EXECUTIVE TEAM
CHICAGO
Jay Singh CEO Jay drives product innovation, strategy, and vision at Hedgeness. He brings more than a decade of financial services and technology development experience. He joined Olde Investments in 1999 and had a ten year financial services career culminating with Morgan Stanley. After that, he spent time consulting on technology and finance strategy for startups and mid-sized companies. He is an Honors BA graduate of Belmont Abbey College, NC (Political Science and Mathematics). |
Kevin Porter CMO Kevin leads consultative sales, marketing, and customer success at Hedgeness. Prior to joining Hedgeness, he consulted corporate clients on due diligence, tax, and valuation matters for five years. He started his career at Thomson Reuters and was most recently a consultant at Ernst & Young. He also has prior experience at a proprietary trading firm. He graduated with a BA, Economics from Miami University, OH. |
Srini Rao cto Srini guides the Hedgeness development team on architectural and digital strategy. He has 25+ years in the IT industry with focus on technology platforms, product development, and enterprise architecture. He has worked in the Banking and Finance domains through IT Services (TEKsystems, TCS) and product development (Dearborn Financial Services, Adeptia). He has a Masters in Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and a BE from Bangalore University. |
ADVISORY BOARD
John Gibbons, PhD
John guides Hedgeness in overall business strategy and navigating the financial services sector’s changing needs from growth, efficiency, and risk perspectives. His career spans over two decades of executive roles at financial services companies: Director at Merrill Lynch, Chief Financial Officer at Freddie Mac, and EVP at Wells Fargo. He has an MBA in finance from The Wharton School, and a BA in Social Studies and PhD in Government from Harvard University.
John guides Hedgeness in overall business strategy and navigating the financial services sector’s changing needs from growth, efficiency, and risk perspectives. His career spans over two decades of executive roles at financial services companies: Director at Merrill Lynch, Chief Financial Officer at Freddie Mac, and EVP at Wells Fargo. He has an MBA in finance from The Wharton School, and a BA in Social Studies and PhD in Government from Harvard University.
Svetozar Minkov, PhD
Svetozar helps Hedgeness evaluate fundamental human needs and how technology addresses them. He teaches Philosophy at Roosevelt University and is a visiting professor at MIT, holding seminars in Engineering, Ethics, and Entrepreneurship. He has published eight books, and is a sought-after speaker and moderator. He has a PhD and MA from University of Chicago, where his research focused on the emergence of modern science and technology.
Svetozar helps Hedgeness evaluate fundamental human needs and how technology addresses them. He teaches Philosophy at Roosevelt University and is a visiting professor at MIT, holding seminars in Engineering, Ethics, and Entrepreneurship. He has published eight books, and is a sought-after speaker and moderator. He has a PhD and MA from University of Chicago, where his research focused on the emergence of modern science and technology.
Harsh Muthal
Harsh assists Hedgeness on sales and marketing. He has spent over two decades selling technology services and has developed his own methodologies for aggressive sales growth. He is recognized as an entrepreneurial business manager who has led corporations towards growth and profitability. He has worked at Unilever, IBM, and Motorola in senior positions. He has an MBA in Marketing from University of Bombay and Executive Education from Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Harsh assists Hedgeness on sales and marketing. He has spent over two decades selling technology services and has developed his own methodologies for aggressive sales growth. He is recognized as an entrepreneurial business manager who has led corporations towards growth and profitability. He has worked at Unilever, IBM, and Motorola in senior positions. He has an MBA in Marketing from University of Bombay and Executive Education from Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Ram Shivakumar, PhD
Ram advises Hedgeness on business model design, organization building, and governance. He is a Professor at the Booth School of Business conducting programs on strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Prior to joining Booth, he was a Managing Consultant at Arthur Andersen LLP where he counseled corporations on risk management. He has a PhD in Economics from Indiana University and an MS in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago.
Ram advises Hedgeness on business model design, organization building, and governance. He is a Professor at the Booth School of Business conducting programs on strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Prior to joining Booth, he was a Managing Consultant at Arthur Andersen LLP where he counseled corporations on risk management. He has a PhD in Economics from Indiana University and an MS in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago.
Bernhardt Trout, PhD
Bernhardt contributes to the analytics division of Hedgeness. He is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT, a Director of the Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing, and Director of E3, an initiative to generate a new kind of entrepreneurship. He received his S.B. and S.M. degrees from MIT and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. He has published over 130 papers and currently has 10 patents pending.
Bernhardt contributes to the analytics division of Hedgeness. He is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT, a Director of the Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing, and Director of E3, an initiative to generate a new kind of entrepreneurship. He received his S.B. and S.M. degrees from MIT and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. He has published over 130 papers and currently has 10 patents pending.
