Tao was formerly Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Morningstar, Inc., and was one of the company’s first 20 employees. While Tao was COO, Morningstar’s revenue grew from $70 million in 2000 to $550 million in 2010. Before he was COO, Tao spent three years as president of Morningstar’s International Division; he and his team launched operations in 18 different countries through startups, joint ventures, and acquisitions. Tao holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a master’s degree in computer science from Marquette University, and a B.S. in computer science from Hunan University (China).

Linda is a transformative leader with two decades of proven success in developing, launching, managing and growing SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) businesses globally. She was part of Morningstar’s senior leadership team that grew revenue 10x from $100M in early 2000 to $1B in 2018. During her career at Morningstar, she took on various senior leadership roles in product management, product development, sales, and marketing. She managed global product P&L for Morningstar’s institutional software business for ten years, building the business into the largest SaaS offering at the firm, delivering high double digit CAGR for the period. She also built and managed the global product, sales, marketing and service organization. Prior to joining Supernova, she oversaw about $400M Enterprise SaaS business at Morningstar.

Linda holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Loyola University of Chicago.

Jenny has worked as a consultant in the financial services/trading industry since 2013. She led projects for clients such as the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and FINRA and delivered multiple software projects for their market-regulation departments. Before that, Jenny spent nine years at Morningstar, where she served in various roles including manager of the software development team for the flagship product, Morningstar.com. Jenny holds a master’s degree in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China.

Jeff is one of the co-founders of Supernova and has held a variety of roles since its inception. Jeff serves as the company’s Chief Product Officer where he leads product strategy and design for all core products, solutions and technical integrations across Supernova’s platform. He is responsible for working with clients, industry partners, and internal Supernova constituents to help make sure the platform meets clients’ business, security, legal, and compliance needs. Prior to joining Supernova, Jeff spent 20+ years at John Deere where he gained extensive global experience managing product development, new emerging technologies and operations.

Jeff holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University.

Prior to joining Supernova, Chris was Chief Operating Officer at project44 (Enterprise SaaS Platform) where he led Finance and Operations as the company became the industry leader in freight visibility, increased recurring revenue 40x, and raised $90M+ in three rounds of Venture Capital funding. Prior to project44, Chris worked in FP&A at Ford Motor Company and Life Sciences Strategy Consulting at Accenture. Chris holds an MBA from Duke University and a B.S. in Accounting from Purdue University.