Meet The Team
Shannan Sweeney
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
As a high school teacher, Shannan witnessed the lack of financial education and discussion in schools, and wanted to find a way to expose young people to the financial community and encourage them to plan for their financial futures. As StockLift's UI/UX Designer, Shannan applied her vision to design a user-friendly portfolio and community space that brings together the next generation of investors.
Brendan Sweeney
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
As a Brown University graduate with a focus in economics, Brendan brings financial planning and vision to StockLift. Brendan saw the value in a diversified investment portfolio, and developed an algorithm to calculate the first Asset Score to encourage young investors to contribute to their futures more securely. Before joining StockLift, Brendan worked on the Private Equity Secondaries deal team at Ares Management.
Chris Hicks
Head of Technology
As Head of Technology at StockLift, Chris has led the development of StockLift and has built StockLift's proprietary API.
Chris is a Full Stack Software Engineer whose variety of skills give him a comprehensive view of StockLift, and the ability to manage all functionalities. Chris' dedication to StockLift has been invaluable and his commitment to improving and learning new skills has improved StockLift's product immensely.