About

Experience. Diligence. Passion.

History

Zsolt and the other cofounders met while working at one of the pioneering companies in Fintech. After a long career in the fintech industry over the last 15 years we have found that our respective experiences could be best put to use by offering our services directly to our old and new customers.

We combine best in class software engineering with project and program management as well as business analysis and consulting.

 

Get in touch

We at StepForward know that finding the right partner is a choice not to be taken lightly. Get in touch with us to walk you through your needs, the scope of your goals, and your budget.

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Team

 
 
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Partner

Zsolt Szalacsi

Zsolt is the founder of Step Forward. He has over 20 years of experience in the fintech space having worked at companies such as Thomson Reuters, Misys and Calypso Technology.

 

Specialties

  • Program Management

  • Technology architecture

 
 

 
 
 
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CTO

Mark Lichfield

Mark is our Chief Technology Officer, looking after our technology offers, including our Integrated Digital Enterprise platform. He brings many years of technology leadership from across the finance industry.

 

Specialties

  • Software Engineering

  • Applications Integration

 
 

 
 
 
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Partner

Rajesh Gosain

Rajesh is our partner in the UK looking after our advisory services. He brings years of experience working at various consulting companies such as Deloitte, KPMG and PwC.

Specialties

  • Capital Markets

  • Risk Management

  • Transformation

 
 

 
 
 
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PARTNER

Des Hare

Des is representing us in Dublin and is looking after our technology consulting business in EMEA. He has an extensive background with banking systems from Kindle and Misys Banking Systems.

 

Specialties

  • Banking

  • Program Management

 
 

 
 
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Partner

Lone Andersen

Lone is our Partner in APAC and is building up our business for the region. She has 16 years of Private Banking and Treasury Capital Markets experience plus 20 years of FinTech experience with companies such as ERI Bancaire, Misys/Finastra and Thomson Reuters

Specialties

  • Private Banking

  • Treasury Capital Markets

 
 
 

 
 
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ASSOCIATE

Dariusz Baginski

Dariusz is representing us in Warsaw. He has a background with various consulting firms such as McKinsey and PWC as well as financial institutions such as Raiffeisen Bank and Axa group.

Specialties

  • Retail Banking

  • Technology

  • Program Management

  • Insurance