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Your Financial Success is Our Mission: The SAVVI Story

At SAVVI, we are on a mission to democratize financial advice. Our founding team identified a critical need, and our goal is to make high quality financial guidance accessible to everyone.

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Gina Mourtzinou Ph.D., Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, SAVVI Financial

“True disruption of the financial services market depends on combining technology with a first-rate leadership philosophy that puts true customer-centricity at the heart of everything a company does.”

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Our Beliefs

We operate with key guiding principles in everything we do. Every solution we create and every action we take is founded on these elements

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Personalized

We provide tailored advice that matches each client's unique needs, balancing their current financial situation with future goals.

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Comprehensive

Using cutting-edge AI and data science, we consider the complete financial picture—accounts, taxes, investments, and more.

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Actionable

Our clear and practical recommendations empower you to take control, providing not just what to do, but how to do it.

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Lifelong

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Our advice evolves with you, adapting to your changing conditions, needs, and goals throughout your life.

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Proven Success: What Our Customers Say

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Financial decision support isn't just offering options, it's empowering individuals to confidently choose what's best for their unique life goals. SAVVI Financial is helping Benefitfocus radically simplify the benefit enrollment journey

Andrew Frend

President, Benefitfocus

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SAVVI is powering distinct financial guidance experiences at Voya, propelling us to be industry leaders. Their guidance engine is helping our customers feel more confident in their financial decisions, leading to happier and healthier customers - that’s way more powerful than just pushing products.

Nate Black

VP, Consumer Driven Health, Voya Financial

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More working Americans are turning to their employers for help when it comes to their financial wellness goals. SAVVI guidance is an important piece that helps bring together our Health Solutions and Wealth Solutions businesses into one seamless customer experience.

Rob Grubka

CEO, Workplace Solutions, Voya Financial

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SAVVI’s financial guidance solutions help me provide benefits experiences not offered by other brokers.  Their data-driven insights and personalized solutions are a real game changer.

Elizabeth Cunningham

Senior Account Manager, USI Insurance Services

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SAVVI has revolutionized the way we approach employee benefits. The financial guidance for our employees has empowered our employees to make smarter benefit choices.   It's been a game-changer for our organization

Eric McGahhey,

Vice President, HR Operations, Dynata

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Having SelectSmart available during the enrollment process helped me effectively analyze the options available to me and confidently make a selection for my family.  It has proven to save me money over time.  I would highly recommend utilizing the tool as a second set of eyes.

Kim D.

SelectSmart User

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Co-Founder Spotlight

Dr. Dimitris Bertsimas is a world renowned authority in the field of Robust Optimization and has been applying that expertise to financial decision-making for more than 25 years. Previously, he served as Head of Quantitative Investments at RiverSource Investments where he was responsible for managing $12 billion in assets. On faculty at MIT since 1988, Dr. Bertsimas is the Co-director of the university’s Operations Research Center.

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Dimitris Bertsimas, Ph.D.

Chairman of the Board, SAVVI Financial

Gina Mourtzinou, Ph.D, has distinguished herself as a leader in Analytics and Operations Research. She is the recipient of the Presidential Award from the National Technical University of Athens and second prize for the national INFORMS George Nicholson paper competition for her MIT PhD graduate thesis. As the Co-Founder and CEO, Gina focuses the organization on leveraging analytics & modeling to develop high-quality, affordable financial advice solutions.

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Gina Mourtzinou, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer, SAVVI Financial

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Meet the Team

We are a group of MIT-trained Ph.D. mathematicians, engineers, and data scientists with over 20 years of experience in quantitative finance, applied analytics, and robust optimization.

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Dimitris Bertsimas

Ph.D.

Co-Founder,

Chairman of the Board

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Gina Mourtzinou

Ph.D.

Co-Founder,

Chief Executive Officer

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Steve Kokkotos

Ph.D.

Co-Founder,

Chief Compliance Officer

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Alex Sauer-Budge

Ph.D.

Co-Founder,

Chief Technology Officer

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Adrian Becker

Ph.D.

Co-Founder,

Research & Development

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Chris Moran

Head of Client Solutions

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Brian Harrison

MBA, CFP

President,

Head of Consumer Product

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Our Team History

1999

Dimitris Bertsimas, Ph.D. & Gina Mourtzinou, Ph.D. founded Dynamic Ideas, providing portfolio optimization software for investment managers.

2002

Acquired by American Express to become their boutique quantitative investment team.

2002-
2010

During this time, the team grew global allocation strategies to $12B in assets under management while supporting thousands of advisors and their clients.

2010

The core team regrouped to independently tackle the unmet need of providing affordable and effective financial advice for Americans.

2011

Launched Alpha Dynamics to manage outcome-driven investment portfolios that combine active diversification with shortfall risk control.

2013

SAVVI Financial was founded, and the development of our first product was initiated

2015

Created Analytic Wealth Advisors to combine our deep quantitative approach to financial planning with high-touch concierge service.

2018

Launched SAVVI Financial's first official product to provide Americans access to high-quality financial advice.

2019

SAVVI forms partnership with Benefitfocus

2020

Voya Financial launches new HSA digital assistant powered by SAVVI Financial

2023

SAVVI and Benefitfocus partner to launch integrated enrollment experience

2024

SAVVI reaches key benchmark of guiding 250,000 users with financial advice

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Why Join the SAVVI Team?

At SAVVI, we merge AI and data science with a deep understanding of personal finance to create a seamless and comprehensive experience. By integrating the latest technology with improved customer journeys, we help individuals achieve better financial outcomes. Our commitment is to make financial advice accessible, actionable, and lifelong, ensuring you have the tools and guidance you need every step of the way.

Join us at SAVVI Financial and be part of a movement to make expert financial advice accessible for everyone.

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