Leadership Team

Get to know the Treasury Prime leadership team

Mark Vermeersch
Chief Platform Officer
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Chris Dean
Co-founder & CEO
Remy Carole
Chief Operating Officer
Martin Roberts
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Meghan Ryan
Chief Financial Officer
Mark Vermeersch
Chief Platform Officer
Carlos Armas
Vice President of Technical Operations
Danny Cepin
Vice President of Fintech Sales
Mike Clarke
Vice President of Engineering
Carrie Griffin
Founding Engineer
Brandi McVay
Chief People Officer
Jeff Nowicki
Vice President of Banking
Ann Olinger
Vice President of Product
Sheetal Parikh
Deputy General Counsel & Vice President of Compliance
Nicole Phillips
Vice President of Marketing
Chris Dean
Co-founder & CEO
Remy Carole
Chief Operating Officer
Martin Roberts
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Meghan Ryan
Chief Financial Officer
Mark Vermeersch
Chief Platform Officer
Carlos Armas
Vice President of Technical Operations
Danny Cepin
Vice President of Fintech Sales
Mike Clarke
Vice President of Engineering
Carrie Griffin
Founding Engineer
Brandi McVay
Chief People Officer
Jeff Nowicki
Vice President of Banking
Ann Olinger
Vice President of Product
Sheetal Parikh
Deputy General Counsel & Vice President of Compliance
Nicole Phillips
Vice President of Marketing
Chris Dean
Co-founder & CEO
Remy Carole
Chief Operating Officer
Martin Roberts
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Meghan Ryan
Chief Financial Officer
Mark Vermeersch
Chief Platform Officer
Carlos Armas
Vice President of Technical Operations
Danny Cepin
Vice President of Fintech Sales
Mike Clarke
Vice President of Engineering
Carrie Griffin
Founding Engineer
Brandi McVay
Chief People Officer
Jeff Nowicki
Vice President of Banking
Ann Olinger
Vice President of Product
Sheetal Parikh
Deputy General Counsel & Vice President of Compliance
Nicole Phillips
Vice President of Marketing
Chris Dean
Co-founder & CEO
Remy Carole
Chief Operating Officer
Martin Roberts
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Meghan Ryan
Chief Financial Officer
Mark Vermeersch
Chief Platform Officer
Carlos Armas
Vice President of Technical Operations
Danny Cepin
Vice President of Fintech Sales
Mike Clarke
Vice President of Engineering
Carrie Griffin
Founding Engineer
Brandi McVay
Chief People Officer
Jeff Nowicki
Vice President of Banking
Ann Olinger
Vice President of Product
Sheetal Parikh
Deputy General Counsel & Vice President of Compliance
Nicole Phillips
Vice President of Marketing
Chris Dean
Co-founder & CEO
Remy Carole
Chief Operating Officer
Martin Roberts
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Meghan Ryan
Chief Financial Officer
Mark Vermeersch
Chief Platform Officer
Carlos Armas
Vice President of Technical Operations
Danny Cepin
Vice President of Fintech Sales
Mike Clarke
Vice President of Engineering
Carrie Griffin
Founding Engineer
Brandi McVay
Chief People Officer
Jeff Nowicki
Vice President of Banking
Ann Olinger
Vice President of Product
Sheetal Parikh
Deputy General Counsel & Vice President of Compliance
Nicole Phillips
Vice President of Marketing
Chris Dean
Co-founder & CEO
Remy Carole
Chief Operating Officer
Martin Roberts
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Meghan Ryan
Chief Financial Officer
Mark Vermeersch
Chief Platform Officer
Carlos Armas
Vice President of Technical Operations
Danny Cepin
Vice President of Fintech Sales
Mike Clarke
Vice President of Engineering
Carrie Griffin
Founding Engineer
Brandi McVay
Chief People Officer
Jeff Nowicki
Vice President of Banking
Ann Olinger
Vice President of Product
Sheetal Parikh
Deputy General Counsel & Vice President of Compliance
Nicole Phillips
Vice President of Marketing

Chris Dean

Co-founder & CEO

As CEO and Co-Founder of Treasury Prime, Chris is responsible for all aspects of Treasury Prime’s strategy, execution, and operations. Prior to launching Treasury Prime, he served as CTO of “API first” company Standard Treasury. When the startup was acquired by Silicon Valley Bank, he took on the role of CTO of API banking for SVB. Earlier in his career, Chris founded or co-founded software companies including Merced Systems (enterprise software), Kyluka (a consulting firm), and Benefitter (ACA-based health plan.) Chris started his career as technical staff in the Machine Learning Systems Group of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He studied physics at California Institute of Technology.

