Jason Henrichs

Chief Executive Officer

2017 - Current

Alloy Labs is a consortium of leading community banks working together to operationalize innovation through partnerships and strategic investments. By combined assets, the Alliance is a one of the top 25 banks in the US.

Co-Host

2017

Provoke.fm is the #1 global fintech network, and the media parent company of Breaking Banks, Serial Intrapreneur, Fintech 5, and other popular podcasts covering FinTech and financial services. I Co-Host of Breaking Banks, the world’s #1 global fintech podcast, and the flagship program for Provoke.fm. With more than 5.5 million listeners from over 140 countries, it is the #1 business show on VoiceAmerica World Talk Radio. Provoke.fm podcasts are available on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher and Soundcloud.

Managing Director

2015

FinTech Forge helps financial institutions build and leverage their innovative capacity. FinTech Forge is the manager of Alloy Labs Alliance, a consortium of community banks working together to drive innovation, build partnerships and execute on new ideas. We bring modern agile business methods that are custom tailored to work in a highly customized environment. The result is an empirical approach to value creation that avoids nonproductive "innovation theatre" activities and creates tangible ROI fast to help banks and credit unions thrive in this era of digital disruption.

Faculty - FinTech & Innovation

2019

Faculty - FinTech & Innovation

2018

I teach innovation to the next generation of bankers at the premier national graduate school of banking, held at the University of Washington. PCBS offers the nation's premier graduate level management program focused specifically on the financial services industry. It prepares participants for senior management functions and grooms them for future executive management level positions in all areas of banking. The school serves retail bankers, community bankers, business bankers and regulators.

Mentor

2009

Techstars is a mentorship-driven seed stage investment program. I focus specifically on FinTech, working closely with the Barclays programs in New York and London.

Investor & Advisor

2011

Blueleaf's cloud infrastructure simplifies workflow and monitoring for advisors, delivers consolidated information to their clients, and presents comprehensive data access and analytics for the enterprise. 
Blueleaf combines functions from: 
Portfolio Accounting & Client Reporting, 
Account Aggregation & Client Portals, 
as well as Integration tools. 
 www.Blueleaf.com

Owner

2013

Kinetic Group holds all of my non-fintech related activities including our angel investments, advisory work and mentoring related to social impact & gender equality.

Investor & Advisor

2010

Help Scout is a simple help desk designed for small businesses. The team was part of TechStars Boston’s 2011 class and currently resides in Boston’s South End. HelpScout provides online customer service with a personal touch and delivers outstanding email support and keeps your team on the same page. helpscout.net

Chairman

2014 - 2020

FinTEx is a non-profit building the fintech ecosystem in Chicago and the broader Midwest. Our mission is to: * Promote collaboration and business between companies in the region * Stimulate innovation and new company creation * Retain local talent, especially from universities, and attract others to the region * Attract outside investment and business partners