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Management

George Favvas
CEO

A serial entrepreneur and Internet veteran, George Favvas has over 13 years of broad experience in sales, marketing, product management and development. At SmartHippo.com, George leads the product development teams with a view to developing the next generation of user-centered financial service applications. George is also co-founder and CEO of Reflexity, a profitable company providing customer acquisition services to major financial institutions. Previously, George served as Director of Internet Communications and Senior Business Development / Engagement Manager at consumer software developer Zero-Knowledge Systems (now Radialpoint, Inc). Prior to that, George co-founded Interfusion Internet Strategies, Inc, an early provider of Internet connectivity and development services to mid-size companies, and managed the web services division at TotalNet, an Internet service provider.

Martin Hudon
VP Operations and Engagement

With over 12 years of international business development and process management experience, Martin focuses on marketing and managing relationships with key banks, with a keen eye toward optimizing both business results and the user experience. Martin is also co-founder and VP Operations and Engagement at Reflexity, a profitable company providing customer acquisition services to major financial institutions. Martin has worked for high-profile technology companies including Juniper Networks, Ariba, when.com, Employease and Intraware. He has built technology sales teams from the ground up and sold to British Telecom, CGEY UK, T-Systems, Equant, Accenture France, Phillips, Siemens, Procter & Gamble, Nokia, Ericsson and Barclays. At Singapore's Xiansoft, Martin signed a sales agreement which led to the company's acquisition by Andersen Consulting for $230 million.

Martin holds a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from the University of Montreal, a Master's degree in Management Sciences from Montreal's École des Hautes Études Commerciales, and a joint MBA from the London School of Economics and the Sorbonne in Paris.

Nicolae Caralicea
Senior Software Architect

With over two decades of software development and engineering experience, Nicolae Caralicea leads Reflexity's software engineering activities. Prior to joining SmartHippo.com, his responsibilities have included software design, software architecture, building and training teams at such companies as Siemens, Level 7 and TradeLabs.

Nicolae holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the Computer Science University of Timisoara.