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About FTF
Our Staff
Maureen Lowe
is the President and Founder of Financial Technologies Forum, LLC. She founded the company in 2006 from her Hoboken apartment (but could often be spotted at the local Panera Bread for the free coffee refills) but soon moved into Manhattan offices. Maureen is responsible for new business development and overseeing operations of her growing company. She graduated from The College of New Jersey (f/k/a Trenton State) in 2001 with a B.A. in Communications. Maureen fell into the small world of financial technology while working for a boutique M&A and research firm that specialized in financial and energy software companies. She further refined her expertise in financial technology and events planning after working in both PR and conference planning in the fintech space.
Maureen resides in the great state of New Jersey with her Kiwi husband and daughter. Aside from starting a business before the age of 30, Maureen loves to bake (and often bakes for clients – hint, hint), play the piano, read inspirational business books, and go hiking with her family.
Sarah Hathaway
is Vice President at Financial Technologies Forum, LLC. She’s been with the company since 2007 and oversees operations for all conferences, webinars, proprietary client events, and the annual FTF Awards gala, as well as event sponsorship sales. With a degree in Marketing from Quinnipiac University, she has always had a focus on event planning. Prior to joining the FTF team, Sarah began her career in sports event management as the Marketing and Expo Coordinator for the Buick Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut where she was responsible for managing all on-site corporate sponsorship’s for the tournament.
She currently resides in her native Rhode Island, but is often seen travelling to NYC to visit the FTF corporate office.
Eugene Grygo
the chief content officer of FTF News, is a business and technology journalist with 31 years of experience. Most recently, he managed a Dow Jones website for breaking news about investment banking, the private equity sector, asset managers, the pension fund industry, structured products and trading technology. Grygo has been covering Wall Street since 1997.
He helped launch SCREEN Markets in 2007 and served as editor of SCREEN Magazine. The groundbreaking publication focused on the major market data and financial technology management issues that challenge global institutions. He was also the founding editor of Trading Technology Week, a global newsletter of exclusive news about the IT systems sell-side firms implemented for mission critical transactions.
As for accolades, he won the 2000 Gold Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for a feature story on an IT project at the US Mint. In addition, editors at Incisive Media and InfoWorld spotlighted his achievements via internal awards. He is an alumnus of The Pennsylvania State University where he earned degrees in journalism and history. He is also an award-winning playwright.
Karen Mack
is our registrar and is responsible for making sure everyone is paid up on time and getting all the necessary receipts and invoices out while always keeping the FTF books balanced to the penny. She also handles a lot of incoming inquiries and supports the President in HR and administrative tasks.
Karen sets the tone at FTF for her remarkable customer service which does not go unnoticed by clients and we certainly can’t overlook her particular attention to detail. Not one marketing email goes out without a scan from her careful eye! Not only is Karen an employee of FTF, but she is also the President’s mother (yes, you read that right).
Maureen Lowe
President and Founder
Sarah Hathaway
Vice President
Eugene Grygo
Chief Content Officer
Karen Mack
Registrar
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) is the place to learn from, market to and interact with the people and companies that are driving the post-trade processing industry.
As with all information-based industries, trade processing is in a state of rapid change. New regulations, market pressures, new types of securities — not to mention the accelerating changes in technology — have made it more and more difficult to keep current, much less get ahead of the curve.
FTF is committed to being a timely and reliable source for thought-leading opinions and insights, valuable news and effective training for everyone in post-execution operations.
For vendors to this industry, our forum provides an efficient, cost-effective platform from which to generate top-of-mind awareness via on-line advertising, sponsorships and many other kinds of marketing vehicles.
Come, be part of the FTF community.
To Be the Expert’s Expert
In an esoteric world like financial processing technology, we have only each other to turn to for answers, best practices and new insights. FTF is dedicated to being the prime facilitator, creating a community of both market participants and vendors. We encourage conversation, create connections, promote education and share insights, all in an effort to make everyone in post-trade processing the absolute best they can be.
FTF Rings Nasdaq Opening Bell
Financial Technologies Forum was honored to ring the Nasdaq Opening Bell on September 18, 2014, kicking off our annual FTF SMAC NY event focusing on social media and compliance in financial services. Experience the exciting moments with the FTF team as you view behind the scenes footage from the ceremony here:
View the complete ceremony as FTF rings the Nasdaq Opening Bell here.
