About Rob
Rob Finnegan is currently chairman of Koalafi and on the Board of Verdata. He is a co-founder of both firms and was previously CEO of Koalafi. Koalafi is focused on near prime and subprime point of sale finance and supports over 10,000 retail locations across the US. It has grown to over $100M in annual revenue and $40M in annual ebitda under Rob’s leadership.
Prior to becoming CEO of Koalafi, Rob was a Partner at 2nd Order Solutions where he advised consumer and small business lending companies/investment firms on credit risk and the application of advanced modeling. Clients included Wells Fargo, Commonwealth Bank of
Australia, Warburg Pincus, and Goldman Sachs.
Prior to joining 2nd Order solutions, Rob spent 18 years at Capital One where he held a variety of
leadership roles including:
- Head of Small Business Card Division
- SVP leading all of Collections and Recoveries for US Card Division
- Head of Decision Sciences (team which built all risk, valuation, and response models)
Rob was originally an engineer focused on the modeling of large-scale systems, including the U.S. civil aviation system. He holds a degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia.
Rob is also active in the non-profit space as a board member of Amigos Hospitalito Atitlan which is a small hospital supporting the Tzutujil Mayan Community in the Guatemalan highlands. Rob has a deep connection to Hospitalito Atitlan since his daughter is Tzutujil Mayan and his father is a
cofounder of the hospital.
