Justin Fischer
Founder of RiskScout
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
CEO & Co-Founder
2019 - Current
Welcome to RiskScout! Your guide and system for growing and staying compliant with new markets. We have a host of services and software solutions that help your institution approach new markets, lead generation, filter, onboard, verify and run comprehensive ongoing compliance all virtually without relying on branch traffic. Whether your FI is just doing research on a new market, you are actively looking to grow, or you want to increase BSA efficiencies we have the experts and the tools to help. Find out more here:
RiskScout is a software that provides cloud banking and infrastructure services to financial institutions that resolve financial risks.
Mentor
2019
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
Consultant
2018 - 2019
Advisor to the company
Chief Product Officer, Head of Strategy
2017 - 2018
Leading strategy, product and development teams to make the biggest impact to Student Loan debt that we can.
Chief Executive Officer
2017 - 2017
Interim CEO responsible for building and pivoting the company to help large financial institutions and employers make an impact in borrowers lives.
Advisory Board Member - COO & Product Consultant
2015 - 2016
I've had the pleasure of working with Tony, Rick, Emiliano and team to design a payments system and build an operational structure in the business. I can't say enough good things about what they are doing at SLG!
General Manager
2015 - 2019
Consultant: BaaS payment systems, PE buy-side deal review, pre-IPO scale for several companies
Advisor
2014 - 2018
Provide business and technology guidance.
SVP Operations
2010 - 2015
Joined Q2 in 2010 to scale the software delivery and customer support groups to pace with sales growth. Grew the department from 22 FTs to 130 FTs in 3 years including organizational structure, management, and process improvement culminating in an IPO in 2014. Development Technologies: .NET, MS SQL, Python, LAMP. Selected accomplishments: • Developed complex resourcing and operational strategy models to forecast delivery headcount and output for ERP/SaaS (Hybrid) demand • Worked closely with Finance on the P&L, delivery revenue reconciliation and margin improvement • Lead the creation and expansion of key departments including Support, Upgrades, Net New, Cross Services, and Data Services • Negotiated complex relationships including new partnerships and M&A on behalf of our clients • Created and executed the Basecamp program: an associate recruiting and training program that had a 75% candidate promotion rate within their first 12 months • Regular conference speaker on product and professional services best practices.
Q2 is a Financial Services company.
Vice President of Professional Services
2007 - 2010
Joined as the Director of Product Management which included designing and oversight of the commercial banking product lines. Promoted to VP of ProServ within 8 months and lead a team of 60 FTs across Austin and Atlanta. Assigned to one of the largest technology conversions in company history and recruited an additional 30 FTs in Austin to run quality and deployment functions. Development Technologies: JAVA, MS SQL Selected accomplishments: • Lead Professional Services for two distinct business units (Self Service and Payments) with P&L responsibility and high demand • Scaled a team of 30 (in 45 days) to tackle conversion demand while strengthening relationships with internal and external partner groups. • Designed and deployed industry first features in the commercial banking product lines and coordinated launch plans with development, services and support.
Director of Product Management
2007 - 2007
See description above.
S1 Corporation delivers integrated financial services on an open platform for financial institutions, retailers and processors.
CTO / Co-founder
2001 - 2007
Co-founder of CoreTrac and chief architect of the main product: financial services CRM. Wore many hats comfortably: Sales, Marketing, Partnerships, Training, Support and many more. Development Technologies: Asp.NET, MS SQL, JavaScript. Selected accomplishments: • Lead the product requirements, design, development and integration; Developed 65% of the base code. • Boot-strapped the SDLC that lead to 6 years of successful, on-time deliveries with minimal staff– about 24 releases. • Launched a Professional Services offering that added 20% top line revenue annually.
CoreTrac provides the finest technology solution for enterprise wide, banking CRM+ infrastructure.
IT Director
1999 - 2001
IT Director in the early stage (#11) Austin Ventures company and charged with application development, ERP installation and integrations, and corporate IT. Development Technologies: ASP/VB/MS SQL. Selected accomplishments: • Designed and developed a unit configurator and forecasting system on the web and integrated with sales and manufacturing • Installed, integrated and supported Epicor ERP covering sales, manufacturing, and financials. • Managed IT growth from 11 to 100 employees.
Sr Web Developer
1997 - 1999
Joined as a consultant and then formed the first Ecommerce web department as the technical lead and manager. Development Technologies: Oracle, JavaScript. Selected accomplishments: • Campaigned for and created the first Ecommerce site which grossed $6MM in revenue in 12 months and became a key competitive channel. • Developed the first user brand and preferences persistence model to deliver targeted information.