Industry Advisory Board

Chris Hynes

Chris Hynes is currently a partner at Hastings Equity Partners LLC. Previously, Chris was EVP in charge of Private Asset Management at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). At SSGA, Chris increased profitability by 20% annually and led a move toward offering clients tax-managed investing as a component of an integrated wealth management program. He also co-developed tax efficient SPDR’s (the first ETF’s), served on the original FIX protocol committee and was a member of the Trust Management Association. Prior to State Street, Chris was an SVP at Jeffries & Co, where he co-developed the electronic trading system POSIT.


John DeSouza

Co-founder
John DeSouza was most recently at Goldman Sachs, where he was a Vice President managing the Technology Practice of the Private Equity Group. Previously, John was the Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at D.E. Shaw Financial Technology, an internet startup company (sold to Merrill Lynch) that developed online real-time brokerage systems for retail brokerage firms. Prior to D.E. Shaw, Mr. de Souza was a co-founder and the Vice President of Marketing at Flash Communications, an Internet startup company (sold to Microsoft) that developed real-time two way messaging systems for corporations. He received an B.S. and an M.S. in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master’s in International Management from Collège des Ingénieurs in France.
j.desouza@smartleaf.com


Doug Stotz

Doug Stotz served as Executive Director of Fleet Capital Management, where he managed the risk of Fleet’s $169 billion dollar earning assets portfolio. Doug also served as Managing Director of Strategy and Product Management at Fleet’s Columbia Management Group, where he was responsible for new product development, as well as $35 billion dollars in managed assets. Previously, he was EVP at Fleet’s Brokerage and Wealth Management Group and Director of Marketing at Quick & Reilly, a Fleet subsidiary. Prior to Fleet, Doug helped lead Boston Consulting Group’s financial services practice area.