Operators. Engineers.
Innovators.

Jill Scalisi is responsible for overseeing KopenTech’s platform growth and sales efforts.
Jill brings over 20 years of experience implementing new financial products. At Nomura Securities, she built and managed credit sales businesses in New York and Boston.
Before that, Jill was Co-Head of Credit Derivatives and CDO Product Management at Lehman Brothers. Jill began her career at Chase structuring the first synthetic CLOs and risk transfer products.
In addition, Jill Scalisi has an extensive entrepreneurial background. She was the CEO and founder of Scalisi Cosmetics, where she developed two nationally distributed skincare lines.
She holds a BA from Georgetown University.

Anthony serves as KopenTech's Head of Business Development and works side-by-side with investors and managers as they use KopenTech’s platform to simplify structured products. Before joining KopenTech, Anthony spent several years focusing on finTech solutions for private debt lenders and CLO managers/investors. Prior to his work in finTech, Anthony had senior roles at Guggenheim Partners, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. Anthony earned an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a Mechanical Engineering degree from UCLA, where he was also a 4-year letterman in football.

Drew An serves as KopenTech’s Director of Distribution, managing the sales process across the suite of KopenTech products. Prior to joining the firm, An was a senior partner at Fed Hill Capital Advisors, a private MBS REIT specializing in Agency MBS investments. He previously was Director of Structured Products Sales at Mizuho Securities and a senior corporate bond trader for Wachovia Securities. An received his undergraduate degree from Purdue University and a J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law.

Anna manages projects across KopenTech’s divisions, working closely with engineering and business development teams. Prior to joining KopenTech, Anna consulted for senior executives and Chief Technology Officers as a Software Engineer in the finance, healthcare, and leisure & hospitality sectors. Originally from Kharkiv, Ukraine, Mrs. Gryb holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Kharkiv National University, both in Applied Mathematics.

James serves as KopenTech’s Head of Product, working with engineers and investment professionals to simplify structured products. Prior to joining the firm, James worked at RBC. James earned an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Los Angeles. He began his career as a fourth-grade educator in Chicago with Teach For America.