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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top New York based CEO’ operating in the Professional Services space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Steve Kimble
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte Tax LLP of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Joe Ucuzoglu
Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte
Joe Ucuzoglu is the chief executive officer at Deloitte US.
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Tiffany Pham
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mogul
Tiffany Pham is the Founder & CEO of Mogul, an award-winning worldwide platform enabling women to connect, share information, and access knowledge from each other. A coder, she developed the first version of Mogul, which now reaches 18 million women per week from over 196 countries and 30,470 cities worldwide. Mogul was named one of the Most Exciting Startups of 2016 by Business Insider, one of the Top NYC Startups to Watch by Entrepreneur Magazine, named one of the Best Websites for Finding Top Talent by Inc. Magazine, one of the Top Websites for Marketing Your Company Online by Forbes, and has been honored and recognized by Bustle, City of Fort Worth, City of New York, City of Paris, and Harvard Business School. Tiffany was named one of Forbes “30 Under 30” in Media, Business Insider “30 Most Important Women Under 30” in Technology, ELLE Magazine “30 Women Under 30 Who Are Changing the World,” Good Housekeeping “Awesome Women Award” Winner, Alice Paul “Equality Award” Honoree, Cadillac “IVY Innovator” Award Winner, SmartCEO Magazine “Smart CEO Award” Winner, “Innovation & Inclusion Award” Winner for Social Entrepreneurship, NY Business Journal “Woman of Influence” Winner, Tribeca Film Festival “Innovation Award” Fellow, and SE “Top 100 Social Entrepreneur.”
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About Columbia University in the City of New York, Discovery, Macmillan, Mogul, Mogul Global Fund, Simon & Schuster: At Mogul, our vision is to unlock the world’s greatest potential.
Alice Default
CEO and Co-Founder of Double
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About Double: Double connects busy executives with experienced part-time assistants and delegation tools — so you can save time and stay focused.
Daniel Glaser
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies
Daniel S. Glaser, age 53, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Marsh & McLennan Companies. Prior to assuming this role in January 2013, Mr. Glaser served as Group President and Chief Operating Officer of Marsh & McLennan Companies from April 2011 through December 2012, with strategic and operational oversight of both the Risk and Insurance Services and the Consulting segments of the Company. Mr. Glaser rejoined Marsh in December 2007 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Marsh Inc. after serving in senior positions in commercial insurance and insurance brokerage in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.
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About Marsh & McLennan Companies: Marsh & McLennan Companies is a global professional services firm providing advice and solutions in the areas of risk.
Carmine Di Sibio
CEO of Ernst & Young
Carmine is responsible for global business performance, day-to-day operations of the organization and executing a global strategy in the market. In his role, he brings together geographies, service lines and markets functions to provide exceptional service to our clients. Carmine is Senior Advisory Partner for many of our largest financial services clients.
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About Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Marcela Sapone
CEO & Co-Founder of Hello Alfred
In 2014, the founders of Hello Alfred won the TechCrunch Disrupt SF pitch competition–becoming the first all-female founder team to do so–after wowing judges with its vision of an on-demand concierge service that connects customers with a professionally trained home manager to complete workaday household errands like cleaning, laundry, and pet care.
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About Hello Alfred: Alfred is the largest and most advanced residential management platform.
David Fano
Founder and CEO of Teal
David Fano is founder & CEO at Teal.
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About Teal: Teal helps people navigate change and drive their career with confidence and purpose.
Dilip Rao
Co-Founder & CEO of Sharebite
Dilip Rao is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Sharebite.
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About Sharebite: Sharebite is a mission-driven foodtech & expense management platform built exclusively for companies.
Paul Todd
Chief Executive Officer of GLG
Paul Todd is Chief Executive Officer of GLG, the leading global platform connecting business to expertise for smarter, faster decisions. Prior to joining GLG in March 2018, he was at global commerce leader eBay, where he served as regional CEO of eBay’s business and operations in EMEA. He was responsible for eBay’s businesses in major European markets as well as in emerging, higher growth areas. He also oversaw global marketing activities. Prior to his regional CEO role, he was eBay’s global head of strategy, working closely with the CEO to define eBay’s strategic priorities. Paul has worked as a Product Management leader at Google overseeing a suite of propositions, including Google’s travel products, and as a partner at McKinsey, where he led the North American High Tech Strategy practice and counseled senior executives at leading tech and media businesses. Paul has a BA Honors and MA in Engineering from the University of Cambridge. A passionate sports fan and a lover of great fiction, Paul lives with his family in New York.
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About GLG: The world’s insight network.
