Anthony Russo
Builder · Operator · Advisor

I build institutional-grade
product in markets where
domain fluency isn't optional.

“I've been in the room where the problems live, and I've built the things meant to solve them. The gap between those two is where the real work is.”

15 years inside institutional markets. The last six building from scratch: deal lifecycle platforms, pricing infrastructure, and transaction data products for institutional insurance and capital markets.

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BASEDEncinitas, CA
FOCUSILS · Reinsurance · Cap. Mkts
AVAILABLEFractional · Full-time · Advisory
WRITINGBuilding Through Friction
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The work

Where
I've built.

15+
Years inside institutional markets
1st
Free API doc access in the ILS market
2023
ILS Insurtech of the Year
2025–2026
CONFIDENTIAL
CPO & Interim COO

IOSCO-Compliant ILS Pricing Platform

Led product strategy for an IOSCO-compliant ILS pricing and data platform targeting institutional capital markets, owning architecture decisions and institutional stakeholder relationships.

·ILS Pricing·Data Infrastructure·IOSCO Compliance·Owned end-to-end
CPO + COO
Dual executive scope from day one
2013–2025
SWISS RE
Head of Product · ACP iLink

ACP iLink: Data Room, Pricing Strategy & IOSCO Compliance

Built from the ground up — from first wireframe to the market's leading ILS data platform. Originally prototyped on a blockchain architecture, then evolved to cover deal access, pricing data, and transaction insights. Drove the architecture for an IOSCO-compliant pricing index. In use across the ILS market for over a decade.

·0 to Production·Blockchain Prototype·IOSCO Compliance·ILS · Insurtech of the Year
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0→1
From concept to market-leading platform
2023
★  ILS Insurtech of the Year
2007–2013
BNY MELLON · FITCH SOLUTIONS
Structured Finance

Global Structured Finance, Institutional Relationships & Fixed Income Data

Six years that built the foundation. At BNY Mellon, covered global structured finance across project finance, Islamic finance, cat bonds, life settlements, and cross-border structured trades. In between, led commercial strategy at Fitch Solutions for fixed income analytics and data products across regulated financial services.

·Institutional Markets·Global Structured Finance·Fixed Income Data·Relationship Management
6yr
Across the full institutional deal stack
Currently Working On
Fractional CPO

AI-powered management development platform for enterprise teams, embedded in Slack and Teams.

Personal project

An experiment in ILS data infrastructure. Building the neutral intelligence layer the market is missing.

Open to full-time CPO and Head of Product conversations now.

What I Do

Engagement models built for your stage.

I work best where the problem is real but the path isn't clear, at the intersection of strategy, domain knowledge, and execution.


01

Fractional CPO / COO

Embedded executive leadership: 2 to 4 days per week, minimum 3 months. I own the product and operations functions, run the operating rhythm, and bridge strategy to execution so nothing falls through the cracks. Senior leadership leverage without the full-time cost.


02

GTM for Complex Markets

Positioning, ICP refinement, and outreach strategy for institutional buyers: funds, asset managers, and reinsurers. I've sat on both sides of the procurement table in regulated industries and know how decisions actually get made.


03

Product Strategy & Leadership

0→1 platform builds, roadmap design, and sequencing decisions for complex regulated markets. I've done this at Swiss Re scale and early-stage startup speed, from hand-drawn wireframes to IOSCO-audited infrastructure.


04

Data Infrastructure & Architecture

Defining what to build, how it surfaces to customers, and why the sequencing matters. I've led data product work from schema decisions to customer-facing outputs, bridging the gap between what engineers can build and what the market actually needs.


Contact

Let's get to work.

Open to CPO, Head of Product, and senior product leadership roles in insurance, reinsurance, and capital markets. Also available for the right fractional engagement.