ABOUT FLYER
Flyer is leading the trading technology space by giving you the freedom to control trading tools, connectivity, and infrastructure for your firm. Flyer automates the trade lifecycle with Co-Pilot and Flyer Trading Network. The platform unifies access to major custodians and brokers while providing intelligent Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) and Application Programming Interface.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
10 years ago, Flyer assembled a team of experienced Wall Street executives who had spent their careers building world-class electronic trading systems and infrastructure. They held roles across the front, middle and back office at some of the most innovative market participants on the planet including Blackrock, JPMorgan, NYSE Technologies and Bloomberg.
It didn’t take long for many of the most respected hedge funds, exchanges and broker dealers on the Street to come to Flyer for FIX connectivity, testing, certification, gateway access and simulation. At the same time, WealthTech was exploding and many of the leading tech providers sought Flyer’s Saas-based trading infrastructure and APIs to power their trading platforms. Today the team has ballooned to over 100 employees worldwide who work tirelessly to ensure clients are trading on the fastest, safest and cloud-based trading infrastructure in the world.
Together they brought diverse perspectives on how to architect and manage interoperable software solutions that help market participants scale their trading operations.
Brian Ross
Chief Executive Officer
Brian is a leader in wealth management systems, securities trading systems, and financial messaging software. With over 20 years experience at leading Wall Street software firms and major technology initiatives, Brian has worked at Thomson ILX, Blackrock, Trepp and FlyerFT.
A frequent speaker at financial service industry events, Brian has degrees in science, engineering and business from University of Oregon, Johns Hopkins, and Claremont Graduate School with additional graduate studies in mathematics from the Courant Institute of NYU.
Bradley Kellogg
Chief Financial Officer
Bradley is focused on revenue growth including strategy development and partnerships. Previously, he held positions at Barclays and New York Stock Exchange in electronic trading and worked as a software engineer in the defense industry.
He holds a M.B.A. from New York University Stern School of Business and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from The George Washington University.
Randy Prager
Chief Technology Officer
Randy has spent his career delivering technology solutions to the financial services market, specifically in capital markets and trading. Before Flyer, Randy led software development and technology teams at both startup and big companies, including JPMorgan, MarketXT and Bloomberg.
A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, he holds a double major in Economics and Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Jaymin Patel
Chief Operating Officer
Jaymin has experience in delivering advanced technology and services for high-volume, multi-asset institutional securities trading encompassing the full trade life cycle. Jaymin helps to build international relationships with the global investment banks, buy-side firms, exchanges, wealth managers, and custodians in the U.S., LATAM, Europe, Asia by working closely with traders and technology teams to recommend, plan and deliver solutions.
His specialties include Operations, Account Management, Systems integrations, FIX trading solutions, Product Management, and Project Management.
Alex Trianine
Managing Director, Head of Sales
With over twenty years in the financial markets of New York, London and Hong Kong, Alex brings deep expertise in business development and engineering management to FlyerFT. As Chief Revenue Officer, Alex leverages extensive knowledge in trading platforms, brokerage systems, buy-side solutions and exchange products. Previously, Alex held senior business development positions at CameronTec Group, MarketAxess and tier 1 sell-side institutions. He holds a Master’s degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and B.S. from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Alex is multilingual and an avid tennis fan.
Scott Scherr
Managing Director, Head of Product Strategy
Scott is a veteran of the investment industry. He started his career as an options trader on the pacific coast exchange and went on to spend 18 years at Advent software where he held the role SVP of product development for the trade creation and order management products. He has held senior roles at Tora Trading, Equis & Ridgeline bringing a strong domain and technical understanding of the new investment Mgmt space.
Steven Lewczyk
Managing Director, Business Development
Steve is a leader in buy side technology, wealth management systems, trading platforms, and data management solutions. With over 25 years experience at leading fin tech and securities firms, Steve has worked at Fidelity Investments, Advent Software (SSNC), Envestnet and co-founded Nirvana Solutions. Steve’s expertise is in building and scaling successful sales organizations.
In his role at Flyer, Steve is focused on buy side asset managers that require solutions that allow for integration, ease, scale and future proofing operations.
Rusty Sommer
CAIA, CTFA, Managing Director - Strategic Partnerships
Rusty has spent his career delivering technology solutions. He started his career in retail wealth management then moved into institutional trading. After 5 years consulting for large asset and wealth managers around technology and process improvement, he went on to lead investment product management at Assetmark. He has held other senior roles at National City Bank, PNC Bank, FolioDynamix and Investedge, bringing strong domain understanding of the full investment management lifecycle.
Sowmya Kambam
Managing Director, Head of Product Delivery
Sowmya is key to the timely release, secure engineering, and priority management of the many software and service offerings of Flyer, managing a large team while staying intimately involved in the details of architecture, development, and QA.
Paul Reith
Director, Product Management
With a proven fintech background designing and delivering enterprise solutions, Paul is driven by the unseen value liquidity and access to capital provides everyone. He brings face to face experience with investment firms from $50m to $1.8t AUM, and expertise across segments from his growth at Advent, Charles River, Ridgeline, and delivering Latent Zero. Innovation results while at lending channel pioneers Blend and Able.al reinforced the value of lean, resilient solutions.
Lisa Mark
Director, Account Management
As Director of Account Management, Lisa oversees client relationship management, fostering strong relationships with Flyer’s clients, understanding their needs, collaborating on strategic business opportunities, and ensuring the successful delivery and ongoing support of software solutions. Over the past 15 years, Lisa has accumulated a broad range of business, product, technology, and support experience within the financial services industry.
Prior to joining Flyer, Lisa held senior leadership positions with Envestnet and Orion, leading various Product, Development, Trading, and Operations teams in her tenure with the firms. She holds a degree in economics from Brandeis University.
