Ram Nagappan

Experience

1. Kickfinity GroupIndependent Strategic Advisor | Incubator | Investorcurrent2025 — present
2. SixThirty VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2026 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
3. U.S. Faster Payments CouncilFPC Member | Payments Innovation Advisorcurrent2025 — present
4. Forbes Technology CouncilOfficial Membercurrent2022 — present
5. BNY Mellon | PershingChief Information Officer2011 — 2024
6. BNY Mellon | PershingManaging Director, Global Head of Engineering2001 — 2011
7. iNautix TechnologiesManaging Director, Head of Engineering & CTO1997 — 2001Subsidiary of DLJ and then Credit Suisse
8. DLJ DirectManaging Director Engineering & CTO1995 — 2001
9. BNY Mellon | PershingSoftware Engineer / Architect / CTO1989 — 1995Owned then by Equitable and then by AXA
10. VariousSerial Entrepreneur, Incubator and Investor1984 — 1989New York City Metropolitan Area
11. VariousComputer Consultant1984 — 1989New York City Metropolitan Area
12. Sinclair Computers / Texas InstrumentsSemiconductor Engineer1983 — 1984Singapore
13. DSRCIncubator, Computer Education for Schools1982 — 1983Greater Chennai Area

Education

1. Harvard Business SchoolDisruptive Strategy with Clay Christensen2014
2. The Wharton SchoolSecurities Industry Institute Program
3. NYU Tandon School of EngineeringComputer Science
4. College of Engineering, GuindyBachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics and Communications Engineering

Skills & more

• Municipal Securities Representative (Series 52) — FINRA
• Operations Professional Qualification Examination (Series 99) — FINRA
• General Securities Representative (Series 7) — FINRA
• General Securities Principal (Series 24) — FINRA

From Ram's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,777

BGBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalALAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJBJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTDTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMMMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMHMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

+ 1,771 more

Also attended The Wharton School1,323

FWFred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJKJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalASAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKRKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTOTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRJRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 1,317 more

Also attended NYU Tandon School of Engineering2

EREmma RowandResearch Analyst at Activant CapitalASAngel Saad GómezVenture Partner at Oak Investment Partners

Also attended College of Engineering, Guindy9

KMKarthee MadasamyManaging Partner at MFV PartnersLALak AnanthGlobal Managing Partner at Next47HPHariharan PremkumarManaging Director & Head of India at DSG Consumer PartnersCSChinnu SenthilkumarManaging Partner at Exfinity VenturesKNKrishnakumar NatarajanManaging Partner at Mela VenturesSSS. SomasegarManaging Director at Madrona Venture Group at Mela Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at SixThirty Ventures12

EWErika WhiteSenior Marketing and Platform Associate at American Family VenturesBMBrian MatthewsCofounder & General Partner at Cultivation CapitalAKAtul KamraManaging Partner at SixThirty VenturesDHDavid HopkinsVenture Partner at SixThirty VenturesDFDavid FairmanVenture Partner and CISO-in-Residence at SixThirty VenturesJBJoel BrightfieldPrincipal at SixThirty Ventures

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Also worked at Forbes Technology Council28

VKVipul KellaInvestor at FortySix Venture CapitalSKSam KroonenburgVenture Partner at AirTree VenturesARAlex RobbioInvestor at MatterScale VenturesEMEve MalerVenture Partner & Advisor at 1414 VenturesCVCrystal ValentineTechnology Fellow at Cross Creek AdvisorsLMLaurie McGrawInvestor at HLM Investment Partners

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Also worked at BNY Mellon | Pershing2

DHDavid HopkinsVenture Partner at SixThirty VenturesBCBenjamin CalmasAnalyst at PICO Venture Partners