About
Technology leader and serial entrepreneur with nearly four decades in financial services infrastructure; former CIO of BNY Mellon Pershing who now advises, invests in and incubates fintech and wealthtech companies.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- Kickfinity GroupIndependent Strategic Advisor | Incubator | Investorcurrent2025 — present
- SixThirty VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2026 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- U.S. Faster Payments CouncilFPC Member | Payments Innovation Advisorcurrent2025 — present
- Forbes Technology CouncilOfficial Membercurrent2022 — present
- BNY Mellon | PershingChief Information Officer2011 — 2024
- BNY Mellon | PershingManaging Director, Global Head of Engineering2001 — 2011
- iNautix TechnologiesManaging Director, Head of Engineering & CTO1997 — 2001Subsidiary of DLJ and then Credit Suisse
- DLJ DirectManaging Director Engineering & CTO1995 — 2001
- BNY Mellon | PershingSoftware Engineer / Architect / CTO1989 — 1995Owned then by Equitable and then by AXA
- VariousSerial Entrepreneur, Incubator and Investor1984 — 1989New York City Metropolitan Area
- VariousComputer Consultant1984 — 1989New York City Metropolitan Area
- Sinclair Computers / Texas InstrumentsSemiconductor Engineer1983 — 1984Singapore
- DSRCIncubator, Computer Education for Schools1982 — 1983Greater Chennai Area
Skills & more
Vendor Management59IT Strategy99Solution Architecture6IT Management10Business Intelligence19Disaster Recovery4AI & Modern Tech3Leadership & Strategy3WealthTech / FinTech3Venture BuildingGovernance5Leadership7
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Strategic Planning- 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.
Colleagues at SixThirty Ventures
Andrew Wegrzyn
Principal at SixThirty Ventures
Atul Kamra
Managing Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Chandresh Iyer
General Partner at SixThirty Ventures
David Fairman
Venture Partner and CISO-in-Residence at SixThirty Ventures
David Hopkins
Venture Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Doug Wilber
Operating Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Dustin Wilcox
Venture Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Evan Thorpe
Principal, Asia Pacific at SixThirty Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ram Nagappan?
- Technology leader and serial entrepreneur with nearly four decades in financial services infrastructure; former CIO of BNY Mellon Pershing who now advises, invests in and incubates fintech and wealthtech companies.
- Where does Ram Nagappan work?
- Ram Nagappan is Venture Partner at SixThirty Ventures.
- Where did Ram Nagappan go to school?
- Ram Nagappan studied at Harvard Business School (Disruptive Strategy with Clay Christensen); The Wharton School (Securities Industry Institute Program); NYU Tandon School of Engineering (Computer Science).
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School2,000
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesHristo BorisovCo-founder & CEO of Payhawk
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Also attended The Wharton School1,557
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan CapitalJack AbrahamFounder, CEO & Managing Partner of Atomic
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Also attended NYU Tandon School of Engineering2
Also attended College of Engineering, Guindy13
Karthee MadasamyManaging Partner at MFV PartnersLak AnanthGlobal Managing Partner at Next47Hariharan PremkumarManaging Director & Head of India at DSG Consumer PartnersS. SomasegarManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupChinnu SenthilkumarManaging Partner at Exfinity VenturesKrishnakumar NatarajanManaging Partner at Mela Ventures
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