Jeff C. Young

Founder & CEO at Blue Heron Systems

After graduating from RPI with a degree in Computer & Systems Engineering, Jeff went to a small financial services company in Greenwich, CT. He had incredible opportunities to make contributions in software development, network engineering, and systems engineering. For the last several years at the firm, he served as Chief Technology Officer. The company grew steadily to over 7k employees.

FactSet grew from 70 employees at the start to more than 7,500 employees during his tenure. Jeff served for 8 years as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), responsible for managing a team of over 500 employees with global responsibilities for Corporate IT, Network Engineering, Storage and System Administration, Operations, Security, Information Systems, and Quality Assurance. In his role as CTO, Jeff served as a member of the senior executive team managing the firm.

He has a unique background as a result of an engineering heritage blended with an intense exposure to technology culminating in technology leadership responsibility as an Executive Committee member of a large, publicly traded company.

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