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He is strongest in enterprise business development, strategic account management, prospecting, and translating client needs into solutions intended to improve operational efficiency, reduce risk and cost, and support business outcomes\. Nicholas has sold and supported technology, data, outsourcing, and professional\-services offerings for banks, broker\-dealers, asset managers, insurers, capital\-markets firms, corporations, and other large financial institutions\. His background includes senior sales and business\-development roles with AscentAI, Pelican\.ai, Finastra, Roxe, Conduent, Accuity, SWIFT, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Information Mosaic, Avoka, and EastNets, as well as earlier financial\-advisory and investment\-consulting roles\. Nicholas holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Management and Operations from the State University of New York at New Paltz\. ## Services - Financial Services - CRM - Banking - Management - Business Development - Sales - Securities - Leadership - Finance - Account Management - Outsourcing - Selling - Competitive Analysis - Investments - Corporate Actions - Relationship Management - Risk Management - Business Analysis - Customer Relationship Management \(CRM\) - SaaS - Payments - Regulatory Compliance - Data Analysis ## Highlights - Senior Account Executive at AscentAI, responsible for North American sales of an enterprise global regulatory lifecycle management platform to large financial institutions\. - Brings more than 30 years of consultative sales experience\. - Specializes in payments, regulatory compliance and AML, post\-trade processing, SWIFT messaging, AI, big\-data analytics, digital solutions, software, and SaaS\. - Has enterprise sales experience with banks, broker\-dealers, asset managers, insurers, capital\-markets firms, corporations, and Fortune 1000 organizations\. - At Pelican\.ai, served as Senior Regional Sales Manager, North America, selling enterprise payment and AML compliance solutions to large financial institutions\. - At Finastra, served as a Senior Sales Executive in enterprise sales, collaborating on transaction\-banking and cloud solutions for financial institutions\. - At Roxe, served as Director of Business Development responsible for North American payments sales\. - At Conduent, served as Director of Sales for GRC Compliance and eDiscovery across banking, insurance, and capital markets\. - At Accuity, developed new business and strategic relationships involving AML compliance, KYC, sanctions, anti\-bribery and corruption compliance, and payment\-process efficiency\. - At SWIFT, managed North American business development to secure new Fortune 1000 corporate clients on the SWIFT network\. - At Broadridge Financial Solutions, managed sales of SWIFT outsourcing, enterprise data\-management, and integration services\. - At Information Mosaic, managed North American business development for post\-trade custody, corporate\-actions, and business\-intelligence solutions\. - At Avoka, worked with business, digital, product, and IT leaders on financial\-services customer acquisition and onboarding journeys\. - At EastNets, sold payments and compliance software and SWIFT, compliance, and IT outsourcing services\. - At WM Financial Services, managed relationships and developed business serving high\-net\-worth individuals and corporate clients\. - At Quick & Reilly, led new investment sales and managed investment activity across multiple branch locations\. - At Citicorp Investment Services, managed investment and bank business and oversaw licensed bank staff investment activity\. - At Merrill Lynch, secured new investment accounts using prospecting and consultative financial planning\. - Earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Management and Operations from SUNY New Paltz in 1990\. ## Experience - **Senior Account Executive at AscentAI** (2025\-05\-01–present) — Ascent is the world's first fully AI, integrated, global regulatory lifecycle management platform for financial services Ascent RLM™ is the only automated solution that covers the full regulatory lifecycle, integrating horizon scanning with a granular regulatory obligations inventory—all specifically tailored to your business\. Across the spectrum of regulatory activities, Ascent RLM delivers actionable insights with unparalleled efficiency\. From identifying early signs of regulatory developments, to shifts in regulatory approach evidenced by new guidance or enforcement activity, right through rule adoptions and ongoing rule amendments, Ascent provides the information you need to reduce risk, drive efficiency, and reduce costs\. As the Senior Account Executive in North America I am responsible for the sales of our Enterprise global regulatory lifecycle management platform to large financial institutions\. - **Senior Regional Sales Manager, North America at Pelican\.ai** (2022\-10\-01–2025\-05\-01) — Pelican provides banks and corporates with solutions that enhance, streamline and secure the payments life\-cycle\. With