Brad Goldberg (Board Member)
Brad Goldberg is a builder of disruptive fintech, consumer, and tech platform businesses. As an executive at Microsoft, he scaled technology platforms, managed multi-billion products, and led multiple strategic transformations. He led two fintech businesses from the initial stage to scale including Apex Clearing (going public), and the online brokerage OptionsHouse (sold to General Atlantic and then E*TRADE) for PEAK6 Investments. He is a Limited Partner Advisor at NYCA Partners, a Corporate Director at Spark Networks (NYSE: LOV), and a Board Member at Cellar Tracker. Brad is an active advisor for CEOs scaling businesses at the intersection of trends across technology, finance, community, and culture.
Brad started his career at a tech startup in Tokyo before returning to the US to work in strategy consulting. He joined Microsoft, first leading product management teams in Visual C++ and SQL Server, and then as an executive leading multi-billion P&Ls in Server Platforms, Windows, and Search. He introduced C# as a new programming language, created and implemented the business strategy to grow the server business from $2 to $10 billion, managed the $1.8 billion search business and led the product strategy to reposition Microsoft in the consumer segment starting with the introduction of Bing.
After Microsoft, he joined PEAK6 as CEO of Online and then became President of PEAK6 Investments. He scaled, sold, advised, and invested in fintech businesses across capital markets including brokerage, digital advice, clearing and custody, options trading, and financial infrastructure. He managed business operations across the firm’s portfolio with a focus on strategic goal setting, compensation and performance management, technology, and risk. Brad led efforts to evaluate new opportunities and invest capital. After PEAK6, he moved to Italy to build a technology driven wine marketplace which evolved into a broader focus on evolving market structure and consumer experiences to bring alternative assets and crypto into mainstream.
Brad has a B.A. in Economics from Amherst College, passed the highest level of the Japanese Proficiency Test certifying fluency, and an MBA from Harvard Business School where he earned second year honors. Brad loves experimenting in the kitchen and exploring the world of wine. He is an avid skier – from skate and alpine skiing in the winter, to slalom and barefoot water skiing in the summer.