About Workstorm
Our leaders and advisors come from the financial, legal, professional service, national security, and government industries, understanding the critical importance of data security and productivity.
Mission and Founding Story
Workstorm was founded in Chicago by Raj Fernando and Nick Stech. Raj previously owned Chopper Trading, which employed over 250 people across its headquarters in Chicago and a dozen other offices around the world. Nick was a quantitative researcher at Citadel Investment Group and a fintech product manager with Automated Trading Desk, an AI and automation innovator.
Feeling hindered by a lack of messaging and meeting tools that met the demands of the trading industry, Raj and Nick set out to develop a collaboration platform of their own.
The platform they set out to build needed to perform in the high-stress, fast-paced, and dynamic regulated global trading industry with no margin for error. Communication needed to take place in real-time and incorporate signals and messages from markets and automated trading systems. Noise and distractions could lead to costly mistakes, so messages needed to be appropriately prioritized and filtered. Expert teams needed to be brought together to respond to emerging situations no matter where they physically worked or how they were formally organized. Information needed to be shared on a need-to-know basis to protect highly confidential proprietary data, trade secrets, intellectual property, and client privacy. Records needed to be kept according to policies set by governments and regulating agencies. And all this activity needed to take place in a secure environment safe from malicious hacking attempts.
Together, Raj and Nick built Workstorm to meet those demanding requirements, and then realized that many other businesses and organizations handling sensitive information and operating in regulated industries could benefit from their collaboration solution. Workstorm has engaged with governments, financial firms, legal firms, consulting firms, and healthcare organizations who share our mission of protecting confidential information while working in highly collaborative environments. Workstorm, a powerful collaboration platform built on privacy and security, continues to develop technologies to assist the most demanding institutions as they adapt to more automation, engage with AI, and manage uncertainty.
Workstorm Corporate Leadership
In Memoriam
In 2023, we experienced the untimely loss of our colleague and friend, Andrew Christensen. Andrew was one of the first members of Workstorm and, as our Design Director, played an integral role in shaping the company’s journey right for the start.
