Our Story

Connectifi was founded by industry leaders in capital markets integration technology to build the SaaS cloud platform they always wanted.
In 2017, after a decade of leading integration and ecosystem technology at Reuters and Thomson Reuters, co-founder and CEO Nick Kolba lead the creation of FDC3, establishing it as the leading standard for application interoperability in capital markets. Seeing the potential for it to do so much more, Brian and Nick teamed up 5 years later to bring FDC3 to the cloud with Connectifi. And this was just the beginning...

Team

Nick Kolba
Nick Kolba
CEO & Co-founder
Nick is the technical creator and co-founder of the FINOS FDC3 standard. Prior to Connectifi, Nick was SVP at Dun&Bradstreet, Head of Platform at Genesis, CTO/CPO at OpenFin, and a technology director at Thomson Reuters.
Brian Schwinn
Brian Schwinn
CTO & Co-founder
CTO & Co-founder, Engineer with 18+ years of experience in financial web application development and financial services. Prior to Connectifi, Brian was Head of Infrastructure at OpenFin and a technology director at Thomson Reuters.
Brian Schwinn
Kevin Green
VP Engineering
Experienced Executive Leader with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Previously an SVP at Dun&Bradstreet, and VP of Platform at Blackstone Group.  
Brian Schwinn
Ruby Childs
Head of Product and Design
Accomplished Product and Design Leader, bringing a wealth of experience in developing user-centric products, with a focus on leveraging advanced AI and ML tech. Previously Director of Product at OneSignal and OpenFin.
Brian Schwinn
Aaron Satlow
Senior Advisor
Early founding member at Connectifi, and Experienced Executive in Financial Services. Previously Managing Director at JP Morgan, CTO at Dun&Bradstreet and Distinguished Engineer at Morgan Stanley.