Paul LaRusso is Chief Executive Officer of Akoya. He is responsible for providing strategic, financial, and operational leadership for the company and works closely with the Board of Directors.

Prior to Akoya, Paul served as the Head of Data Aggregation at Chase. In this role, he led the industry in building out the infrastructure to deliver greater control and protection for consumers sharing their financial data. Through his leadership, Chase fully eliminated screen scraping in October of 2022.

Over his 14+ year career at Chase, Paul held additional leadership positions including the Head of Product for Digital Servicing, responsible for Chase’s online communications and servicing products used by 40 million active users and Product Owner for Mobile where he led the strategy and rollout of Chase’s first mobile banking apps. LaRusso was also the Board Co-Chair of Financial Data Exchange (FDX) and was on the Board of Directors of Akoya.

In addition, Paul has worked in the mobile industry for Verizon and Sprint. He holds a bachelor's (B.A.) in International Relations and Spanish from Bucknell University, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Georgetown University.