Meet the Team
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FOUNDER + MANAGING PARTNER
Kreso Marusic
Kreso is a senior financial services executive and operator who has delivered change and results in senior roles through his career. Kreso delivers results for clients through a combination of CFO-anchored, fintech and transformation skills. Most recently, in the role of CAO at Corient Private Wealth, he developed finance function, integrated multiple RIA acquisitions and built out finance technology platform. Before that, he delivered change and build out platforms and functions in senior roles with Bridgewater Associates and Deutsche Bank, and prior to that, in managerial audit and advisory roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Kreso holds B.A. in Economics from Hamilton College, MBA from New York University and is NY State CPA.
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OPERATING PARTNER
Russell Glorioso
Russell is a technology and operations leader with nearly a decade of experience across strategy consulting, private wealth, and SaaS. He specializes in helping wealth management organizations execute transformational strategies, modernize operating models, and build scalable platforms. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Strategy and Operations at Corient Private Wealth, directing technology strategy and operations for an rapidly expanding enterprise. In this role, Russell oversaw major transformation initiatives, including insourcing IT operations, standardizing job architecture, and seamlessly integrating major RIA acquisitions. Prior to Corient, Russell spent over five years at McKinsey & Company as an Engagement Manager, delivering large-scale cost transformations that generated material value for the clients. Russell holds B.A. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke and MBA from Duke Fuqua School of Business.

OPERATING PARTNER
Jamel Talbi
Jamel is a financial services and data transformation leader with more than 20 years of experience across structured finance, operations, and technology. He specializes in helping financial institutions build the trusted data, business context, and operational foundations needed to deploy AI effectively. Most recently, he built out Billigence’s financial services practice, helping global institutions across capital markets and wealth management improve data quality, establish clear ownership, and connect governance requirements to everyday business processes. Previously, at Deutsche Bank, he led global initiatives to modernize operational workflows, strengthen controls, and scale the adoption of self-service analytics. Jamel is a CFA charterholder and holds a BBA in Finance

How We Work
Our engagements are led by the partners who are experienced financial services industry operators with change management and organizational build expertise.
Our Core Delivery Team incorporates on-demand experienced data analysts, project managers, operations and finance specialists and organizational coach to help deliver the value you seek.Our ecosystem of dedicated partner firms span the globe.
When engagement calls for it, we work with dedicated service providers are Ionixx, Devot and Outerland. When clients require it, we bring in product partners are Avantos, see6 and Boagent.
Contact us at inquiries@finopspartners.io to learn more.
Meet our Partner Firms

CLIENT PLATFORM DEPLOYMENT AND CORPORATE FINANCE EXTENSION
Avantos is an AI-native operating system for wealth management firms, built on a knowledge graph that connects client data, service teams, products, and workflows into a shared intelligence layer. Deployed across leading platforms including Mercer Advisors, Vanguard, and SEI, Avantos enables consistent client servicing, onboarding, and advisory delivery at scale.

PLATFORM BUILD AND SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ENGINEERING
Devōt is a software development firm specializing in AI-assisted engineering for fintech and enterprise platforms. Recognized by Deloitte Technology Fast 50, they build scalable, high-performance software across ERPs, portfolio systems, custom APIs, and agentic workflow infrastructure, delivering AI-assisted development velocity that shortens timelines without sacrificing security, governance, or integration quality.

BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS, PROCESS CLEANUP, AND OPERATING ALIGNMENT
Outerland is a boutique advisory and execution team with over a decade of enterprise experience in regulated financial services. They help organizations cut through complexity before technology or integration work begins, deploying AI-enabled assessment tools that compress what typically takes months of requirements gathering into days of structured, actionable output.

AGENTIC WORKFLOW BUILD AND AUTOMATION
Boagent automates operations and finance tasks for financial services firms, from data ingestion and normalization through multi-source reconciliation and exception-based reporting. SOC2 certified and built specifically for financial back-office complexity: custodian versus prime accounting, cash movements, fee validation, corporate actions, and security master integrity across entities.

LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATION BUILD
Ionixx is a design-first fintech software development firm specializing in financial platform builds and system integrations across digital brokerage, order management, post-trade processing, and custom API layers in capital markets and asset management. With 250-plus engineers and a decade of fintech delivery across 50-plus solutions globally, they bring the depth and velocity needed for complex, multi-system integration work.

AI ACTIVATION, THE WHY AND THE WHAT
see6 helps organizations move from AI ambition to real, practical adoption. They bring leadership and operating teams together to define, validate, and commit to AI use cases in a way that is hands-on, collaborative, and grounded in real business problems rather than vendor pitches. See more at see6.ai
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