Meet the team

Snehal is a successful technology entrepreneur, investor and innovator in the financial services industry.

Prior to founding CION Digital, he co-founded Cloud Lending Solutions, a global lending technology platform used by leading financial institutions globally. As the CEO, he led the growth and talent strategy of the business from inception to its acquisition by Q2 Holdings (NYSE:QTWO). As the General Manager of its lending vertical, he continued his work at Q2 to bring digital lending experience for some of the most recognizable banks, credit unions and FinTech companies globally.

Snehal also serves on the board of various high growth early-stage technology start-ups in Financial Services and Healthcare industries.

He holds a master’s degree in software engineering from Carnegie Mellon and has previously worked with big-tech software firms including Oracle and Adobe.

Arpit is an Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) alumnus (India's #1 institute in technology sector) and has over 13 years of experience in core systems as well as applications software development.

He started his career with Marvell Semiconductor as an engineer and researcher in wireless communication R&D. He has worked on various chips that went into core products branded by Apple, Sony, Samsung, HP, BlackBerry and BMW.

Arpit attended the University of Maryland College Park to pursue his PhD.

Before joining Cion Digital, Arpit, along with his team of 60+ talented engineers, provided software consulting in web, mobile and blockchain space to several start-ups as well as multi-national companies.

Taylor is a financial services industry veteran with 18+ years’ experience building innovative technology and a passion for creating long-term value for customers by developing great products and delivering exceptional service.

Prior to joining Cion Digital, Taylor served as SVP of Product at Envestnet where his responsibilities included the Yodlee and Envestnet Data & Analytics platforms.  Before Envestnet, Taylor served as SVP of Product at Cloud Lending Solutions, a cloud-based lending platform used by banks and fintechs globally, where he led product development and strategy until Cloud Lending Solutions’ acquisition by Q2 Holdings (NYSE: QTWO).  Taylor continued to lead the Cloud Lending platform at Q2 as VP of Lending Products.  Prior to Cloud Lending Solutions, Taylor held a variety of Product leadership roles at nCino and ACI Worldwide and served as Chief Technology Officer for a $3B regional bank.

Taylor holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and a master’s degree in eCommerce and Business Management, both from St. Edward’s University.

As Chief Product Officer, Taylor is responsible for product development and strategy, product marketing and solutions consulting.

Prior to joining Cion Digital, Jim served as the Senior Sales Director at Q2 Software, a leading provider of financial technology to banks, FinTechs and asset finance companies leading North America sales.

Jim’s passion throughout his career is to work with companies seeking to innovate their businesses with a focus on enhancing the customer experience and streamlining business operations. His approach is to listen, understand and make right-fit technology recommendations to deliver best-in-class user experiences, revenue growth and improved margins.

Prior to Q2, Jim was an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan’s Corporate and Investment Bank responsible for delivering technology solutions to leading asset management companies. Prior to J.P. Morgan, he was a Division Executive at Fidelity Investments responsible for technology and platform solutions sales to asset managers and registered investment advisors.

Jim is a graduate of Westminster College and holds a Business Management degree.

Sundar has 25+ years of building and transforming organizations in start-up companies (like Medsn, Cloud Lending Solutions) to larger enterprise companies (Oracle, VMware, Salesforce). He has been very successful in leadership roles in Operations, Customer Success, Professional Services, Training, and Product Management,

Most recently, Sundar was at Automation Anywhere as the SVP of Professional Services, Training and Enablement. Sundar is passionate about leading amazing high-performing global teams, operational excellence, customer adoption, and rolling up his sleeves to get stuff done.

Before Automation Anywhere, Sundar served as the COO leading all customer facing functions at Cloud Lending Solutions (acquired by Q2 eBanking), a leader in cloud-based integrated lending platform.

Sundar holds a masters degree in Computer Science from Syracuse University and an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (Chennai).

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Palit has more than 27 years of experience in various aspects of software product management, strategy, product development and go-to-market strategies. He has been a part of the leadership teams of various FinTech products like Finacle from Infosys, Active.AI and Innoviti before joining Cion Digital. He spent 2 decades in Infosys and EdgeVerve (an Infosys product subsidiary) across different functions of Finacle and other products in the areas of blockchain and AI. His last position there was the head of product strategy. After Infosys, worked with startups as Senior Vice President - first at Active.AI where he managed Products and Partnerships and then at Innoviti where was responsible for Product Management and Design.

For the past one year before joining Cion Digital, he has been consulting with Fintech and crypto product companies on their strategies, innovations and growth across geographies and segments.

Palit holds a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), one of the top engineering schools in India.

Katie Robinson has a background of proven success in marketing, product development, innovation, and investment in the retail, financial services, and automotive industries.

Prior to joining Cion Digital, Katie was Senior Vice President of Strategic Innovation at FIS, the world’s top provider of technology, processing, and services to the banking and payments industry.

Katie’s track record of success also includes previous positions at Alliance Data’s Retail division; where she developed and managed integrated credit, marketing, and loyalty solutions for some of the most recognizable brands in North America.

She was also Vice President of Marketing for Clarivoy, an automotive attribution company, with responsibility for branding, PR, digital marketing, and inbound sales.

Katie holds a degree in Women’s Studies from The Ohio State University.