Management Team

CEO & Founder Vince Passione
Vince Passione
Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Vince’s specialty is building high growth technology based businesses. Vince was the former COO of DealerTrack, where he focused on the company’s main product: a credit portal that connects car dealers to financing sources. DealerTrack had a successful public offering in 2005 and today processes over 35% of all auto finance loan applications in the U.S. Previously, Vince was President of Ameritrade’s Institutional Client Division. He is the former CEO of OnMoney.com, an online personal financial management website. Vince also held senior level positions at Citigroup that included CTO of their U.S. Consumer Bank and COO of Citi Financial Interactive. He began his career at IBM and has a BS in Computer Sciencefrom Polytechnic University.

President and Founder Charag "CC" Chaman
Chirag “CC” Chaman
President & Founder

Chirag has been involved with education finance for a good part of his career. He gained investment banking experience with Salomon Smith Barney/Citi structuring over $5 billion in student loan debt. Prior to Fynanz, he was the CEO of KobeMail, a leader in email deliverability technology. At KobeMail, Chirag worked with companies involved in sourcing private and federal student loans, helping them optimize their advertising budgets and communication strategy with students. Chirag holds an accelerated degree with a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science from Clark University. In 1996, he won the Albert Erickson Prize for developing one of the first Web Operating Systems. Chirag also serves as an Auxiliary Police Officer with the NYPD.

SVP, Finance & Chief Risk Officer Hing C. Loi
Hing C. Loi
SVP, Finance & Chief Risk Officer

Hing started with Citi in 1987 and has specialized in student loan finance ever since, both for the FFELP (government guaranteed) and private student loan industries. In the past 20+ years, Hing has provided investment banking and financial advisory services to practically all student loan organizations, and has been involved in the creation of many financing innovations. He has worked on over 300 lead managed transactions exceeding $100 billion for student loan and other consumer finance companies. Hing has a degree in Computer Science from Columbia College, and an Executive MBA from Fordham School of Business, graduating with the highest academic honor.

Director of Technology Anoop Thyagarajan
Anoop Thyagarajan
Director, Technology

Anoop is a software architect & user interface expert, having designed and implemented three highly scalable consumer-driven applications. Over 20 million users interact daily with applications he has architected. Anoop’s area of expertise is the development of CRM & financial transaction systems. He has developed solutions for Microsoft, Petersons, Thomson West, Abbott Labs and Meow Mix. At Fynanz, he has created the company’s loan origination and lender portfolio management platforms. Anoop is a Microsoft Certified Software Developer (MCSD) with over 10 years experience leading developer teams.