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Miro Gregorovič (/meero gregorovich/; born May 26, 1986) is founder of ScotFinTech (Edinburgh, Scotland-based community startup) and a FinTechnologist, currently working a Senior Architect at London Stock Exchange.

Education and career
Miro was born in the Czech Republic (with roots in Croatia and Italy). He graduated from the Master’s program at Georgia Tech’s H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering in 2012. From his first role at SanDisk in Silicon Valley before moving to Europe then onto the UK, where he joined Sopra Steria Scotland in December 2015 and founded ScotFinTech with mission to bring together professionals in emerging FinTech sector and to promote Scottish FinTech companies on the global scene.

ScotFinTech
Miro rapidly gained a reputation within Sopra Steria as well as amongst leading client organisations in Scotland as the expert on FinTech and emerging technologies. Within 6 months, Miro had set up an online community, ScotFinTECH, to discuss and debate key issues and developments within FinTech, providing insight and balance to this topic of growing importance. Due to strong levels of engagement, he quickly developed it from a virtual to a physical ‘Silicon Valley’ type community where individuals could meet to share, learn and promote innovative FinTech ideas across Scotland and beyond. As a result of his hard work and growing profile, Miro was nominated and shortlisted a finalist for the 2017 Scottish Financial Enterprise’s ‘Rising Star’.

London Stock Exchange Group
In 2017, Miro decided to move the world's leading financial centre and joined world-class leading London Clearing House, which is part of London Stock Exchange Group, where he works on Risk data modelling solutions and is greatly involved in the data innovation team of the group Chief of Technology.

FinTech contribution
Beyond his ‘day job’, Miro is regularly attending hackathons to innovate even further and also enjoy data community engagement. He took part in the ‘LeedsHack’ Hackathon and his team won the ARUP ‘Put your hack on the map’ category. More recently he participated in the 2017 Ulster Bank Hackathon where he designed and presented a working prototype for an open API voice activated banking assistant – setting the pace for the 2018 Open API Banking legislation. Furthermore, being a Yellow Jacket and a proud Georgia TECH Marching band alumnus is a life-long ‘mission’ and he feels privileged to serve his Alma Mater as a regional alumni society coordinator for Scotland and now an active member in London.

Endorsements
"Miro has influenced the thinking of FinTech across Sopra Steria Group and driven cultural change from the ‘bottom up, ensuring the organisation is truly cutting edge in its approach to new technology adoption. He has proved himself to be a true rising star within the industry and would be a worthy recipient of this prestigious award."

Melba Foggo,MD Financial Services, Sopra Steria.

"Miro is a great ambassador for the Technology industry in Scotland. His excellent network, industry knowledge and boundless energy set him apart from others.  Miro’s involvement with ScotFinTECH and also with the Talent Stream of the FinTech Strategy for Scotland is helping to deliver tangible results."

Colin Halpern, SFE Finech Strategy Group & Regional Head of Scotland, Global Data Services HSBC

''“Miro stands out from the crowd with his passion for technology. His enthusiasm is infectious and his dedication to making a difference is clear to see. In our recent Hackathon, Miro brought experience and ideas to the table which energised the whole group and helped pave the way for a successful event.”''

Mike Speed, Head of Core Architecture, Aberdeen Asset Management