About

AlphaCentrix (formally Fascet LLC), provides data management solutions,
application hosting, and professional services that simplify investment
operations for the world’s leading Investment Managers, Fund Administrators,
and Prime Brokers. Founded in 2002, AlphaCentrix is based in New York, New York
with offices in Dallas, Texas, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Mumbai, India.

Leadership




Brian Baskinger


Managing Member
& Founder

Brian is responsible for driving overall strategic growth and managing daily technology operations.


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Brian Baskinger


Managing Member & Founder


Brian is responsible for driving overall strategic growth and managing daily technology operations. Brian founded AlphaCentrix with a vision of creating technology to serve increasing market demand for more streamlined data integration between front, middle, and back office functions. To date, AlphaCentrix’s products and services have facilitated meaningful business solutions for several of the largest and most complex operations in the investment management community.


Prior to founding AlphaCentrix, Brian led large-scale implementations for Advent Software, specializing in installations and upgrades of accounting and trading platforms. Previously, Brian was involved in institutional brokerage and the development of proprietary portfolio accounting applications for Nathan & Lewis Securities and Waterhouse Securities, respectively. Brian earned a B.S. in Business Administration from American University in Washington, D.C.











Charles Ross


Managing Member &
Co-Founder

Charles leads AlphaCentrix's global business development, marketing, and project management.


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Charles Ross


Managing Member & Founder


Charles leads AlphaCentrix's global business development, marketing, and project management teams including the successful execution of large client engagements.


Charles joined AlphaCentrix from SS&C Advent, where he held both positions in the professional services and sales organizations and focused on Advent's largest, high-profile clients. Prior to SS&C Advent, Charles worked for the private client group within DB Alex Brown in San Francisco. Charles received a B.A. in Economics from Bucknell University.











Bilal Alassar


Managing Director
(EMEA)

Bilal is Managing Director and a Founding Principal of the AlphaCentrix EMEA presence.


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Bilal Alassar


Managing Director EMEA


Bilal is a Principal of AlphaCentrix's EMEA presence. Bilal originally joined AlphaCentrix in 2011 as a Senior Consultant and Project Manager for its professional services team. Bilal then served as Team Lead, responsible for directing the company's SS&C Advent report development practice.


After earning a B.A. in Computer Science from Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan, Bilal's career began as an Oracle developer at ICS Financial Systems. He joined Siscom as a Presales Engineer where he was engaged in large scale technology implementations across the GCC region. Bilal is certified on SS&C Advent's APX, Axys, Geneva and Moxy platforms and has extensive experience implementing the Tradex solution.











Emily Van Nostrand


Director of Client Experience

Emily manages the AlphaFuse implementation and support teams.


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Emily Van Nostrand


Director of Client Experience


Emily manages the AlphaCentrix implementations and global client support teams. Prior to joining AlphaCentrix in 2012, she held roles in operations and client services at large financial services firms and hedge funds. Emily graduated form Lafayette College with a degree in Finance.











Michael Klein


Director of Software Engineering

Michael manages the AlphaFuse product development team.


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Michael Klein


Director of Software Engineering


Michael oversees the software development team and the architecture of the product. Michael is responsible for the strategic vision for the product's architecture while providing tactical technical solutions for our clients' data integration needs.


Michael has over 10 years of software development experience in financial services. After graduating from Cornell University with a Bachelor's degree in Information Science, Systems, and Technology, he worked for startups in several industries including consumer banking. Michael joined Fascet in 2014 as a software engineer, and now leads the software development team.










Chris Spazianto


Director of Information Technology

Chris defines and manages the implementation of our information technology strategy.


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Chris Spazianto


Director of Information Technology


Chris has over 20 years of experience in the Information Technology field encompassing technical and leadership roles, with a focus on continuous improvement, security, and a high level of customer service.
Prior to joining Alphacentrix, he led high performing teams through large scale technology improvement initiatives, daily operations, and strategic planning. His corporate experience also includes preparation and execution through mergers and acquisitions spanning from start-ups through large multi-national organizations.


Chris earned a degree in Business Information Systems from Ramapo College. Throughout his career he has focused on continuing education through training programs, networking events and industry certifications including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and many others.










Mahmoud Alabed


Senior Director of Business Development & Services

Mahmoud is the Co. Principal of AlphaCentrix's EMEA presence.


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Mahmoud Alabed


Senior Director of Business Development & Services


Mahmoud leads Alphacentrix EMEA business development by focusing on expanding a company's operations and revenue streams, Sales involve the process of selling a product or service, and Account Management involves managing and maintaining relationships with existing customers. Mahmoud joined Alphacentrix from PWC where he held a position as an Assistant manager in the assurance services.

Prior to Pwc, Mahmoud has worked with Deloitte as a senior consultant in Riyadh Saudi Arabia.


Mahmoud received a B.A. in Accounting & Finance. From Al- Yarmouk University.








Company History

2002
Fascet LLC founded in New York City to provide software and services to the investment management industry
2004
Company launches "Trade Communicator" data management platform as an "on-premise" solution
2007
Trade Communicator" data management platform offered as a cloud SaaS model
2008
"Balance" trade and position reconciliation software launched
2009
Office in India established to offer 24 hour support coverage and offshore development capabilities
2012
Private cloud services and application hosting services launched
2015
Office in Saudi Arabia established to provide support and technology professional services to firms in the Middle East
2016
Official launch of re-designed/re-architected Communicator platform and migration to "agile" development and release cycles
2020
Company rebrands as AlphaCentrix

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