Kelly Rodriques
Kelly Rodriques is the Chief Executive Officer of Forge Global, a premier trading and settlement partner for investors in the private sector. He is also the Managing Director of Operative Capital, an early-stage financial technology investment fund. With over 25 years of experience in the financial technology space, Rodriques has been invested in more than 25 venture-backed firms. In addition, he has successfully started and co-invested with accomplished venture capitalists in early-stage technology companies. He also serves as a board member and advisor to numerous growth companies in the technology-enabled service sectors.
- Rodriques was a founding investor of mFoundry, the leading provider of mobile banking that was acquired by Fidelity Information Systems in 2013.
- He served as CEO of PENSCO, one of the nation’s leading alternative asset custodians, which was sold to Opus Bank in 2017.
- He served as CEO and Chairman of Totality, acquired by Verizon in 2006.
- He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.