Team
Marc Odho (Managing Director & Partner)
Rob Ord (Director & Partner)
Dale Richards (Board of Directors)
Marc Odho is responsible for providing clients with tactical and strategic consulting and advisory services, project management, expert advice and thought leadership in all aspects of Data Management, as well as defining and executing solutions and projects that address customer requirements
Prior to joining LakeFront Data Ventures, Marc was, Managing Director of SunGard Enterprise Data Management responsible for enterprise-wide data management strategy, SunGard’s internal business unit data management requirements, as well as, engagements with strategic clients and vendors
In 2005 Marc is a founding member of the EDM Council and Board member
Marc has spent more than 20 years building and operating large-scale, commercial multi-asset class databases covering pricing, reference, and legal entity information. Marc provided professional services as a management consultant for four years to a leading Wall Street firm, major Stock Exchange, Risk Management company and financial data publisher in the area of financial data outsourcing, data strategy, building financial data warehouses, implementing data quality management services, revenue generation, and cost management for risk and operations
Previously, Marc was the managing director for technology and market data at CIBC World Markets, and was senior vice president at Reuters, responsible for database production, data quality control, and software development to support product strategy
Rob has over 10 years experience in financial data & software in the areas of product management, professional services business development, and strategy for enterprise data management solutions. Most recently, Rob was Vice President of SunGard’s Enterprise Data Management (EDM) group where he was responsible for client management, business development and business analysis for numerous global enterprise wide management projects. Rob was the key driver behind the definition and specification of SunGard’s internal business unit EDM requirements, strategy and solution
Prior to this, Rob was Director of Product Management, responsible for the development & implementation of FAME/SunGard’s EDM software suite product strategy through the entire product management lifecycle. Prior to SunGard, Rob spent 5 years as Director of North American Consulting Sales for FAME and Benton Associates, focusing on enterprise-wide reference and market data management solutions across the front, middle and back office
Prior to joining FAME, Rob worked as a professional engineer for Hatch Associates, a mining and metallurgical consulting organization and as a process engineer for Celestica, a large electronics manufacturing company. Rob holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University, a Bachelor of Science from Queen’s University and a Professional Engineer’s designation. Managing Partners
Dale was most recently head of enterprise business development with SunGard responsible for strategic lead on initiatives across the firm.
He was Chief Data Officer and president of corporate Enterprise Data Management (EDM) leading SunGard's overall EDM strategy, a successful initiative established to launch SunGard’s global integrated data management external approach & opportunities across the organization and in the market
Dale was a founding member of the Enterprise Data Management (EDM) council co-sponsored by IBM, BearingPoint and GoldenSource and with 30 financial members globally
Prior to SunGard’s acquisition of FAME Information Services, Inc. in 2004, he was President and CEO of FAME, a $50 million revenue Warbug Pincus-backed firm, where he restructured the company and launched a successful strategy to leverage its data management capabilities into the emerging reference data management market. As a result, FAME attained solid profitability, growth and secured industry recognition by such respected venues as Waters magazine, which named FAME as the Top Global Data Management Solutions Vendor for 3 years in a row
Prior to FAME, Dale was the founder, President and CEO of Benton Associates, Inc., a global software, consulting and integration company he founded in 1992 and was acquired by FAME in 1998. Benton specialized in financial analytics and data management
Before founding Benton, he was Director of Business Development, Sales and Marketing at Algorithmics, Inc., and prior to that held senior account management and sales positions at Reuters Information Services. Prior to Reuters, he served as a senior product manager for Financial Times Interactive Data
Dale is currently on the board of directors of Covarity, a firm providing software solutions for commercial loan monitoring. He is also on the board of Diaphonics, a voice recognition solutions company focused on compliance in financial markets