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Eric Roach

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I started with a dream to transform personal finance and empower individuals to take control of their own financial lives. In 1994, I founded Lombard Brokerage, which pioneered online stock trading and invented many of the technologies used in banking, brokerage and insurance industries today.

In 1997 I sold Lombard to Morgan Stanley and was asked by CEO Phil Purcell to serve on their Management Committee at their world headquarters in New York, where I worked in marketing, e-commerce and internal acquisitions.

In early 2000, I was recruited by John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins (KPCB), and Ram Shriram of Sherpalo Ventures to be the CEO of Elance, a services marketplace on the web. At the end of 2001, I left Elance to form Roach Capital Partners. In 2006, I ran for Congress, in an effort to bring pragmatic leadership to our government.

Recent Milestones

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  Eric Roach added a position as CEO at Elance. (12/1/00)
  Posted 4/5/11 at 5:41am
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  Eric Roach added a position as SVP Marketing at Morgan Stanley. (10/1/98)
  Posted 4/5/11 at 5:41am
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  Eric Roach added a position as Founder/CEO at Lombard Brokerage. (5/5/94)
  Posted 4/5/11 at 5:41am

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