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STEPHEN MARSHFINTECH PERSON OF THE YEARStephen Marsh, founder and CEO of Smarsh, is just 39, but he’s already made an indelible mark on both the financial services world and the Pacific Northwest, where his firm is headquartered.According to what he himself calls the “propaganda” on his eponymic firm’s website, “with over 20,000 customers, Smarsh is the leading provider of archiving and compliance solutions for companies in regulated and litigious industries. Smarsh is headquartered in beautiful Portland, Ore., with offices worldwide.”Smarsh, which Marsh founded in 2001, has earned its reputation as a cloud-based archiving and compliance solution for electronic communications by helping firms of all sizes keep up with regulatory mandates from the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the CFTC, and other governing bodies around the world.Marsh himself is frequently featured in financial and technology publications and speaks regularly at industry conferences. He also serves as a mentor to technology entrepreneurs and is a member of the board for the Technology Association of Oregon. He also is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics.In April 2009, Marsh was honored by the Portland Business Journal as one of Portland’s 40 Under 40. He also was a finalist for the 2009 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award for the Pacific Northwest.Prior to founding Smarsh, he led product management and development at CCBN, now a division of Thomson Financial. He has also held positions at Fidelity Investments and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. > Continued on Page 32“When we started the business years ago larger companies wouldn’t let us touch their data, wouldn’t let it leave their firewall. In the last 12 years you’ve seen more and more of them getting more comfortable with the idea of the cloud.”31Stephen Marsh, FinTech Person of the YearAWARDS SUPPLEMENT 2014 | FTF NEWS MAGAZINE