Our vision
Elevate higher education.
Stratofied is a financial tech company elevating higher education with the first trading and servicing platform for student loan digital assets. Powered by blockchain technology, Stratofied’s marketplace enables student loan digital assets to be issued, bought, sold and serviced, making them tradable, accessible, and attractive to purchasers.
The people behind the work
Meet our team.
Leadership/


John Backiel
Co-CEO, Co-Founder
John is an executive leader, innovator, and disrupter focused on flawless execution. He is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Stratofied, a financial tech company building the first blockchain-enabled trading and servicing platform for student loan digital assets.


Nick Stoltzfus
Co-CEO, Co-Founder
Nick Stoltzfus is a Certified Public Accountant specializing in nonprofit and tech-forward start-up accounting and back-office solutions. Prior to founding Stratofied, he founded Pivotal LLC, a fractional CFO service firm focusing on nonprofits and start-ups. Prior to founding Pivotal, he served as Director, Accounting and Controller at the Heritage Foundation.


Tony Saliba
Board Chairman, Co-Founder
Internationally renowned business leader, multi-faceted serial entrepreneur, option trading pioneer, and shareholder, operator and investor in nearly 100 companies. Master trader at CBOE where he also served on Board of Directors
Technology/


Joe Piotrowski
Technologist, Securities Platforms
Joe Piotrowski is the former CTO at LiquidPoint, LLC and Dash Financial Technologies. He has designed, developed, and managed a variety of options trading systems over the course of his career.


Charles Wismer
Technologist, Smart Contracts
For the past four years, Charles Wismer has served as CEO of Advalis, the parent company of FincenFetch—a leading platform with a direct connection to the U.S. Treasury Department’s report-filing systems.
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