Our Team

As founder of The CERES Group and a twenty plus year veteran in the IT consulting industry David brings real world experience and solutions to all aspects of the fintech industry.  We have contributed on some of the most successful platforms commercially available in the market.  Our experience and practical knowledge of marrying your business ideas with scalable technical solutions is why our clients keep turning to us.

There are many things that Fintech startups and mature Fintech firms need to learn and understand in order to establish a foothold in the markets they endeavor to serve.  This is particularly true in the areas of Fintech that we are involved in that surround around all aspects of asset and wealth management.  We have a deep understanding of institutional and retail asset management as well as wealth management.

With over 18 years of experience in Capital Market, Derivatives Pricing & Risk Management, ESG integration, ESG Labeling, ESG derivatives, Sustainable Cryptocurrencies, and Sustainable Non-Fungible Tokens. Sumit is also a Derivatives / Risk Quant and Fintech professional who has worked with both the sell and buy sides of the financial market. Sumit has worked with Banks like Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers, Nomura Securities. On the buy side, he has worked with hedge funds like Apollo Capital and Institutional Asset management firms like Wellington Management and State Street. Besides being a Doctoral Scholar in Finance, he has also done MS (Physics), MS (Cryogenic Engineering), and MBA (Corporate Finance) along with a Diploma in Financial Engineering and PRM (Professional Risk Manager).

Sumit has 25 plus research papers published in peer-reviewed International Journals and International Conferences in ESG Integration, Sustainable Finance, Derivatives, Risk Management and Data Analytics applied to Finance and Economics. Sumit develops and produces a services roadmap for Institutional Asset Management firms, hedge funds, and other buy-side players, as well as developing an engagement model for Trading, Risk Management, Derivative Pricing, P&L, and Performance measurement and Attribution.

Mani has been with the Fintech Industry for almost 3 decades. He has deep experience in both technology and functional workflows for the Asset Management and Investment Industry. Mani has hands-on experience with integration, implementation, and building enterprise scale services and products. As a lead technologist, architect, and manager – he implemented the Charles River IMS for several clients and did performance assessments. He has helped very many clients both strategically, tactically, & delivered projects on time/budget with an end result of very satisfied customers.

Patrick Conroy is a seasoned FinTech and RegTech executive with over 20 years of experience leading high-growth technology and services organizations across front, middle, and back-office functions. He has an established track record in building, scaling, and commercializing enterprise SaaS solutions for global financial institutions, driving significant revenue acceleration, market expansion, and operational transformation.

As a trusted strategic advisor, Patrick has partnered with top private equity firms, asset managers, and financial technology providers to shape M&A strategies, design go-to-market operating models and optimize enterprise growth initiatives. His leadership approach combines deep domain expertise with a pragmatic commercial mindset, enabling organizations to align product innovation with regulatory and market demand.

Patrick’s experience spans C-suite advisory, P&L management, and hands-on leadership across sales, marketing, product management, client success, and managed services. He excels in driving governance, risk, and compliance modernization by integrating AI, analytics, and automation to reduce cost, enhance control, and unlock business value.

A technology strategist and educator with 25+ years in institutional investment management technology. Gil has led platform architecture for the trading and portfolio management systems used by the world's largest asset managers including a $2.6B acquisition. Now advising buy-side firms on platform strategy, vendor evaluation, cloud transformation, and operational technology modernization. Gil has a deep working knowledge of the investment management technology landscape, including OMS/EMS, portfolio management, data management, risk and compliance systems, and the vendor ecosystem surrounding them. Gils has unparalleled firsthand knowledge of the institutional investment management technology ecosystem, both as a platform builder and as an advisor to firms evaluating and implementing these systems.