Simon Isaacs
CEO of TaskForce
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About Fatherly, TaskForce: TaskForce is a creative agency working with the intersection of art and social justice.
Nallicheri Vaidyanathan Tyagarajan
President & CEO of Genpact
Tiger Tyagarajan is the president and CEO at GENPACT.
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About Genpact: Genpact provides business process management and information technology services.
Eric Fischgrund
Founder/CEO of FischTank PR
Eric Fischgrund is the founder and CEO of FischTank PR, a boutique communications and marketing firm headquartered in New York City. A career MarComm executive, Eric has worked both agency side and in-house prior to launching FischTank PR. The firm specializes in a number of corporate practice areas, including but not limited to B2B and B2C technologies, renewable energy and sustainability, financial services and personal finance products, and non-profits. Eric resides in North Jersey with his wife Monica and dog (Buddy), and enjoys spending time with family and friends, biking, golfing, hiking, reading, and writing.
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About Boom Local, FischTank PR: FischTank PR is a public relations and marketing firm specializing in media relations, content writing, branding, digital/social, & more.
Charlie Tafoya
CEO + Co-Founder of Chronograph
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About Chronograph: Modern Technology for Private Capital Markets
Carolyn Childers
Co-Founder & CEO of Chief
Carolyn Childers is the Co-founder and CEO of Chief, the private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. She is an experienced leader and operator, having successfully scaled several early-stage businesses. Prior to founding Chief, Carolyn was SVP of Operations at Handy, led the launch of the site Soap.com (Quidsi) and acted as its GM through its acquisition by Amazon. Carolyn is now focusing her energy and experience on tackling the imbalance of professional power and creating lasting change from the top down, landing her on Inc.’s 2019 Female Founders 100 List.
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About Chief: Chief is the only private membership network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders.
Álvaro De La Fuente
Co-Founder / CEO of Artisroom
I was born in Spain, however I have lived in New York City for 12 years. Attending Babson College, a truly global university, has given me unique assets beyond my curriculum. I have experienced and collaborated with people from all walks of life and every corner of the globe.
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About Artisroom: Platform for artists in music, art, & fashion to build a portfolio and create connections
Madelin Woods
Founder & CEO of Walden
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About First Round Fast Track, On Deck, Walden: The one-stop-shop for coaches to run their businesses online.
Daniel DiSano
President & Chief Executive Officer of Axispoint
Daniel DiSano, President and CEO, is a technology executive and entrepreneur and has been a force of change in many companies and organizations. He helped grow HQ Global Workplaces from $40 to $600 million in sales in less than 4 years. His success led him to serving and helping write policy on President Barack Obama’s Technology, Media and Telecom Committee. He has led Axispoint since June 2002 and is past Chairman of YPO Metro NY. Prior to Axispoint, Mr. DiSano served as an officer at HQ Global Workplaces, the world’s leading provider of serviced offices. Mr. DiSano helped grow the company from $40 million to over $600 million in sales in less than four years, expanding the business from 40 to over 500 locations in 26 countries. Regus purchased HQ and is now the global leader in serviced offices and is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange. Prior to HQ, Mr. DiSano was Senior Vice President of Operations at FrontLine Capital Group, a technology-related operating and venture capital firm, serving as interim CEO and Board Director for FrontLine entities. Mr. DiSano assisted in raising over $500 million in capital across multiple entities; helped roll-up the serviced offices industry; and designed, implemented and integrated several successful organizations. Mr. DiSano earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and received the prestigious Martin Trust Fellowship award for academic and service excellence. He was valedictorian at Clark University.
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About Axispoint: Axispoint is a global software development company providing robust custom software solutions.
Malik Zakaria
Founder and CEO of Field Engineer
Malik founded fieldengineer.com in 2015.
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About ExterNetworks, Field Engineer: Field Engineer develops a marketplace for on-demand field and network engineers.
Travis Jarae
Founder & CEO of Liminal
Travis Jarae is the Founder and CEO of Liminal, a strategic advisory firm focused on identity, fintech, and cybersecurity. Travis founded One World Identity with the goal of facilitating the development of foundational identity, trust, and safety standards and practices, enabling accessibility and security for all. His career has centered on building identity products and solutions for ecommerce companies, financial services providers, and governments. Prior to One World Identity, Travis was responsible for identity verification strategy and operations at Google. Travis is a graduate of the University of South Florida with a degree in Finance.
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About Liminal: One World Identity (‘OWI’) is the home of the KNOW Identity Conference and media brand. OWI Advisory Services is now Liminal
Gregory Gittrich
Chief Executive Officer of Creatively
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About Creatively: Creatively connects the creative community through best-in-class portfolios, collaborative features, and opportunities around the globe.
