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title: OSSF 2019 Speaker - Rob Underwood
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# OSSF 2019 SPEAKER
## ROB UNDERWOOD
### *director of programs, finos*
### *TALKS*
**Fireside Chat - Goldman Sachs Pure / Alloy Contribution**
**FINOS Projects Lightning Round**
## **
### ROB'S Bio
Rob Underwood oversees the marketing, development, and operations of FINOS programs. Based in New York and with a background in both corporate strategy and technology, Rob is responsible for identifying and evaluating new FINOS program opportunities in the financial services industry. Rob also advises FINOS regarding the foundation’s strategy and positioning, especially with the NY tech, startup, and venture capital community.
To FINOS Rob brings two decades of experience leading marketing, sales, product, operations, and technology initiatives in both for-profit and nonprofit organizations, ranging in size from two-person startups to Fortune 100 corporations. Rob has previously been both a non profit Executive Director and a Chief Technology Officer at Relay Graduate School of Education. Rob also did a 13 year stint in management consulting, first with KPMG/BearingPoint from 2000 to 2006, and then with Deloitte Consulting LLP as a senior manager in their corporate strategy practice from 2006 to 2013.
## [](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2419532/8d9741ff-8809-4f66-848e-6ec47a7a11f2)
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