Team

Kyrill began his career at Goldman Sachs.  During his 8 years there, he spent the majority of his time working with hedge funds in the prime brokerage business.  In 2009, he moved to the buyside, joining a distressed credit hedge fund founded by two ex-Goldman prop traders. He then worked at two other firms, most recently Golub Capital.  Since 2016, he has run an advisory business, primarily focused on alternative investment managers. The idea behind Centerfin came to him as a way to solve a major problem for everyday consumers, by utilizing years of experience in the hedge fund industry.

Denis started in the software industry in 2000 while still in university in Russia. Then in Finland, he helped automate 3D measurements in the construction industry using machine vision algorithms. He has  worked at several start-ups, learning from both the successful and unsuccessful. Denis has had multiple technical roles: leadership in software development, architecture, and consulting. Most recently he is a Product Manager at Informatica, helping businesses with digital transformation, managing & extracting value from data, business models, growth, and strategy.

Ross Chinni has been a Product Designer for 12+ years. During that time, he has worked across many industries on over 26 digital products, ranging from popular consumer apps to enterprise software suites. His designs have won Webbby awards, Lifehacker awards, been featured on the Apple stage, and have been acquired by GoPro. Given his depth of experience he consults with start-ups at all stages, creating well-designed products, that have real market value.

John is a multi-disciplinary tech professional whose career started in dot-com-era web development, whilst studying at the School of Visual Arts. Throughout his career, he’s worked with various startups, media agencies, and international corporations—both in the U.S. and abroad—in roles ranging from programmer / architect to technical project management and tech advisor to design teams, until assuming an 11-year tech leadership run with Viacom through 2018. A self-described “tech humanist”, John relishes moments when his work offers opportunities to advocate for—and serve in the best interests of—people, whether fellow team members or end-users he may never personally meet.

Nakul Jeirath is currently working with a number of start-ups in roles ranging from engineering team lead to individual technical contributor. Previously he worked as CTO at Enflux for 3 years, developing and overseeing a team building data collection and processing products.  Prior to Enflux he was the Senior Security Engineer and backend developer at WellAware and a cyber security researcher at Southwest Research Institute. Nakul has a BS in computer engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Texas A&M in San Antonio.