Betting on Fintech: State Street’s Greg Fortuna on Innovation

Gregory P. Fortuna is a Senior Managing Director and Head of GlobalLINK. Prior to this, he was Head of the GlobalLink Solutions division and responsible for all innovation and growth businesses across the organization. In this capacity, he led all aspects of Product Development, Sales, Operations and Technology; managing the development and deployment of pioneering client solutions multiple assets classes. Greg also envisioned and developed Fund Connect, a first of its kind money market portal in 2001 and more recently the ground-breaking LINK (formerly GlobalLink Digital) - with a goal of creating a unique distribution platform with integrated multi-asset class execution management, cutting-edge analytics, post-trade settlement as well as proprietary liquidity, financing, and trading solutions.

After starting his career as a CPA with the Deloitte audit practice, Brett gained progressive experience in corporate finance and accounting managing SEC reporting for Amazon and then becoming VP of Finance for Worldwide Packets (sold for $300M+ in 2008). Across his last three roles as a startup Co-Founder / CFO, Brett has raised over $100M in equity and venture debt financing while helping create over $500M in shareholder value. Today, he is the founder and CEO of the cash management platform, Trovata. Brett is a Seattle native, with a BA in Finance from Seattle Pacific University.