How We Started
FundGuard was founded in 2018 to transform asset servicing operations by leveraging modern cloud and AI capabilities to offer the first fully automated, true-SaaS accounting-based contingent NAV.
Our cloud-native, AI-powered multi-asset class ABOR,
IBOR and NAV Contingency solutions create unparalleled scale, significantly reduced costs of ownership and the ability to offer new and innovative products, including digital assets, today and in the future.
We envision a new era investment accounting utility: An industry-supported, single operating model that flows front to back across asset classes, regions, and functions – helping to facilitate safe and efficient asset growth for all investors.
Led by seasoned industry executives and innovative enterprise cloud technology experts
Facilitating safer and more efficient asset growth for all investors
Join FundGuard at the forefront of innovative financial technology. We are on a mission to facilitate safe and efficient asset growth for all investors by enabling unparalleled scale and efficiency and significantly reduced costs of ownership for the asset management ecosystem.
Formerly Head of North America at Multifonds, which provides asset management solutions to large banks and asset managers. Lior was part of the executive team that turned around the company and sold it to Temenos.
Prior to Multifonds, Lior was a technology investment banker at Goldman Sachs in New York, and before that led software development teams at Radware and as an officer at an elite intelligence corps Unit 8200.
Lior has an MBA from Columbia University and BSc in Computer Science and Management from Tel Aviv University.
John brings more than 30 years of asset servicing industry leadership experience across product, technology, data and services. He has spent the last two decades successfully building and transforming global businesses as the Global Head of State Street’s Investment Manager Services, and as CEO and Chairman of BNY Mellon Technology Solutions and Eagle Investment Systems.
As the global head of State Street’s Investment Manager Services (IMS) business he led the strategic direction, sales, service and operations for IMS globally, with responsibility for employees in 14 countries and was on the State Street Management Committee.
Prior to State Street, John was a member of the BNY Mellon Operating Committee and served as CEO of BNY Mellon Technology Solutions, President of BNY Mellon New England and Chairman of Eagle Investment Systems.
John holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Seton Hall University.
Formerly R&D Head at Salesforce Israel building Salesforce’s portfolio of artificial intelligence capabilities. Yaniv joined Salesforce through the acquisition of a startup that he co-founded called Bluetail, which leveraged machine learning algorithms to generate sales and marketing insights on individuals and corporations using public data sources.
Prior to Salesforce and Bluetail, Yaniv was a Major at elite intelligence corps Unit 8200 leading large scale engineering projects and platforms generating intelligence through data science.
Yaniv holds a BSc in Computers Engineering from Tel Aviv University and nearly completed an MSc from Tel Aviv University in Computers Engineering with a focus on data science, an effort that he put on hold due to startup work.
Formerly a Senior Engineer at Natural Intelligence and Head of Financial Algorithms at TipRanks where he leveraged machine learning algorithms and NLP for the purpose of generating investment recommendations.
Uri served as an officer at elite intelligence corps Unit 8200 and holds an MBA from the IDC and a BSc in Computer Science from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Erika brings nearly two decades of marketing leadership experience to FundGuard. Prior to joining the firm, Erika led marketing strategy and business development campaigns for Vidrio Financial, and has also previously held marketing leadership and consulting roles at industry-leading brands and high-growth FinTech start-ups, including IHS Markit, Thomson Financial, Tradeweb, Data Explorers, Interactive Data, BISAM and RIMES.
Erika is a certified FISD Financial Information Associate, a member of 100 Women in Finance, sits on the Literacy Partners Associate Board and attended Hofstra University where she studied Creative Writing and Literature.
Amir Dehestani brings over 20 years of experience in the Asset Servicing and Fintech industries to FundGuard.
During his tenure at Eagle Investment Systems and BNY Mellon, Amir held various roles in business development, sales solutioning, product development, technical training, and client services. Amir has travelled globally presenting solutions to the investment management community and was instrumental in establishing Eagle’s first client relationships in Africa and the Middle East. Amir also brings an operational perspective from time spent as a mutual fund accountant with State Street Corporation.
