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About BattleFin

BattleFin’s mission is to help asset managers and corporations use alternative data to make better and more profitable decisions.  We are dedicated to becoming the largest and most curated alternative data platform in the world with an amazing user experience.

Our Ensemble platform, an AI-based conversational search and selection platform delivers the fastest, easiest way to find, organize and leverage alternative data.  We focus on datasets that can deliver actionable insights. At BattleFin, we strive to provide a seamless sourcing platform that enables you to search with ease, compare more effectively and find data that maximizes profitability.

Our events bring together together the top data providers and data providers in the world. These are the largest alternative data events in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Data buyers find new data providers, hear about new product launches and data insights that aren't found at any other conferences. Data providers meet One-on-One with top firms in a speed dating format that allows the to calculate Return on Investment.

“Data is absolutely changing the way companies are operating in today's world and BattleFin makes it easier than ever to find data that delivers actionable and valuable insights"

Tim Harrington

Co-Founder & CEO

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Tim Harrington

Co-Founder & CEO

Tim has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. He was the President and a Partner at Lion's Path Capital, a hedge fund strategy incubator where he allocated capital to 30 fundamental and systematic portfolio managers since the launch in 2009

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Marc LoPresti

Co-Founder

Marc X. LoPresti, Esq. is the Founder of LoPresti Law Group, P.C., a co-founder of BattleFin Group, LLC and IDI Group, and is a recognized authority on alternative investments.

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Todd G. Schwendiman, CHP, CAIA

Chief Operating Officer

Todd has over 35 years of experience in all aspects of the alternative assets business including managing hedge funds, fund of funds, a family office and a broker dealer.

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Ish Pandher

Chief Strategy Officer

Responsible for crafting market, partnership & product strategy at BattleFin, Ish is a former Managing Director at WorldQuant having built successful alpha crowd sourcing businesses as well as launched multipled tech related initiatives at investment banks and R&D firms.

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Sarah Smith

SVP, Head of Sales

Sarah has built a career at the intersection of data, technology, and financial services. She began at firms like S&P Capital IQ and Intercontinental Exchange, selling data and insights to financial institutions. She then joined Edison Software to develop the go-to-market strategy for the finance vertical, growing it from inception to acquisition. Most recently, Sarah co-founded Seek AI, a tech startup transforming data analysis through generative AI. With deep expertise in sales, go-to-market strategy, and AI-driven innovation, she is passionate about helping businesses unlock the power of data.

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Nitzan Weinstein 

Chief Technology Officer

Nitzan is an expert at Design & Development of high performance solutions for front/middle office.

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