Yieldstreet CEO and leadership

Milind Mehere is a passionate serial entrepreneur and Founder & CEO of YieldStreet. YieldStreet connects investors to high-yield alternative investments across asset classes like real estate and litigation finance that are unavailable to most. Milind has successfully built and scaled three businesses, his last company Yodle, was acquired by Web.com for $342M in 2016.

Hrishi is the founding technologist and Chief Technology Officer for YieldStreet, having served as a formal advisor for two years before coming on board as CTO. Prior to this, Hrishi was the Founding CTO of LearnVest– a New York based financial planning startup acquired by Northwestern Mutual in 2015 for over $300mm. He also co-founded, and serves as an advisor for, Wellsbi, an early stage digital health startup. He was also the co-founder of Gordian Labs, a boutique software development and consulting firm that specialized in financial systems and internet startups, where many successful startups like LearnVest and Twilio were “tech-incubated”. He continues to serve as an advisor and angel investor for many startups, particularly in fin-tech and digital health. He has lived in the internet startup space for close to 20 years, built and deployed large-scale applications in several domain verticals, with specific focus on financial technology and data-driven transactional systems, and led distributed engineering teams across the globe. Hrishi holds a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering (with a Minor in Computer Science) from Cornell University.

Sylvain is the Chief Product Officer at Yieldstreet, leading product management, design, and data teams. Prior to joining Yieldstreet, Sylvain was a member of the Executive team at Shutterstock, leading product and design. Sylvain brings to Yieldstreet more than 20 years of experience in technology, customer experience, subscription, and e-commerce business models, having worked at Sony, Nokia, Myspace.com, and SoundCloud. During his tenure at SoundCloud, he was responsible for both driving revenue for consumer and creator subscriptions, and leading teams focused on product development (including advertising products) and content operations. Sylvain holds an MBA from Essec, France and a BA in History from La Sorbonne, Paris.

Mathew Keshav Lewis is an Advisory Board Member at LegalUp - Document Automation; SVP - Partnerships, Client Insights & Commercial Solutions at Axiom; and Chief Revenue Officer at Yieldstreet and is based in New York City, New York. He has worked as Director - Business Development at FIS, Inc.; US Sales Manager at Dealogic; and VP, Global Loans Product Management at DTCC - The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation. Mathew works or has worked as Vp Business Development at Axiom Legal; SVP & Co-Head, Global Banking Practice at New York; and Vice President, Head of Derivative Sales at DTCC. He attended Ithaca College, Center for Creative Leadership between 2010 and 2010, and Millbrook Proving Ground.

20+ years of high-impact growth marketing and operational leadership for global consumer and financial services digital product leaders (BlockFI, Prudential, American Express).Above all, my focus is growth. As a business leader for global consumer and financial services brands, I’ve married strong commercial acumen and a change agent mindset to create differentiated brand experiences that grow market share and build customer loyalty. Adept at pulling the levers that drive growth - for products, processes and people.Multi-billion-dollar P&L oversight. Agile at leveraging business intelligence to accelerate value / monetization. Strategic leader of high-impact teams. Equally nimble at effecting change at a senior executive level in matrixed environments, and willing to roll up my sleeves and lead by example. Innovation, business efficiencies and a focus on building the right strategic partnerships underpins all my work.Currently, Chief Marketing Officer at Yieldstreet. Previously, Chief Growth Officer at BlockFi, GM/Vice President, Strategic Growth Opportunities at Prudential Financial and 11+ years at American Express, most recently as VP, Premium Charge Cards, where I led the strategic development and P&L for five cards representing 12% of Amex’s total global billings.

Milind Mehere is a passionate serial entrepreneur and Founder & CEO of YieldStreet. YieldStreet connects investors to high-yield alternative investments across asset classes like real estate and litigation finance that are unavailable to most. Milind has successfully built and scaled three businesses, his last company Yodle, was acquired by Web.com for $342M in 2016.

Hrishi is the founding technologist and Chief Technology Officer for YieldStreet, having served as a formal advisor for two years before coming on board as CTO. Prior to this, Hrishi was the Founding CTO of LearnVest– a New York based financial planning startup acquired by Northwestern Mutual in 2015 for over $300mm. He also co-founded, and serves as an advisor for, Wellsbi, an early stage digital health startup. He was also the co-founder of Gordian Labs, a boutique software development and consulting firm that specialized in financial systems and internet startups, where many successful startups like LearnVest and Twilio were “tech-incubated”. He continues to serve as an advisor and angel investor for many startups, particularly in fin-tech and digital health. He has lived in the internet startup space for close to 20 years, built and deployed large-scale applications in several domain verticals, with specific focus on financial technology and data-driven transactional systems, and led distributed engineering teams across the globe. Hrishi holds a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering (with a Minor in Computer Science) from Cornell University.

Sylvain is the Chief Product Officer at Yieldstreet, leading product management, design, and data teams. Prior to joining Yieldstreet, Sylvain was a member of the Executive team at Shutterstock, leading product and design. Sylvain brings to Yieldstreet more than 20 years of experience in technology, customer experience, subscription, and e-commerce business models, having worked at Sony, Nokia, Myspace.com, and SoundCloud. During his tenure at SoundCloud, he was responsible for both driving revenue for consumer and creator subscriptions, and leading teams focused on product development (including advertising products) and content operations. Sylvain holds an MBA from Essec, France and a BA in History from La Sorbonne, Paris.

Mathew Keshav Lewis is an Advisory Board Member at LegalUp - Document Automation; SVP - Partnerships, Client Insights & Commercial Solutions at Axiom; and Chief Revenue Officer at Yieldstreet and is based in New York City, New York. He has worked as Director - Business Development at FIS, Inc.; US Sales Manager at Dealogic; and VP, Global Loans Product Management at DTCC - The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation. Mathew works or has worked as Vp Business Development at Axiom Legal; SVP & Co-Head, Global Banking Practice at New York; and Vice President, Head of Derivative Sales at DTCC. He attended Ithaca College, Center for Creative Leadership between 2010 and 2010, and Millbrook Proving Ground.

20+ years of high-impact growth marketing and operational leadership for global consumer and financial services digital product leaders (BlockFI, Prudential, American Express).Above all, my focus is growth. As a business leader for global consumer and financial services brands, I’ve married strong commercial acumen and a change agent mindset to create differentiated brand experiences that grow market share and build customer loyalty. Adept at pulling the levers that drive growth - for products, processes and people.Multi-billion-dollar P&L oversight. Agile at leveraging business intelligence to accelerate value / monetization. Strategic leader of high-impact teams. Equally nimble at effecting change at a senior executive level in matrixed environments, and willing to roll up my sleeves and lead by example. Innovation, business efficiencies and a focus on building the right strategic partnerships underpins all my work.Currently, Chief Marketing Officer at Yieldstreet. Previously, Chief Growth Officer at BlockFi, GM/Vice President, Strategic Growth Opportunities at Prudential Financial and 11+ years at American Express, most recently as VP, Premium Charge Cards, where I led the strategic development and P&L for five cards representing 12% of Amex’s total global billings.