Amir is trilingual in English, Spanish, and Farsi. He holds a Masters of Science in Financial Economics from Boston University. For his undergraduate studies, Amir earned high distinction honors for his Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies from the University of Rochester and received certificates in Marketing and Management Information Systems through the Simon School of Business.
Greg brings nearly three decades of sales and sales leadership experience to FundGuard. Prior to joining the firm, Greg worked as a commercial strategy lead and global head of sales in S&P Global’s Software Solutions business. Greg spent a majority of his career at Eagle Investment Systems/BNY Mellon in various roles within the sales organization. Prior to Eagle, he worked in fund operations at Investors Bank & Trust as well as Scudder Kemper Investments.
Greg graduated from Merrimack College with a degree in Business Administration.
Kirk brings more than 35 years of mutual fund industry experience ranging from business development to product management to pre-sales to implementations.
His work experience includes over 25 years in sales and product leadership roles with the two primary US fund accounting solution providers – FIS (SunGard) and Eagle STAR (BNY Mellon), as well as serving as Managing Director Global Outsourcing at BNY Mellon.
Most recently Kirk was with InvestCloud focused on trading, accounting and other wealth management solutions sales. Prior to that he also led business development for five years at Ultimus Fund Solutions. an independent mutual fund administrator.
Akha brings nearly two decades of sales and product leadership experience to FundGuard. Prior to joining the firm, Akha led Sales Engineering for Eagle Investment Systems and managed the Data Governance strategy for BNY Mellon Data & Analytics Solutions.
Akha has also created corporate mentoring programs and led women’s employee resource groups across her career at both State Street and BNY Mellon.
For nearly 30 years Alan was a serial intrapreneur at Citi, bringing new technology-driven services to asset managers, brokers, insurers and other banks. He holds two patents for business process improvements in reconciliation and collateral management. His career at Citi culminated in taking the first asset manager focused global middle office services business from idea to $1.3 trillion in administration.
Most recently he was a senior advisory consultant in wealth and asset management with EY and his own independent consultancy, working with the largest global asset servicers and asset managers.
Alan has published industry papers, and spoken on, or chaired industry panels regarding competitive intelligence, NBOR, outsourcing, blockchain and process improvement using technologies such as robotic process automation.
Alan has an MBA in Finance from New York University’s Stern School and a BS in Applied Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University.
Omer brings more than 20 years of experience leading technology teams and developing software products. He had spent the last 8 years successfully building Fintech products, first at Citi innovation lab where he defined and developed internal financial products based on data science and machine learning, and then as VP of Product at Fundbox.
As the VP of Product at Fundbox, Omer built and led product management and user experience teams that develop innovative credit products for SMBs which are based on prediction models and disrupt the SMB lending space. Omer led the product management and UX teams at Fundbox from an early growth stage to becoming a Fintech unicorn.
Omer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.
15+ years of fund industry experience within operations and technology.
Reese brings more than 15 years of fund industry experience with a focus on operations and technology. He joined FundGuard from Temenos Multifonds where he held roles in Customer Success, Implementation, Product and PreSales. While leading the US office for Multifonds, Reese traveled internationally presenting the Multifonds Global Accounting solution to new and existing clients, and led successful implementations, specializing in workflow, exception processing, pricing, and corporate actions.
Prior to Temenos Multifonds, Reese worked for Investors Bank and Trust, providing accounting and administration services across a variety of products and asset types while developing his expertise in the full lifecycle of investment and fund accounting.
Reese received a Bachelor of Arts at UC Davis, double majoring in Economics and Organizational Sociology, with a Minor in American History
Diane brings 35 years of customer onboarding experience to the FundGuard leadership team. With a focus on accounting and data management solutions in the middle and back office, Diane has built several onboarding teams that have implemented over 150+ clients ranging from large asset managers and insurers to small start-ups.
Prior to joining FundGuard, Diane served as Head of Global Delivery at Clearwater Analytics and Chief Client Officer at Eagle Investments Systems, a BNY Mellon company.
