Ian Sheridan

Ian Sheridan is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Vestigo Ventures, bringing over 30 years of deep expertise in business innovation, startup growth, turnaround strategies, and transformative financial solutions. His career began on the NYSE and was further shaped at Goldman Sachs, setting a foundation for his impactful work across the Wealth and Retirement sectors.

As a visionary leader, Ian has held pivotal roles, including CEO and Chairman of a National Trust company and strategic roles as CMO and Chief Strategist at Fortune 100 firms like DST, MassMutual, ADP, and SunGard. Notably, he pioneered the retirement industry’s first mobile enrollment technology, honored as Invention of the Year by InformationWeek, which underscored his ability to fuse behavioral finance with tech innovation to elevate customer experience.

In his venture capital and operational roles within financial services, Ian centers on disruptive technologies at the intersection of consumer behavior, technology, insurance, and asset management, constantly advancing forward-thinking solutions and industry innovations.

Ian’s influence spans advisory boards, leading industry organizations, and federal summits, where he has shaped strategies around M&As, integrations, and growth. His board memberships include Vestigo Ventures portfolio companies in Fund I & II, the Mass FinTech Hub, and other prominent organizations committed to the future of finance and retirement solutions.

Ian’s academic work and foundation includes; guest lectures at our local Boston universities, MIT, WPI among others, an Executive Education in Behavioral Finance from Harvard University and a degree from Western Connecticut State University’s Ancell School of Business, reinforcing his strategic insight and analytical skills.