Mona Vernon
Director/Board Member at Financial Data Exchange LLC
Profile
Mona M.
Vernon is the Head of Fidelity Labs, the internal new business incubator at Fidelity Investments.
Fidelity Labs focuses on the accelerated development of new products and business lines for the firm, such as the industry-leading Student Debt Employer Contribution Program.
First introduced at the end of 2017, it allows employers to help their employees pay off student debt through after-tax contributions toward participants’ student loans.
The program now has 25 plan sponsor clients, with more than 9,000 enrolled participants.
Prior to joining Fidelity, Mona was the Chief Technology Officer at Thomson Reuters Labs.
She founded and scaled the Thomson Reuters network of global innovation labs and oversaw the research and development function including the Center for Cognitive Computing and blockchain engineering.
She also managed the corporate start-up investment fund.
Mona holds a B.S.
and M.S.
in mechanical engineering from Tufts University and a S.M.
in Engineering and Management from MIT.
She is an Executive Board Member of the FinTech Sandbox, a Corporate Council Member at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, and a committee member for the Continuous Improvement of NASA’s Innovation Ecosystem.
Mona Vernon active positions
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Osmo (United States)
Osmo (United States) Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Osmo is a company based in Cambridge, MA that was founded by Alex Wiltschko and has been led by him since incorporation. The company fuses machine learning, data science, psychophysics, olfactory neuroscience, electrical engineering, and chemistry to digitize scent. Osmo's work is grounded in digital olfaction research, including two pivotal studies that used graph neural networks to predict the smell of a molecule from its structure and to investigate the biological underpinnings of odor similarity. The company has begun work in the flavor and fragrance market to create a new generation of better, safer, environmentally-friendly aroma molecules. Osmo expects to work in domains such as public health and agriculture on solutions that help humans detect diseases earlier, track pandemics faster, grow more food, catch food spoilage, and ward off insects. | Consultant / Advisor | 2022-12-31 |
Akoya LLC
Akoya LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Akoya LLC operates as data delivery platform. It specializes in credit card processing, brokerage, insurance, and data security. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Director/Board Member | 2021-08-31 |
Financial Data Exchange LLC
Financial Data Exchange LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Financial Data Exchange LLC is a nonprofit organization that aims to unify the financial industry by creating a common, interoperable, and royalty-free standard for secure access to permissioned consumer and business financial data. The organization operates internationally and is known for its FDX API. Members of FDX include financial data providers, third-party financial technology companies, data aggregators, and ecosystem utilities, among others. FDX is an independent subsidiary of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC). | Director/Board Member | 2022-09-30 |
Former positions of Mona Vernon
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The FinTech Sandbox, Inc.
The FinTech Sandbox, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The FinTech Sandbox, Inc. is a non-profit organization that offers free access to important datasets and resources to help entrepreneurs build their early-stage fintech products through its data access residency program. The non-profit company is based in Boston, MA and was founded by David Jegen. The program has already helped over 310 startups, who in turn collaborate with current and past residents to share knowledge and advancements. Additionally, the company oversees initiatives such as Fintech Week and Mass Fintech Hub, which are aimed at making the Commonwealth a leader in fintech. | Director/Board Member | 2022-09-30 |
Inductiv, Inc.
Inductiv, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Inductiv, Inc. provides technology services. The company was founded by Theodoros Rekatsinas and Ihab Ilyas and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada. | Director/Board Member | 2020-04-30 |
Thomson Reuters (Illinois)
Thomson Reuters (Illinois) Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Part of Woodbridge Co. Ltd. /New/, Thomson Reuters is a company based in Chicago, IL. The company provides intelligence, technology, and human expertise to help individuals and businesses find trusted answers. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | 2018-12-31 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Consultant / Advisor | 2018-12-31 |
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1999-12-31 |
Training of Mona Vernon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Graduate Degree |
Tufts University | Graduate Degree |
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JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | Finance |
Private companies | 7 |
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Impresa Management LLC
Impresa Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Impresa Management LLC(Impresa Management) is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Devonshire Investors LLC founded in 1946.The firm is headquartered in Boston. | Finance |
The FinTech Sandbox, Inc.
The FinTech Sandbox, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The FinTech Sandbox, Inc. is a non-profit organization that offers free access to important datasets and resources to help entrepreneurs build their early-stage fintech products through its data access residency program. The non-profit company is based in Boston, MA and was founded by David Jegen. The program has already helped over 310 startups, who in turn collaborate with current and past residents to share knowledge and advancements. Additionally, the company oversees initiatives such as Fintech Week and Mass Fintech Hub, which are aimed at making the Commonwealth a leader in fintech. | Commercial Services |
Thomson Reuters (Illinois)
Thomson Reuters (Illinois) Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Part of Woodbridge Co. Ltd. /New/, Thomson Reuters is a company based in Chicago, IL. The company provides intelligence, technology, and human expertise to help individuals and businesses find trusted answers. | Commercial Services |
Akoya LLC
Akoya LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Akoya LLC operates as data delivery platform. It specializes in credit card processing, brokerage, insurance, and data security. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Technology Services |
Inductiv, Inc.
Inductiv, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Inductiv, Inc. provides technology services. The company was founded by Theodoros Rekatsinas and Ihab Ilyas and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada. | Technology Services |
Financial Data Exchange LLC
Financial Data Exchange LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Financial Data Exchange LLC is a nonprofit organization that aims to unify the financial industry by creating a common, interoperable, and royalty-free standard for secure access to permissioned consumer and business financial data. The organization operates internationally and is known for its FDX API. Members of FDX include financial data providers, third-party financial technology companies, data aggregators, and ecosystem utilities, among others. FDX is an independent subsidiary of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC). | Technology Services |
Osmo (United States)
Osmo (United States) Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Osmo is a company based in Cambridge, MA that was founded by Alex Wiltschko and has been led by him since incorporation. The company fuses machine learning, data science, psychophysics, olfactory neuroscience, electrical engineering, and chemistry to digitize scent. Osmo's work is grounded in digital olfaction research, including two pivotal studies that used graph neural networks to predict the smell of a molecule from its structure and to investigate the biological underpinnings of odor similarity. The company has begun work in the flavor and fragrance market to create a new generation of better, safer, environmentally-friendly aroma molecules. Osmo expects to work in domains such as public health and agriculture on solutions that help humans detect diseases earlier, track pandemics faster, grow more food, catch food spoilage, and ward off insects. | Technology Services |
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