the firm’s wealth management business into what has became Schwab Private Client, which provides full service money management services for high net worth individuals.
Sanjeev Jain, Vice President of Product Development
Sanjeev is a technology and wealth management domain expert with a passion for transforming concepts into a real product. He has over 14 years of experience in architecting, designing, developing, delivering and managing the highly scalable Enterprise/Hosted/SaaS software using J2EE Technology, Distributed N-tier architecture, and Agile Development. In addition to technology, his expertise includes Quantitative Finance and analytics. Prior to joining NorthStar in 2004, he worked at Harris myCFO, where he was responsible for building an Investment Reporting Platform to service the High/Ultra Net worth Clients. Prior to Harris myCFO, Sanjeev worked at various Financial Firms as technology consultant. Sanjeev has a M. Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and currently pursuing the CFA Level III.
Roger Portnoy, Director of Business Development
Roger Portnoy has been Managing Director of Starting-Right Limited, an advisory firm focused on financial technology and data publishing markets, in which capacity he has served a wide range of globally-recognized clients including investment banks, commercial banks, infrastructure providers, information providers, and hedge funds, in both Europe and the U.S. He was previously a Director of Thomson Financial where he led the European Private Equity Group and, prior to that, he was a proprietary trader at Swiss Bank/UBS. He received a BA, magna cum laude, from Colgate University.
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