David Yount
CEO & Founder of LicenseLogix
David Yount is the CEO and Founder at LicenseLogix.
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About LicenseLogix: LicenseLogix specializes in streamlining the license and permit needs of businesses.
Dan Wagner
Co-Founder & CEO of CloudSmartz, Inc.
Dan Wagner is co-founder and CEO of CloudSmartz, Inc., a business transformation and IT services company that was recently established through merger of CloudSmartz LLC and IPLogic. The combined company provides a wide array of IT services all designed to help energize businesses, innovate through bundling of native and best in class IT solutions, create Cloud growth strategies, improve operating performance, and focus companies on actions that rapidly enhance enterprise value. Dan most recently held the position of President of XO Business Services, where he managed more than 1,800 finance, marketing, sales, care, and service delivery employees nationwide who interact daily with XO business customers. Prior to XO, Dan was an executive with Global Crossing (now Level 3), where he held several titles over his 14 years including Executive Vice President of Enterprise and Collaboration Services, President of Europe, and Chief Information Officer. He began his career with Accenture where he spent several years working in Pharmaceutical, Financial Services, and other high performing industries. Dan attended Cornell University where he earned his BS in Electrical Engineering.
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About CloudSmartz, Inc.: SDN/NFV Productization, Agile Development, Digital Transformation, DCX Portals, Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO)
Barbara Yu
Founder & CEO of UniCareer
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About UniCareer: UniCareer offers an online educational technology platform that targets various stages of professional development needs.
Yamin Chalabi
Co-Founder & CEO of Planet Expat
Yamin acquired robust operations, finance and project management skills through his experiences at Alcatel, Deloitte and AXA. He successfully led numerous global technology and process improvement projects, generating significant savings and growth opportunities. He is also a serial entrepreneur and an expert in early start-up development. Fluent in French, English, Arabic and Spanish, Yamin studied or worked in 5 countries, building a strong personal network over the past 10 years. He firmly believes in PlanetExpat and in the benefit of a world full of opportunities for young students.
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About Planet Expat: 1) Expert coaching to maximize your professional profile & boost your career 2) Connects talent with innovative international companies
Steve Corrick
Americas CEO of Comexposium
Steve Corrick joined Comexposium as Americas CEO in October 2016, based in Los Angeles. He took responsibility for the Digital Marketing and Security businesses, and more recently the Franchise portfolio. Previously, Steve held several leadership positions at UBM including Senior Vice President and Portfolio Director of the Manufacturing Group and Vice-President of Sales for the Electronics Group. In these roles, Steve was at the center of key strategic initiatives encompassing event launches, acquisitions and key partnerships in events and media. He helped develop new events throughout North America and launched the Advanced Manufacturing’s Groups international business. Steve is a graduate of Manchester University and began his event career at event organizer Andry Montgomery in London, prior to moving to California where has spent over 25 years. He has considerable experience of US and International B2B Markets, having worked in various sectors including technology, medical, food & beverage, art and manufacturing.
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About Comexposium: Comexposium is an event organizer.
Antonio Calabrese
Founder & CEO of Boonle
Antonio Calabrese is a serial entrepreneur who is currently the Founder & CEO of Boonle.com
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About Boonle, Ghax, Token Equity Standards Association (TESA): Boonle connects students with businesses on graphic and web design-based projects.
Sima Vasa
CEO/Founder of Infinity Squared Ventures
A seasoned entrepreneur and leading expert in mobile data collection and innovation, Paradigm Sample CEO Sima Vasa has deep and longstanding experience building and growing market-research businesses. In 2009 she co-founded Paradigm Sample. Prior to founding Paradigm Sample, Vasa was a Senior Partner at Momentum Market Intelligence, President of NPD Techworld at the NPD Group, and Vice President of the technology division at NPD. Before joining NPD, Vasa was the Program Manager of the IBM Market Intelligence Group who was responsible for all research related to PC servers. A former member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, Vasa holds an MBA in finance from the NYU Stern School of Business and a BS in marketing from Drexel University.
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About Infinity Squared Ventures, Paradigm: Infinity Squared Ventures helps in strategic planning, product positioning, competitive analysis, growth strategies and M&A activities.
Porter Braswell
Co-founder & CEO of Jopwell
Porter Braswell is the co-founder and CEO of Jopwell.
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About Jopwell: Jopwell is a digital recruiting platform that connects your recruiters with diverse professionals and students.
Julio Terra
Founder & CEO of Launch Studio
Julio Terra is a Community Manager at Kickstarter.
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About Launch Studio: Launch Studio offers a crowdfunding platform and advisory services to help startups to launch their products.
