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Chase Neinken 🏆

Cofounder & CRO at Chimney

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Overview

Chase Neinken serves as Cofounder & CRO at Chimney[1][4] and Vice President at Array[3]. Neinken's career has focused on building technology companies in financial services[2], with prior roles including VP Sales and Head of Financial Services at NewsCred[8], Vice President of Global Sales at Industry Dive[7], and positions in sales leadership at NewsCred spanning 2014 to 2020[9][10]. Neinken holds a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Virginia with focus areas in Management and Finance through the McIntire Business Institute[11][12], and earned an MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College[13]. Neinken maintains membership in professional organizations including the Association for Financial Technology[5] and Pavilion[6].

Profile introduction
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What you give your attention to grows. I’ve spent my career building technology companies — mostly in financial services — with a focus on solving real problems for real people. Along the way, I’ve partnered with some of the biggest names in banking and fintech: Citi, Fidelity, Bloomberg, Bank of America, USAA, PNC, and more. I was part of a team that raised over $100M in venture funding and a successful exit. Before the exit, we earned top rankings from Forrester and Gartner three years in a row — not just because we built great tech, but because we built a great team. That’s always been t…

Career history

  1. Vice PresidentJan 2026 to presentArray
  2. Cofounder & CROJan 2021 to presentChimney
  3. MemberMay 2022 to presentAssociation for Financial Technology (AFT)
  4. Executive Member2019 to presentPavilion
  5. Vice President of Global SalesJul 2020 to Jan 2021Industry Dive
  6. VP Sales, Head of Financial Services2018 to Jul 2020NewsCred
  7. Regional Vice President, Financial Services2016 to 2018NewsCred
  8. Senior Account Executive2014 to 2016NewsCred

Education

  1. Bachelor of Arts, Cultural AnthropologyUniversity of Virginia
  2. Focus areas: Management, FinanceMcIntire Business Instituteat the University of Virginia
  3. Master of Business Administration - MBA Dean's List, ManagementCrummer Graduate School of Businessat Rollins College

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