Our vision

Elevate higher education.

Stratofied is a financial tech company elevating higher education with the first trading and servicing platform for student loan digital assets. Powered by blockchain technology, Stratofied’s marketplace enables student loan digital assets to be issued, bought, sold and serviced, making them tradable, accessible, and attractive to purchasers.
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The people behind the work

Meet our team.

Leadership

John Backiel

Co-CEO, Co-Founder
John is an executive leader and disrupter focused on flawless execution and now serves as the Co-CEO of Stratofied. He is a CPA innovator able to blend tech-forward financial engineering, prior nonprofit management experience, and a methodical focus on values-aligned investing and stewardship.

Nick Stoltzfus

Co-CEO, Co-Founder
Nick Stoltzfus is a Certified Public Accountant specializing in nonprofit and tech-forward start-up accounting and back-office solutions. Prior to founding Stratofied, he founded Pivotal LLC, a fractional CFO service firm focusing on nonprofits and start-ups. Prior to founding Pivotal, he served as Director, Accounting and Controller at the Heritage Foundation.

Tony Saliba

Board Chairman, Co-Founder
Internationally renowned business leader, multi-faceted serial entrepreneur, option trading pioneer, and shareholder, operator and investor in nearly 100 companies. Master trader at CBOE where he also served on Board of Directors.

Jeff McLaughlin

Chief Product Officer
Jeff leads product and program at Stratofied by focusing on the customer and using technology to create outstanding user experiences. His background spans traditional financial services, crypto and blockchain, and FinTechs, along with a deep understanding of the technologies that power them. Prior to Stratofied, Jeff built and led product teams for a multinational bank and investment firm, a community bank, and a crypto exchange. He also founded and ran his own consultancy during the early evolution of mobile data and applications.
Technology

Joe Piotrowski

Technologist, Securities Platforms
Joe Piotrowski is the former CTO at LiquidPoint, LLC and Dash Financial Technologies. He has designed, developed, and managed a variety of options trading systems over the course of his career.

Charles Wismer

Technologist, Smart Contracts
For the past four years, Charles Wismer has served as CEO of Advalis, the parent company of FincenFetch—a leading platform with a direct connection to the U.S. Treasury Department’s report-filing systems.
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