Team Members
Founder and CEO:
Mary Claire Reinstadtler
Visionary by Design, Forward-Thinker, Creative Geist, Leader by Passion, Innovating for the Future, Attuned to the Zeitgeist, Strategic Thinker, Effective Communicator, Dynamic Maneuverer, Curious Professional, Ardent Educator, Fast Mover, Adaptable Guide, Process Owner, Resilient Empath, Nerdy about Life-Long Learning and Personal Growth.
An economist and business manager by profession, Ms. Reinstadtler has over 25 years of working experience, 20 of those in management, senior management and executive roles. She has spent her career in a variety of leadership roles in banking and finance, and in international and economic development internationally. She has held management roles spearheading organizational development, startup and growth from concept, founding through funding, implementation, operational and business development, product and service development, completion, closure, monitoring and evaluation. Additionally, she worked in senior advisory or consulting roles, policy and stewardship roles such as CEO/ Managing Director, Board Member or Management running operations of new or existing MSME-oriented commercial banks. The clients, partners, investors or shareholders in the international development projects she worked for over the last few years were always multilateral and bilateral organizations as well as foundations such as World Bank, IFC (International Finance Corporation, KFW (German Bank for Reconstruction and Development), European Investment Bank (EIB), GIZ (German Agency for International Development), EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), Gates Foundation, and the Dutch DOEN Foundation among others. Ms. Reinstadtler has direct experience setting up SME-oriented commercial and universal banks from scratch. For example; setting up a greenfield bank, AccessBank Liberia as part of the banking group AccessHolding AG, Germany; holding stewardship roles such as CEO, Managing Director or Board Member of that same bank or similar existing commercial banks for the banking group ProCredit Holding AG, Germany, for example, ProCredit Bank Ghana (now Fidelity Bank Ghana), ProCredit Bank Albania or serving as Board Director of ProCredit Bank Sierra Leone (now EcoBank), all banks that provided financing opportunities to the lower end of the market not served by traditional commercial banks.
She also worked in diplomatic roles for the German Agency for International Development (GIZ) as a Senior Policy Advisor on Sustainable Economic Development and Private Sector Development issues. In this role, she advised central banks, commercial banks, microfinance institutions as well as consumer protection and financial literacy agencies among others. Most recently, she worked as a Business Manager in the Wholesale Banking division at ING-DiBa AG, ING Bank in Germany - a European digital and agile bank. This bank division handled clients with an annual revenue of >EUR 250 million. She has extensive experience working with other major German commercial banks, fund management firms, investment & private equity companies as well as research agencies in Germany. These include Deutsche Bank AG, Commerzbank AG, Henderson Global Investors, TRW-WEFA Treasury Operations, Global Insight etc. She founded COLOURS GLOBAL (http://coloursglobal.com/), a black/minority/woman-owned international development consulting firm that doubles as an innovative and disruptive tech startup. As a versatile skilled manager and passionate leader experienced in operational, technical and policy management, she has led the development of strategies and projects to initiate and manage projects, identify and drive growth opportunities supported by rigorous research, analysis and resource mobilization. She holds an MSc. International and Development Economics & Finance and a BSc. Economics and Business Management, both from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-claire-reinstadtler-b646146/
Kenneth Kabuye
Finance & Accounting
Kenneth Kabuye has over 20 years of work experience. This includes positions such as Accounting Supervisor at The Wills Group and Accounting Manager at The Goldstar Group. Kenneth has also held positions in Accounting, Finance, Risk Management and Internal Audit at Discovery Communications, AOL, K12 Inc., Rose Financial Services and Risk Metrics Group. He holds a BSc Business Management from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and a Masters of Business in Accounting & Internal Audit from the University of Maryland.
PPI Tech Investments and Pixelperinches Technologies
Tech Developer, CTO/CIO, Angel Investor
PPI Tech Investments and its affiliate company Pixelperinches Technologies are software development companies and angel investment companies that help startups transform and enhance business value through innovation, startup funding, user experience and efficiency. This highly enthusiastic and experienced team of vetted software engineering professionals provide full stack software solutions to simplify the adoption and implementation of novel digital technologies.
https://ppitechinvestments.com/
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ppi-tech-investments
Gaurav Sharma
Tech Developer, CTO/CIO, Angel Investor
Founder & CEO of PPI Tech Investments and its affiliate company Pixelperinches Technologies. PPI Tech Investments' team of financial and technical experts help startups transform early concept stage idea into viable and profitable businesses. Pixelperinches Technologies Pvt Ltd is a premier software development company delivering software solutions including mobile apps and websites. Since its incorporation in 2008, the company has delivered more than 100 apps and websites for its clients across the globe.
https://ppitechinvestments.com/
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ppi-tech-investments
Blake Stewart of PPI Tech Investments and Pixelperinches Technologies
Account Manager for Connected App
As a Account Manager, Blake offers product development solutions throughout the entire development process. He is responsible for the project scope with a focus on market analysis, launch strategy, and user experience. Serving as a key correspondent between the technical and non-technical operations at PPI Tech, Blake defines, controls, and monitors objectives to ensure that PPI Tech and COLOURS GLOBAL can create great market-ready products.
https://ppitechinvestments.com/
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ppi-tech-investments