Darryl Phipps
Founder | CEO of Fitnessity
Darryl K. Phipps is the Founder and CEO of PEH Global Inc. PEH GLobal is home to Fitnessity.net, Adventure Entertainment and Ur-Trainer.com. Darryl currently attends Penn State University for business. He is a 5th degree black belt and a 2x martial arts hall of fame inductee.
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About Fitnessity, Ur-Trainer.com, Valor Mixed Martial Arts: Fitnessity (Fit-ness-ity) A multi-sport, social & booking marketplace that connects consumers to any sports activity, anytime, anywhere.
Paul Shechter
Chief Executive Officer of Vindication Recovery Services
Paul Shechter is the chief executive officer of Vindication Recovery Services. Paul Shechter and Vindication recovery services, a company formed in 2010 offers a unique perspective, looking for the corruption of broker that might not be visible to the average investor. We make it sure if an investor’s right is breached, we recover the market losses as we know that our clients are what help us to grow. Our reach is worldwide and we will guide in preserving you no matter where you live. Paul Shechter situated at the address 27 Little Harbor Road, Mount Sinai, New York.
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About Vindication Recovery Services: Vindication Recovery Services is a company created by 2010 at Suffolk, New York. Paul Shechter is the CEO of Vindication Recovery Services.
Felicity Conrad
Founder & CEO of Paladin
Before founding Paladin, Felicity was a litigator in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. An alumnus of McGill University, Sciences Po Paris and NYU Law, she has performed human rights-related work in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Haiti and China and joined the United Nations to work on International Criminal Court issues. Felicity was NYU Law School of Law’s Featured Alumnus in December 2016 and is a frequent speaker on the intersection between pro bono and technology.
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About Paladin: Paladin creates an easy way for lawyers to find cases they’re passionate about and to capture impact data for the benefit of all.
Shannon McLay
Founder , CEO & President of The Financial Gym
Shannon McLay is the founder and CEO of the Financial Gym. Shannon graduated cum laude with a degree in Business from Wake Forest University in 2000 and has since worked in financial services for the last 17 years. Her experience is in Institutional Sales, Retail Sales, Hedge Fund Sales and management. She is the author of ‘Train Your Way To Financial Fitness’ and her own blog Financially Blonde as well as a contributor to AOL, LifeHacker, Huffington Post, US News & World Reports, Budgets Are Sexy, Frugal Rules and others. Shannon hosts the award winning Business and Investing Podcast – Martinis and Your Money – Living a Better Life One Cocktail At a Time and is dedicated to helping people achieve financial freedom, which is how the Financial Gym came to be.
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About The Financial Gym: The Financial Gym is a personal financial services company that takes a fitness-inspired approach to clients’ finance.
Shachar Gilad
Founder and CEO of SoundBetter
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About SoundBetter: SoundBetter is a marketplace for music production for sound engineers, singers, studios, and session musicians.
Resit Gulec
Founder & CEO of Master of Project Academy, Inc.
Resit Gulec is Founder & CEO at Master of Project Academy
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About Babedu Academy, Master of Project Academy, Inc.: World’s #1 Affordable & Flexible Certification Training Provider
Denis Pershin
Co-Founder & CEO of Gamma Telecom
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About Gamma Telecom: Founded in 2008, Gamma Telecom is a New York, Moscow and Novosibirsk based telephone service provider.
Michael Varoukas
CEO of CRS-Corporate Relocation Systems Inc.
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About CRS-Corporate Relocation Systems Inc.: CRS is a full service commercial moving and storage firm.
Rick Brown
CEO of BeyondPay
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About BeyondPay: BeyondPay specializes in providing workforce management solutions.
David McVeigh
Chief Executive Officer of Axiom Global Inc
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About Axiom Global Inc: Axiom provides tech-enabled legal, contracts, and compliance solutions for large enterprises.
Margaret Tung
CEO of Vesper
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About Vesper: Vesper is the smart, scalable way to manage your office
Christopher Miles
CEO of Ubiquitous Legal Technology
Mr. Miles’ background is in risk management and insurance. Prior to ULT, he was Vice President at American International Group. He started his career at Bankers Trust and has a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago.
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About Ubiquitous Legal Technology: Our mission is to make quality legal representation fast and easy in a legal emergency.
Kelsey Kleiman
CEO and Co-founder of Stomping Ground Photography
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About Stomping Ground Photography: Stomping Ground Photo provides school photography services in the Greater New York area and Los Angeles.
Tiffany Hardin
Founder & CEO of Social ARMM
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About Social ARMM: Social ARMM goal is to deliver the research that leads you into fruitful partnerships.
