At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Boston based CFO’ operating in the FinTech space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Michael Ellis
Chief Financial Officer of Flywire
Michael Ellis is a financial operations professional with a deep background in technology and services companies. He served as the Controller of the Massachusetts Port Authority, a $500+ million transportation and services business. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer for Eze Castle Software, Inc., and has also held senior management positions with SupplierMarket.com and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Michael received B.A., cum laude, with degrees in Accounting and Politics & Government from Ohio Wesleyan University.
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About Flywire: Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company.
Seth Meyer
CFO of Hercules Capital
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About Hercules Capital: Hercules Capital is a capital market company that lends to technology, life sciences, and sustainable technology companies.
John Shults
CFO Advisor Upround Finance of Givinga
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About : Givinga is a provider of financial technology platform for employers.
Dan Krzmarzick
CFO of Patientco
Dan Krzmarzick serves as CFO at Patientco.
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About Patientco: Patientco improves financial care across the entire patient journey while increasing payments and revenue for today’s top health systems.

Ed Lafferty
General Partner & CFO of Saturn Partners
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About Chirpify, Saturn Partners: Since 1994, Saturn Partners has taken an active role in the formation and management of seed and early-stage technology companies.
John Bailey
Founder, Director, CFO of Boston Startup CFO
John Bailey is the CFO of fluidIQ.
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About Boston Startup CFO, fluidIQ: CFO Services to Startups
Michael Benedek
President, CFO and Co-Founder of LifeYield
Michael was the Chief Financial Officer at Upstream Technologies, starting in 2002. Upon the sale of Upstream in May 2007 to CheckFree Investment Services, now Fiserv, Michael was Vice President of Advanced Trading Solutions at CheckFree and Chief Financial Officer of CheckFree Securities, CheckFree’s broker dealer subsidiary. Prior to Upstream, Michael was CFO of Collectsafe, a developer of web-based anti-fraud technology. Before Collectsafe, Michael was Vice President and Co-founder of the Private Equity Group at Wit Capital Corporation (now part of UBS), a pioneer in investment banking technology, and was an associate in Cowen & Company’s Private Transactions Group. Michael has a B.A. from Vassar College, a J.D. from Boston College School of Law, and is a member of the New York and Massachusetts State Bars.
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About LifeYield: LifeYield is a software company that helps forward-thinking financial firms, advisors, and investors make more and keep more money.