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In today\u2019s episode of the Wharton FinTech Podcast, Ryan Zauk sits down with Rob Underwood, Chief Development Officer of FINOS.\n\nFINOS, short for the FinTech Open Source Foundation, is a global community creating open-source solutions for financial services. As a community of people, companies, and events, FINOS\u2019s purpose is to accelerate collaboration and innovation in financial services through the adoption of open-source software, standards, and best practices.\n\nTheir 30+ member organizations include Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Github, Citi, Symphony, and many more. They have over 300 contributors developing over 40 open-source projects.\n\nBefore FINOS, Rob served as CTO at Relay Graduate School of Education; was Executive Director of TeachCS; founded CodeBrooklyn; and later, after starting his own consulting firm, TTM Advisors, advised and consulted for edtech startups such as Codesters. Before these roles, Rob was a senior manager at Deloitte Consulting, LLP and KPMG Consulting/BearingPoint. Earlier in life, Rob spent time both teaching and working in Japan after graduating from Colby College.\n\nIn this episode, Rob covers:\n- The genesis of FINOS and its purpose\n- How the world\u2019s leading financial services and tech companies get involved with FINOS\n- How these brutally competitive firms work together\n- Some of the most exciting projects they\u2019re taking on\n- His love for the Grateful Dead and Phish\n\u2026And much more\n\nTo learn more about FINOS, you can click the links below as well as find Rob on Twitter at @BrooklynRob.\n\nperspective.finos.org\nfdc3.finos.org\nlandscape.finos.org\nwww.twitter.com/brooklynrob\n\nFor more insights and analysis from FinTech leaders, follow us below:\n\nMedium: https://medium.com/wharton-fintech\n\nWFT Twitter: https://twitter.com/whartonfintech\n\nRyan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanZauk\n\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wharton-fintech-club/