over twenty years of expertise in the practical application of Artificial Intelligence technology to payments and financial crime compliance, Pelican partners with its customers to deliver innovative and agile solutions and drive growth\. I collaborate with key stakeholders, senior management and partners to help accelerate innovation, improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, mitigate risk and develop long term solutions for financial institution's transaction processing capabilities\. As the Senior Regional Sales Manager in North America I am responsible for the sales of our Enterprise Payment and AML Compliance solutions to large financial institutions\. - **Director Of Business Development at Roxe** (2022\-01\-01–2022\-06\-01) — Roxe is a blockchain infrastructure company that powers the next generation of payments and commerce\. We move value and foster community across the metaverse\. With our instant settlement API, traditional financial institutions, remittance companies, payment service providers, mobile wallets, currency exchanges, and individuals can transfer fiat with other Roxe network members in seconds\. Our instant settlement network allows partners to interconnect and send payments instantly at the best FX rates\. With our unique Roxe Payment Protocol liquidity pools, any person, business, payment platform, or bank can make instant, low\-cost cross\-border payments\. Our consumer app is the world’s first group\-bargaining powered social commerce app\. For more information, visit https://www\.roxe\.io/ As the Director of Business Development, I am responsible for North American sales for payments\. - **Senior Sales Executive \- Enterprise Sales at Finastra** (2021\-01\-01–2022\-01\-01) — Finastra's Transaction banking software and cloud solutions help financial institutions meet the challenge of managing new payment types, conduct multi\-currency and multi\-product transaction banking operations worldwide, and securely exchange complex payment and trade information\. All while continuing to offer superior customer service in a highly regulated and increasingly competitive landscape\. You can bring new products to market faster than ever before, with increased STP and lower operational cost\. Finastra unlocks the potential of people and businesses by creating an open platform for innovation in the world of financial services\. We deliver fully integrated solutions by working with our clients and their existing technology investments\. I collaborate with key stakeholders, senior management and partners to accelerate innovation and develop long term solutions for financial institution's transaction processing capabilities\. - **Senior Sales Executive at Avoka** (2018\-01\-01–2020\-01\-01) — Avoka is one of the World’s Leading Customer Experience Management companies delivering frictionless digital sales transactions for financial services customers\. Avoka Transact is a software platform to rapidly create outstanding customer journeys for sales and onboarding\. Transact is used by the world’s largest organizations to transform their business\-critical Data Collection Applications & Forms into easier\-to\-use, fast\-and\-agile\-to\-maintain, Omni\-channel\-ready Digital Solutions, without having to spend time and money on custom coding\. The Avoka Transact Platform increases speed to market, addresses complexities such as KYC, Compliance and Risk, and improves bank customer satisfaction for applications and onboarding\. I work with business leaders, Heads of Digital and product owners, in collaboration with IT, to help create drastically improved customer acquisition and outstanding onboarding journey experiences for financial services customers\. - **Director of Sales, GRC Compliance and eDiscovery \- Banking, Insurance and Capital Markets at Conduent** (2017\-01\-01–2018\-01\-01) — I work with business leaders within financial services sector clients to help develop new business and deliver on emerging technologies, information governance, and big data analytics to improve the compliance and legal operations\. Managing data is what we do best\. We help financial organizations and law firms streamline litigation processes and reduce costs, and proactively mine and monitor unstructured data to identify compliance and legal risks, using proven technology and workflow, big data analytics, data science, subject matter review expertise and a global professional services team\. Conduent is the world’s largest provider of diversified business process services with leading capabilities in transaction processing, automation, analytics and constituent experience, working with both government and commercial customers in assisting them to deliver quality services to the people they serve\. With data centers throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, Conduent combines local - **National Account Manager at Accuity** (2014\-01\-01–2017\-11\-01) — Responsible for developing new business and expanding key strategic relationships while working with large Banks, Insurance, Capital Markets and Corporations to