Crux: Making Data Delightful

About

Firms are most competitive when focusing on their core competencies and objectives. Not when attending to the busy work of data: cleaning, transformations, and cross-system integration.

Crux was born from an industry-wide need for a solution to manage data. Our mission is to alleviate the burdensome parts of data so institutions can focus on the work that matters.

A serial entrepreneur, Philip has over 30 years of experience creating data and analytics products for financial companies. He was once Head of Google Finance, Global Business Manager for FX at Bloomberg, and CTO of Thomson Reuters’ Financial and Risk Division. A patented inventor and avid adventurist, Philip recently completed the rugged Bridger Ridge Run—at 9,596 feet.

Philip Brittan

CEO

Philip Brittan

CEO

Philip Brittan

CEO

An experienced marketing professional with an affinity for strategic partnerships and experimental marketing. Prior to Crux, he served as Director of Partnerships & Marketing at YipitData, a fin-tech startup that provides alternative data research to institutional investors. He also created AlternativeData.org, a community platform for alternative data providers and investors. Pablo started his career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in the Global Natural Resources Group. He's a Hoya living in New York City who is passionate about art and cycling.

Pablo Cerrilla

MARKETING

Pablo Cerrilla

MARKETING

Pablo Cerrilla

MARKETING

Team

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We are a team of 50+ industry veterans, experts, talented engineers, and all-around cool people.

A seasoned business leader with over 20 years of experience in the financial services business, developing and delivering desktop solutions for financial market professionals. Providing market insight, thought leadership and strategic direction for Thomson Reuters' Global Wealth Management, Financial Advisors business and previously at Bloomberg as Global Product Manager for a variety of products.

Kimberly Farkouh

CLIENT SUCCESS

Kimberly Farkouh

CLIENT SUCCESS

Kimberly Farkouh

CLIENT SUCCESS

Ben has worked in the distributed architecture and big data wrangling space at Sun Microsystems, BGI/Blackrock, Trulia, Incapture, and most recently Citadel, where he led the data engineering team. Outside of work, Ben likes to tinker with microcontrollers and enjoy the outdoors with his family. Originally from London, Ben has lived in the Bay Area for eighteen years.

Ben Frank

ARCHITECTURE

Ben Frank

ARCHITECTURE

Ben Frank

ARCHITECTURE

Kesh spent the last 10 years at Bridgewater Associates managing various Technical Operations and Engineering teams focused on delivering reliable, robust and timely processes and infrastructure. Dedicated to the "NoOps" concept, Kesh focuses on building teams that not only have a keen sense of engineering, but also have the empathy and understanding for their operational counterparts. When he's not in the office, he's often tinkering with the latest in home automation, trying to find the state of nirvana between laziness and efficiency.

Kesh Iyer

DATA ENGINEERING

Kesh Iyer

DATA ENGINEERING

Kesh Iyer

DATA ENGINEERING

Delivering useful data has been John's passion for over two decades—constructing possibilities to enhance users' creative and analytical individuality. His experience lies at the intersection of asset management, investment banking, wealth management, and corporate, and he has worked around the world, including New York City, San Francisco, Hong Kong, and Zurich.

John Kelly

PRODUCT

John Kelly

PRODUCT

John Kelly

PRODUCT

Since his early days coding trading systems (in assembler!), Larry has been on the forefront of FinTech. From founding a quant hedge fund to starting BIDS to helping transform the NYSE Euronext, Larry loves to make an impact. He currently focuses on mentoring startups and recently helped launch GivingCompass, a curated site for all things philanthropy.

Larry Leibowitz

PRESIDENT, COO

Larry Leibowitz

PRESIDENT, COO

Larry Leibowitz

PRESIDENT, COO

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Jonathan still misses his Sinclair ZX81 computer—but these days, he puts up with engineering large-scale distributed systems. He loves “rubber ducking,” sprint planning, fixing bugs, and keeping up with new technologies. Jonathan has worked at financial firms such as IBM and Lotus in Ireland and has held leadership positions at Barclay's Global Investors and BlackRock.

Jonathan Major

ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS

Jonathan Major

ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS

Jonathan Major

ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS

Elizabeth (aka Liz or EP) is passionate about making creative and effective data-driven solutions a reality. Her experience spans two decades working with commercial, technical minds at Goldman Sachs (as MD of Market Data Services) and AIG (as COO of Science). Elizabeth is a super-commuter and keen farm-to-tabler. Oh, and she loves goats. Her favorite one is named Leaf.

Elizabeth Pritchard

GO-TO-MARKET

Elizabeth Pritchard

GO-TO-MARKET

Elizabeth Pritchard

GO-TO-MARKET

Ashu wears a lot of hats at Crux. He's had a few stops along his journey here: travelling between Bombay and the Bay Area as an impact investor with Omidyar Network and living in Boston with Audax Private Equity. Ashu is a graduate of the Wharton School and in his spare time loves travelling, cooking, hiking, and reading (especially world history from interesting periods).

Ashu Sikri

CORPORATE STRATEGY

Ashu Sikri

CORPORATE STRATEGY

Ashu Sikri

CORPORATE STRATEGY

Marie is driven to inspire and develop high performing teams that last. She has a passion for learning, energy to solve problems and enjoys making the impossible possible. Her numerous global leadership positions in Finance, Operations and HR make her uniquely qualified to partner with her colleagues to make good decisions and deliver results. A Lehigh graduate with an MBA from NYU, Marie’s a Jersey girl and Springsteen fan. She loves mixing meaningful work with her life from the Shore where she lives with her husband and three children.