Etico Appoints Wealthtech Veteran Walter Gengarelly as Inaugural Chief Technology Officer
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Etico Financial. (2026, July 8). Etico appoints wealthtech veteran Walter Gengarelly as inaugural chief technology officer. EIN Presswire. https://tech.einnews.com/pr_news/924792904/etico-appoints-wealthtech-veteran-walter-gengarelly-as-inaugural-chief-technology-officer
Etico Financial, a new-generation financial services and technology firm backed by EOS Ventures, appointed Walter Gengarelly as its inaugural Chief Technology Officer.
Gengarelly will lead the firm's technology strategy from the ground up as Etico advances a multi-year investment in proprietary technology designed to reimagine how advisors run their practices and how clients experience wealth management.
He brings more than 25 years of hands-on experience designing, building, and scaling advisor-facing platforms across the wealthtech industry.
Most recently he served as Vice President of Product Management at GeoWealth, where he led enterprise integration strategy and multi-account digital onboarding workflows for the TAMP platform.
As Director of Technology at First Ascent Asset Management, he built the infrastructure that powered growth to more than 250 affiliated RIA firms and $17 billion in assets under management, earning top rankings in the T3 Software Survey in 2021 and 2023.
Earlier in his career he founded the cloud-native SaaS platform Forward Financial Technology and held senior technology leadership roles at Envestnet and Prima Capital.
Gengarelly holds a B.S. in Business Administration with concentrations in Information Systems and Accounting from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and carries PMP, PMI-ACP, and CSP certifications.