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Did Kris Read co-found Neo Financial?
Yes. Neo Financial's About page, read 2026-10-17, lists "Kris Read, Co-founder & CTO" alongside Andrew Chau, Chris Simair and Jeff Adamson. The Globe and Mail (2020-02-27) named "chief technology officer Kris Read" among Neo's co-founders in its report on the company's launch, and BetaKit (2021-09-15) pictured him with Chau and Adamson in its report on the $64 million CAD round led by Valar Ventures.
What did Kris Read do before Neo Financial?
His Sessionize speaker profile, read 2026-10-17, says that before Neo he "helped launch and run several other Canadian fintech startups spanning payments, equities, gaming, and even cryptocurrency" and that he is a former ThoughtWorks consultant. It does not name those startups. The Globe and Mail (2020-02-27) describes co-founders Andrew Chau and Jeff Adamson as former senior executives at SkipTheDishes; no fetched page places Read at SkipTheDishes.
Has Kris Read spoken at TechTO?
No. Neo Financial's speaker on the TechTO stage is co-founder and CEO Andrew Chau, who presented "2021 Canadian Rocketship Companies - Neo Financial" in the TechTO Canadian Rocketship series on 2021-06-23. Read did sit on a Calgary Tech Thursday panel with Wealthsimple's CTO in October 2024, according to a recap by Philippe Burns (2024-10-22), but that was not a TechTO event.
Where is Kris Read based, and what is his role today?
Neo Financial's About page, read 2026-10-17, lists him as "Co-founder & CTO". His Sessionize profile gives his location as Calgary, Canada, and the Globe and Mail (2020-02-27) photographed him at Neo's Calgary headquarters. A Boast.ai customer story (2024-07-09) called him "Neo co-founder and engineering head"; the company's own page uses the CTO title.