help improve the efficiency of their AML Compliance, KYC and Payment processes\. For Compliance, with a specific focus on Sanctions \(OFAC, UN, EU, HMT\), KYC, Anti\-Money Laundering , Anti\-Bribery and Corruption Compliance, we provided software, data analytics, regulatory and enhanced due diligence lists, lookup tools and professional services aimed at increasing the efficiency of compliance workflows and ensuring optimal compliance with growing global regulations\. For payments, we accomplished this by providing more complete data files and analytics, lookup tools, software, and professional services aimed at increasing payment STP both domestically and globally\. - **Regional Account Manager at SWIFT** (2012\-01\-01–2014\-01\-01) — Responsible for management of business development activities in North America to secure new Fortune 1000 Corporate clients onto the SWIFT network\. Responsible for the sales of SWIFT software and cloud solutions \(SaaS\), Consulting services, reference data and other value added solutions\. - **SVP Business Development at Information Mosaic** (2010\-01\-01–2012\-01\-01) — Responsible to manage business development activities within North America selling their complex post trade custody platform, corporate actions, and business intelligence solutions to large financial institutions, focusing on vertical markets such as Global Custodians, Wealth Management firms, Investment Banks, Prime Brokerage and Asset Managers\. - **Senior Account Manager at EastNets** (2008\-01\-01–2009\-01\-01) — Responsible for the sales of payments and compliance software as well as outsourcing services for SWIFT, Compliance, and IT services, targeting mid to large banks, broker dealers, asset managers and Fortune 1000 Corporates\. - **Director of Sales at Broadridge Financial Solutions \(formerly ADP Brokerage Services\)** (2005\-01\-01–2008\-01\-01) — Managed the sales for fully managed outsourcing services for SWIFT, enterprise data management solution and Integration services to large Asset Managers, Broker Dealers, Banks as well as Fortune 1000 corporate treasurers\. - **Financial Advisor at WM Financial Services \(WAMU\)** (2004\-01\-01–2005\-01\-01) — Managed existing client relationships and developed new business while offering a wide range of financial services and products to high net worth individuals and corporate client\. - **Senior Financial Consultant at Quick & Reilly \(Fleet Bank\)** (2002\-01\-01–2004\-01\-01) — Responsible for new investment sales and managing existing client base of multiple branch locations\. Also responsible to manage and oversee investment activity for team of licensed bankers in multiple locations to increase investment revenue incrementally\. - **Investment Consultant at Citicorp Investment Services** (1997\-01\-01–2002\-01\-01) — Responsible to bring in new investment business as well as managing a large book of existing investment and bank business in assigned territory/financial center\. Also responsible to manage and oversee investment activity of licensed bank staff in an effort to increase investment revenue\. - **Financial Consultant at Merrill Lynch** (1995\-01\-01–1997\-01\-01) — Proactively secured new investment accounts through various prospecting techniques while utlizing a consultative financial planning approach\. ## Education - Bachelor of Science \(BS\), Business Administration, Management and Operations — State University of New York at New Paltz (1988\-01\-01–1990\-01\-01) - Bachelor of Science \(BS\), Business Administration, Management and Operations — SUNY New Paltz (1988–1990) ## FAQ ### What does Nicholas do at AscentAI? Nicholas is a Senior Account Executive at AscentAI\. In North America, he is responsible for selling AscentAI's enterprise global regulatory lifecycle management platform to large financial institutions\. ### What are Nicholas's core professional strengths? Nicholas's strengths include consultative enterprise sales, business development, strategic account management, prospecting, relationship management, competitive analysis, and executive\-level written and oral communication\. His subject\-matter experience includes payments, financial\-services software and SaaS, regulatory compliance, AML, post\-trade processing, SWIFT messaging, AI, big\-data analytics, and digital solutions\. ### What is Nicholas's enterprise software and fintech sales background? Nicholas has more than 30 years of sales experience and has sold software and SaaS solutions to enterprise customers, with recent experience in the fintech industry\. ### What does the AscentAI platform Nicholas sells do? At AscentAI, Nicholas sells an AI\-integrated global regulatory lifecycle management platform\. Ascent RLM integrates horizon scanning with a granular inventory of regulatory obligations tailored to a business, covering regulatory developments, guidance and enforcement signals, rule adoptions, and ongoing amendments\. ### What did Nicholas do at Pelican\.ai? At Pelican\.ai, Nicholas was Senior Regional Sales Manager, North America, responsible for sales of enterprise payment and AML