Diane graduated with a B.A. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Boston College. Diane also has a Masters of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Bentley University.
Diane received the BNY Mellon STAR award in 2004 and the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Leading Women award in 2018. Diane currently serves as a Board member for the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts.
25+ years of financial services industry experience across middle office services and mutual fund accounting at Citi. Jamie was the Senior Vice President responsible for global oversight, operations, and client satisfaction for Citi’s middle office services.
Prior to joining FundGuard, Jamie served as a Senior Project Manager at Broadridge, where he facilitated the implementation of proprietary software within firms across the financial services sector.
Jamie received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Maine.
Li Brings more than 20 years of experience to FundGuard, primarily in HR leadership across global tech companies at various stages of growth, size, domains and global regions. She has previously served as VP of Human Resources at Iguazio, CrazyLabs and Perion Networks, among others. She brings leadership experience in HR strategy, M&A, hiring, establishing HR infrastructure, and building company culture. Li holds a B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy, as well as an MBA – all from Tel-Aviv University.
Elad brings over 20 years of advanced expertise in cloud services/applications, networking, cybersecurity, and global support models. Prior to joining FundGuard, Elad held leadership positions across multiple global organizations, most recently at Digital.ai where he was VP, Global Cloud Operations and led the consolidation of teams and platforms across multiple acquisitions, enabling the firm to become a leader in Enterprise SaaS.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business & Management from the University of Derby (UK) branch in Israel and is certified across multiple diciplines.
Amnon brings more than 20 years of financial management leadership experience to FundGuard. Prior to joining FundGuard, he spent a decade at Multifonds, where he served as CFO and on the executive team that turned around the company and sold it to Temenos.
Earlier in his career, Amnon practiced as an audit manager at EY in Luxembourg and Israel, specializing in the Hi-Tech industry. Prior to that Amnon was part of the International Tax Team at Deloitte.
Amnon holds an M.B.A degree specializing in Financial Management, a B.A. degree in accounting and an L.L.B degree in Law, all from Tel-Aviv University. Amnon is also a certified public accountant (CPA) in Israel.
Stanton Green is currently an Executive in Residence for Warburg Pincus, working with their FinTech portfolio and focused on deal flow and diligence with that team. He is also a Venture Advisor to Blumberg Capital, a west coast FinTech venture firm with offices in San Francisco, New York and TelAviv. He is a member of Tribeca Early Stage Partners, in New York City.
Stanton was a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Equities at Guggenheim Securities, LLC where he helped transition the business into a leader in Healthcare and Tech capital markets. He joined Guggenheim from OTR Global where he served as President and CEO, shaping OTR into a premier research firm. Prior to OTR, he was a founding partner, president and CEO of Vista Research, a FinTech data/information business and oversaw a successful sale to Standard & Poor’s (a McGraw Hill Company). Prior to that, Stanton was a Managing Director of Epoch Partners, a FinTech focused investment bank backed by Kleiner Perkins, Benchmark and Trident. He was part of the deal team that successfully sold the firm to Goldman Sachs in 2001.
Stanton began his career at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley in the equity derivatives business. He graduated with a BA from Dartmouth College.
Jack has spent his career in financial services serving on the management committees of State Street and BNY Mellon, and more recently in Venture Capital.
Jack began his career at American Express before moving to Mellon Bank in 1997 where he was promoted to CEO of its International Operations based in London and Vice Chairman serving on the Management Committee. In 2006 Jack then joined State Street in Boston, also serving on its Management Committee, where he ran Global Strategy and Marketing, Hedge Fund Administration, Client Management and started a new business unit called Global Exchange leveraging State Street’s data and analytics tools to help clients. In 2015, Jack left the large corporate world to focus on helping smaller firms grow through a new Venture Capital firm called Hyperplane. The firm has incubated two start-ups and made 42 investments focused on artificial intelligence and advanced technologies in the B2B space.
