
Serving People
is in Our Core
Our Values
We stand by our Values. We expect everyone, at any and all levels, to be committed to making decisions that are fair, and provide equal benefits without dispute. We show up without hidden agendas or bias, and are vulnerable in how we think, act, and lead. This belief penetrates how we relate, communicate, and serve our customers, our investors, our partners, and most importantly how we operate as an internal team.
Our People
As our greatest asset, when you join and become passionate about VeraScore, we believe in you! We trust your intuition, your creativity, and your level of expertise. You are unique in your education, talents, and experience and we believe you have significant contributions to VeraScore and we want to see, hear, collaborate, and share them. Your development is our development as a team, company, and for society at large. Join the passionate mission to disrupt the way we measure financial health.
Meet the Team
Founder and Management
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- Founder and CEOGeff is an experienced and accomplished business and financial executive of both established companies and startups. He has built businesses, handled challenging corporate leadership roles, and improved management and operational processes at companies in multiple industries. His experience in partnering with executive management teams to plan and execute enterprise-level business strategies and initiatives such as cost reduction, rapid growth, and investment opportunity identification makes him a truly effective business leader. With 30+ years of responsible strategic business experience, leading business operations in both high tech startups and larger companies, Geff has proven he can drive top line growth while optimizing operational expenditures.
Geff has performed strategic consulting for Fortune 500 clients including Visa, Walmart, Chevron, Autodesk, and Sephora.
Geff has an Executive MBA in International Business from Georgetown University.
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- PresidentScott is an executive with 30+ years of experience across a number of industries and geographies. Previously, Scott served as President of NCH Marketing and Global Managing Director of Valassis International, where he oversaw the world’s largest coupon redemption processing business and the international marketing services business for Valassis (2016-2018).
Prior to this, Scott served in senior executive roles for Experian, including President of Vertical Markets and Global Managing Director for Experian’s Fraud and ID business (2002 – 2015). Scott also led the Automotive Services and eCommerce groups for Reynolds and Reynolds and was a consultant for McKinsey & Company. He started his career at Procter & Gamble.
Scott received his MBA from the Harvard Business School and his BS in Systems Analysis from Miami University.
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- SVP of ProductJeremy brings 25+ years of experience driving innovation in the tech industry, delivering iconic products like the Xbox and Nike SNKRS app. His career spans roles at Microsoft Research, VP of Product at Vala AI, founder of his own company, and SVP at VeraScore, leading initiatives across startups, eCommerce, and enterprise software. As a technologist and developer evangelist, he led developer platforms at Workday and Nike, and with a strong security background from Symantec, Jeremy’s leadership and expertise make him a standout in the industry.
Board of Advisors
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- CTOJason brings 20+ years of broad and deep technology experience in financial services (Barclays Global Investors, Blackrock, Visa, and American Express), postage technologies (Stamps.com and Endicia), and in the media industry (Pearson Publishing).
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- Chief Operating Officer, Board Director, Qualified Financial ExpertCarol L. Foster is an experienced public company Board Director and an accomplished executive with significant P&L experience. Her 30+ year career in the financial services industry spans President, COO, CFO and investment banker, with each role further building her financial acumen while also focusing on driving growth and digital transformation. Carol spent a decade in New York before relocating to Silicon Valley. Over the course of her investment banking career and CFO career, Carol completed more than $15B of both advisory and capital markets transactions (including IPOs) for a wide range of financial services, fintech and technology companies.
Carol is a strong proponent of equal access to education and currently serves on the board of the Oakland Lacrosse Club. She is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and Women Corporate Directors (WCD). Carol holds an MBA from Columbia University and is a graduate of Southern Methodist University where she earned a BS in Operations Research.
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- Head of Strategy & Fintech SalesArmando brings 20+ years as a seasoned professional delivering Fintech startup products to Credit Unions and Community Banks. He does this by working with cross-functional teams and clients to execute from concept to completion delivering strategic vision and a high level of execution.
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- Board Director, Advisor, and InvestorHarold Lowe is a Bay Area native whose family has 100-year roots in Oakland and Berkeley. Harold has over two decades of sales, marketing, and management experience in seven industries. A former Executive Director to the National Association of Minority Contractors, Northern CA, he is also a licensed financial planner with Frontier Wealth Strategies. With this varied background, he has been able to support and craft diversity engagement and outreach initiatives using a wide lens, with organizations such as INROADS and MetLife.
Harold has served on more than two dozen Boards and Committees, and currently serves with the Oakland Unified School District, the Calculus Roundtable, Oakland Rotary #3, the Boy Scouts of America, and Oakland Lacrosse. He is a graduate of African American Studies at UC Berkeley, and a MPA, Public Policy at CSU Eastbay.
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- Board Director, Advisor, and Investor
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- Financial Industry Executive & Strategic AdvisorJim is an executive, lawyer, Chartered Financial Analyst, and former regulator experienced with financial institutions, transactions, and markets, and their regulatory frameworks, at the wholesale and retail level across global markets. Currently leading Market Integrity Solutions, LLC, he has held senior level positions in multiple countries at the following organizations: Wirecard, Deutsche Börse Group, FinCEN, US Department of the Treasury, Bank for International Settlements, and Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Jim has a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Government from Georgetown University.
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- CMO, Board Director, Advisor, and InvestorKevin is an innovative and entrepreneurial C-level marketing executive. He has experience working across a range of industries including financial services, technology, consumer packaged goods, and energy with leading brands like Amazon.com, American Express, AT&T, Chevron, Microsoft, Square, and Visa.
During his distinguished career, Kevin has held the following positions: CMO; Head of Marketing, Sales, Partnerships and International; President & Co-Founder; and Vice President, Management Supervisor.