Jack Couch
Founder at Sophtron
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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SeniorJack Couch is a founder and fintech product leader with eight years focused on building data aggregation and AI-driven connectivity for financial apps through Sophtron. He previously led payments and banking globally at Xero and founded multiple ventures, blending security, payments, and startup execution since early roles at Microsoft and security consultancies. Jack builds infrastructure that makes financial data access seamless, aiming to extend Open Banking with AI to surface unexpected, user-centric experiences. Based in Bellevue, he pairs enterprise-grade security experience with entrepreneurial grit to tackle fairness and usability in finance. Not obvious from titles: his background spans both product leadership and hands-on security program management, enabling him to bridge compliance, engineering, and go-to-market. He’s driven by the belief that fintech can outpace the information revolution in making the world fairer, freer, and more fun.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (15)
data-api10
api10
integrate10
financial-data10
data-services10
billing9
internet9
financial9
vendor7
forum4
buildroot4
apply3
stock2
python2
embedded2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sophtron/Sophtron-Integration
Aug 2017 - Feb 2022
Sample code of how to integrate with Sophtron data API. Currently support financial, utility, phone, internet and other vendor billing accounts.
Contributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 18 pushes in 4 years 6 months
financialapidata-servicesintegrationdata-api
Universal-Connect-Project/Routing-By-Performance
Oct 2023 - Apr 2024
This repo shows Postman collection for routing connections to providers based on client preference and performance data.
Contributions:1 push in 5 months
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