compliance solutions to large financial institutions\. He worked with stakeholders, senior management, and partners on solutions intended to accelerate innovation, improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, mitigate risk, and support transaction\-processing capabilities\. ### What did Nicholas do at Finastra? As a Senior Sales Executive in enterprise sales at Finastra, Nicholas collaborated with stakeholders, senior management, and partners on long\-term solutions for financial institutions' transaction\-processing capabilities\. Finastra's transaction\-banking software and cloud solutions support new payment types, multi\-currency and multi\-product operations, and secure exchange of payment and trade information\. ### What did Nicholas do at Roxe? As Director of Business Development at Roxe, Nicholas was responsible for North American payments sales\. Roxe provides blockchain infrastructure and an instant\-settlement network for payments and commerce, including cross\-border payments\. ### What did Nicholas do at Conduent? At Conduent, Nicholas was Director of Sales for GRC Compliance and eDiscovery across banking, insurance, and capital markets\. He worked with financial\-services business leaders to develop new business and deliver emerging technologies, information governance, and big\-data analytics intended to improve compliance and legal operations\. ### What did Nicholas do at Accuity? As National Account Manager at Accuity, Nicholas developed new business and expanded strategic relationships with large banks, insurance, capital\-markets firms, and corporations\. He worked on AML compliance, KYC, payment\-process efficiency, sanctions screening across OFAC, UN, EU, and HMT programs, anti\-bribery and corruption compliance, payment data and analytics, and tools intended to increase payment straight\-through processing domestically and globally\. ### What did Nicholas do at SWIFT? As Regional Account Manager at SWIFT, Nicholas managed North American business\-development activities to secure new Fortune 1000 corporate clients on the SWIFT network\. He sold SWIFT software, SaaS cloud solutions, consulting services, reference data, and other value\-added solutions\. ### What did Nicholas do at Broadridge Financial Solutions? As Director of Sales at Broadridge Financial Solutions, formerly ADP Brokerage Services, Nicholas managed sales of fully managed outsourcing services for SWIFT, enterprise data\-management solutions, and integration services to large asset managers, broker\-dealers, banks, and Fortune 1000 corporate treasurers\. ### What did Nicholas do at Information Mosaic? As SVP of Business Development at Information Mosaic, Nicholas managed North American business\-development activities for complex post\-trade custody platforms, corporate\-actions solutions, and business\-intelligence solutions\. His focus included global custodians, wealth\-management firms, investment banks, prime brokerage, and asset managers\. ### What did Nicholas do at Avoka? As a Senior Sales Executive at Avoka, Nicholas worked with business leaders, heads of digital, product owners, and IT on customer\-acquisition and onboarding experiences for financial\-services customers\. Avoka Transact supported digital sales transactions, data\-collection applications and forms, KYC, compliance, risk, and omni\-channel digital solutions\. ### What did Nicholas do at EastNets? As Senior Account Manager at EastNets, Nicholas sold payments and compliance software, along with outsourcing services for SWIFT, compliance, and IT\. His target market included mid\-sized and large banks, broker\-dealers, asset managers, and Fortune 1000 corporations\. ### What did Nicholas do at WM Financial Services? At WM Financial Services \(WAMU\), Nicholas managed existing client relationships, developed new business, and offered financial services and products to high\-net\-worth individuals and corporate clients\. ### What did Nicholas do at Quick & Reilly? At Quick & Reilly, part of Fleet Bank, Nicholas was a Senior Financial Consultant responsible for new investment sales and management of an existing client base across multiple branch locations\. He also managed and oversaw investment activity for teams of licensed bankers to increase investment revenue\. ### What did Nicholas do at Citicorp Investment Services? At Citicorp Investment Services, Nicholas brought in new investment business, managed a large book of existing investment and bank business in an assigned territory or financial center, and oversaw licensed bank staff's investment activity to increase investment revenue\. ### What did Nicholas do at Merrill Lynch? At Merrill Lynch, Nicholas proactively secured new investment accounts through prospecting techniques and a consultative financial\-planning approach\. ### What is Nicholas's education? Nicholas earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Management and Operations from the State University of New York at New Paltz, also listed as SUNY New Paltz, in 1990\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/nicholas\-defilippis\-8669636