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Remy Carole

Chief Operating Officer

Remy Carole is chief operating officer at Treasury Prime. He joined the company from design firm fuseproject, where he served as senior program manager on projects for clients including Tile, L’Oreal, and Herman Miller. Prior to fuseproject, Remy held engineering roles at Microsoft, Silicon Valley Bank and Loop. At Microsoft, he worked on the motherboard design for the Xbox. He also co-founded a booking platform for commercial kitchens, where he oversaw all design and software development. Remy has a B.S. in electrical engineering from University of Michigan.

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Martin Roberts

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer

Martin Roberts leads Treasury Prime’s legal department and advises the company on a wide range of legal and business matters. His prior roles include general counsel and then CEO of patent risk management solutions provider RPX Corporation, deputy general counsel of eBay and general counsel of Linden Lab, the creator of Second Life. Earlier in his career, Marty worked for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in Washington, DC, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He has a B.A. in English from University of Virginia, and a J.D. from University of Alabama School of Law.

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Meghan Ryan

Chief Financial Officer

Meghan Ryan joins Treasury Prime from Affirm, a leading buy-now-pay-later platform. Meghan was the CFO of Affirm's Canadian business, responsible for the region's financial strategy, management, and execution. Meghan joined Affirm as a founding member of the Capital Markets team, responsible for building out and scaling the capital platform, as well as leading Affirm's Bank Partnerships team. Prior to Affirm, Meghan spent six years at Goldman Sachs, where she held advisory and investing roles in the Investment Bank and Merchant Bank. Meghan started her career in public accounting as part of Deloitte's Financial Advisory practice and holds a B.B.A. in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame.

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Mark Vermeersch

Chief Platform Officer

In his role leading strategy and product, Mark is responsible for Treasury Prime’s partnership and product strategy. Mark joined Treasury Prime from fintech lender Affirm where he led product across Anywhere Financing and the Virtual Card Platform and enabled core product partnerships. Prior to Affirm, Mark was general manager and product manager for Silicon Valley Bank’s API platform. Mark started his career in institutional and hedge fund investing before transitioning to product and adjacent roles in tech, including a stint at Google. Mark holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Notre Dame, an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a M.S. in Product Design and Development from Northwestern University.

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Carlos Armas

Vice President of Technical Operations

Carlos Armas is vice president of technical operations at Treasury Prime. Prior to joining Treasury Prime, he spent more than a dozen years as a DevOps consultant with Roundtrip Networks, as well as teaching network monitoring and management to engineers across the globe as an instructor with NSRC (University of Oregon). He has also held engineering leadership roles at OpenTable and BabyCenter (of Johnson & Johnson), and has served as consultant to organizations including Consumer Health Interactive, U.S. Arthritis Foundation, and various ISP providers in Cuba. Carlos began his career leading network services for one of Cuba’s biotechnology institutes. He has a B.S. in computer engineering from University of Havana/ISPJAE.

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Danny Cepin

Vice President of Fintech Sales

Danny leads Treasury Prime’s fintech sales team and works with fintechs looking to launch accounts, cards, payments, and other banking features on their platform. Danny joined Treasury Prime from fintech leader Brex where he was the first sales hire for Brex Cash, a leading commercial neobank. Prior to Brex, Danny held various business development roles at Morgan Stanley and Triage Consulting Group. Danny started his career in UK banking operations for Citibank. Danny studied Exercise Biology and Economics at the University of California, Davis, where he also played on the NCAA baseball team.