Jack has extensive board experience across a range of companies. He was the first independent director to join Cardlytics (NASDAQ:CDLX) when it was a private company and helped lead the 2018 IPO as an Audit Committee and Pricing Committee member. He also serves on several private company boards spanning Seed Stage through Series D.
Jack has been active in the communities where he lives and works. He recently spent 10 years as a board member of the Boy Scouts of America for Eastern MA including 2.5 years as Chairman. He also serves on the Advisory Council of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the National Association of Corporate Directors New England Chapter and the International Yacht Restoration School.
Jack has an MBA from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a BA from Middlebury College where he earned Honors on his Senior Thesis. He has continued his education throughout his career with course work at Harvard Business School and INSEAD.
David Krell is an option market exchange executive, educator and consultant who is the co-founder of International Securities Exchange, LLC, (ISE) and served as its CEO and President since inception until 2008 when he became chairman until the ISE was sold to Nasdaq. From 2007 to 2015, he also served on the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Boerse AG.
From 1984 to 1997, Krell was vice president, options and index products, New York Stock Exchange where he managed marketing, systems and new product introductions for the division. From 1981 to 1984, he was first vice president at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, responsible for the management and operation of the marketing and sales division. Krell was also a vice president of Merrill Lynch from 1978 to 1981 and founded its managed options service.
Krell has been active in numerous industry groups. He was a director on the board of the International Federation of Technical Analysts, a president of the Market Technicians Association and a director on the board of The Options Clearing Corporation.
Krell formerly was an adjunct professor at Rutgers University Graduate School of Management and at the Graduate School of Baruch College. He has taught, coordinated and directed numerous seminars and workshops at the New York Institute of Finance.
With over 20 years of experience as a senior executive in the financial services industry, Jay Mandelbaum currently serves as an advisor, investor and board member to private early-stage and growth technology companies including BioCatch, Fundbox, PolicyGenius, and Street Contxt.
Among his industry roles, Jay was Executive Vice President and member of the Operating Committee at JPMorgan Chase & Co. where he had responsibility for corporate strategy, marketing and the bank’s digital and payments activities. Prior to JPMC, he was the CEO of Smith Barney Private Client, Vice Chairman of Salomon Smith Barney, and a member of Citigroup’s Management Committee. He also had senior roles at Bank One Corporation and Primerica Corporation.
Jay began his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. He received his bachelor’s degree from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and his MBA from Harvard Business School. Jay is a long-time Trustee and Chairman of the Finance Committee for the Central Park Conservancy, and previously served on the Board of Trustees for the Trinity School in New York City and Central Synagogue.
Heidi Miller was President of International at JPMorgan Chase & Co between 2010 and 2012 where she led the bank’s global expansion and international business strategy across the Investment Bank, Asset Management and Treasury and Securities Services divisions. Before this, she ran the Treasury and Securities Services division for six years. Other past roles have included Chief Financial Officer Citigroup and Chief Financial Officer of Bank One Corporation.
Previous appointments include non-executive Director roles for General Mills Inc., Merck & Co Inc. and Progressive Corp. She was also a trustee of the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation.
Heidi Miller graduated from Princeton University in 1974 with a BA in history and received a PhD in Latin American history from Yale University in 1979.
Heidi Miller is a non-executive Director of HSBC and Fiserv, Inc.
In 1986, Avi co-founded Strategic Insight (SI), a research and business intelligence firm for the mutual fund industry. In its early days, SI focused on the small, emerging U.S. fund industry. Today, SI’s research and technologies are shared throughout the world with companies that collectively manage a majority of the nearly $50 trillion invested in mutual funds globally.
After retiring from SI at the end of his 30th year there, Avi remains an independent mutual fund industry consultant and advisor and on a number of advisory boards focusing on mutual fund compliance. Avi is frequently invited to provide fund industry perspectives in conference and in the media. Avi is an Advisory Board Member of the NYC-based Baron Funds.
Avi was raised in a farming village in Israel, studied Chemistry at Tel Aviv University, and received an MBA, with distinction, from New York University’s Stern School of Business.
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