SAPHYRE
STEPHEN ROCHE
TITLE : PRESIDENT INDUSTRY : FINANCIAL SERVICES LOCATION : NEW JERSEY , UNITED STATES
US $ 1mn + in quarterly earnings . Advising the proper balance between scaling quickly while maintaining operation costs to a minimum has been one of the hallmarks of Stephen ’ s engagements .
Stephen has over 20 years of business development and consulting experience in the IT solution space . Working with Fortune 1000 companies and startups .
He spent eight years in the B2C retail environment successfully helping brick and mortar stores gain market share in the New York City region . In 2003 he transitioned his career with AT & T , working exclusively on B2B IT solutions , streamlining complicated global IT infrastructures with 50 + locations from midmarket up to Fortune 1000 clientele .
While co-founding Saphyre and managing strategic relationships with the largest financial institutions in the world , Stephen has leveraged his B2B dealmaking experience to build a premiere , professional marketing arm of the upstart fintech firm .
EXECUTIVE BIO
Always problem solving , Stephen successfully closed large deals concerning emerging technologies , such as 5G and Internet of Things ( IoT ) with Volvo Cars . In another example , he rolled out AT & T ’ s state-of-the-art media room , and the renovation of the IT infrastructure for the newly constructed Yankee Stadium in New York City . With Red Bull Racing , he Implemented the latest in racing communication and video technology , along with helping Axis Capital and Wyndham Hotels achieve their strategic IT growth initiatives .
During his AT & T career , he helped establish third-party cloud SaaS offerings for clients such as hosted ERP and ecommerce platforms to realise roughly