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Mike Clarke

Vice President of Engineering

Mike Clarke leads Treasury Prime’s engineering organization. Mike joined Treasury Prime from application monitoring platform Sentry.io, where he founded the data analytics team that enabled compliance and go-to-market efforts. Earlier in his career, he served as founding engineer at “API first” bank Standard Treasury, where he built the API gateway for developers building on the platform. He also created compliance tools such as a risk service for checking targets against Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions lists. Mike stayed with Standard Treasury through its acquisition by Silicon Valley Bank, where he served as principal software engineer and later engineering manager. Mike has a B.S. in electrical engineering from University of Notre Dame.

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Carrie Griffin

Founding Engineer

Carrie Griffin is founding engineer at Treasury Prime. She joined the company from HealthMarkets Inc., where she led quality assurance for small employer and individual insurance marketplace web applications — a role that, similar to banking technology, involved navigating thorny compliance issues. She has more than 20 years of development and quality assurance testing experience and has served customers of a wide variety of API services, helping them to integrate APIs into their unique tools. Carrie has a B.S. in computer science from Brigham Young University.

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Brandi McVay

Chief People Officer

As vice president of people, Brandi is responsible for Treasury Prime’s people and talent acquisition strategy and operations. She joined Treasury Prime from Azlo, where she strategized and executed the company’s growth from 70 employees to over 150 in one year, established a virtual office in Mexico City, and created people programs to prepare the company for extreme growth. Prior to Azlo, Brandi built the people and talent acquisition strategy at moovel where she led many merger and acquisition projects and international initiatives, and she and her team built a best-in-class employee experience and culture while supporting the company through periods of change management. Brandi has B.A. degrees in Business Management and Human Resources Management from Portland State University.

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Jeff Nowicki

Vice President of Banking

As head of bank partnerships, Jeff brings over 10 years of experience helping community banks operate and thrive in today’s market while navigating their regulatory relationships and responsibilities. Jeff joined Treasury Prime from BankProv where he was Senior Vice President of Deposit and Product development where he built and grew programs in new markets like Crypto Currency and BaaS partnerships. Prior to joining BankProv, Jeff spent five years at Radius Bank (acquired by LendingClub) in various roles including leading the strategic partnership and micro-to-small business lines. Jeff has a B.S. in business administration from Endicott College and an M.A. in financial services and banking from Suffolk University.

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Ann Olinger

Vice President of Product

Ann Olinger is the Vice President of Product at Treasury Prime. With a decade of dynamic leadership in the realms of financial technology, data, and analytics, Ann is a seasoned product leader known for driving innovation and delivering results. She joined the company from Global Payments, a Fortune 500 fintech and industry frontrunner in commerce technology where she led a cross-functional team to build and scale an analytics product suite across eight new revenue channels to 250,000 business locations. Previously, Ann held roles within two other Global Payments portfolio companies — Xenial and Heartland Payments. She studied International Relations and Political Science at the University of Portland and holds a B.S. in Graphic Arts from the Art Institute of Portland.

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Sheetal Parikh

Deputy General Counsel & Vice President of Compliance

With over 16 years experience practicing law in the financial services regulatory landscape, Sheetal works with Treasury Prime’s bank and fintech clients to develop compliance solutions and support them on regulatory compliance matters. Prior to joining Treasury Prime, Sheetal led the Legal and Compliance teams at Synapse where she oversaw legal analysis on new product development and product construct, commercial and vendor agreements and regulatory compliance. Previously, she served as Senior Director of Compliance and Regulatory Counsel for PLS Financial Services, as Vice President of Legal & Compliance for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, and as part of the Securities and Commodities litigation group at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP. Sheetal has a B.A. in South Asian languages from the University of Chicago, and a J.D. from the Case Western Reserve School of Law.

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Nicole Phillips

Vice President of Marketing

As Vice President of Marketing for Treasury Prime, Nicole is responsible for building Treasury Prime's brand presence in the marketplace. Before joining Treasury Prime, Nicole worked in marketing leadership positions for a variety of B2B fintech firms including Raistone Capital, Aztec Exchange and Total Merchant Services. Nicole began her career in product management for Dr. Pepper/Snapple before elevating to marketing director positions at both Disney and Eastman Kodak. Nicole holds a B.S. from Cornell University and MBA from Rutgers. She also serves as CEO and Board President for Careers in Sports, a non-profit 501 c(3) dedicated to presenting career options in the sports industry to student athletes.

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