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Kent Collier

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Founder & CEO at Octus
📍 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Kent Collier is the Founder and CEO of Octus, formerly Reorg, the leading provider of intelligence for the global credit markets. With a background as a distressed debt analyst at firms like Millennium Partners, he is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a graduate of the University of Virginia.

Outside of work, Kent has spoken about the personal sacrifices required to build his company, emphasizing the importance of his family. He and his wife founded The Good Words Foundation to support nonprofit journalistic organizations, and in his free time, he enjoys golfing.

He founded his company to solve a problem he personally faced: the difficulty of accessing timely and accurate legal and financial data as a buy-side analyst.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Credit Intelligence
Founded and leads Octus, a company dedicated to providing data, intelligence, and analysis for the global credit, distressed debt, and leveraged finance markets.
AI in Finance
Described as a passionate innovator in data science and generative AI, implementing these technologies to shape the future of financial data management and workflows at Octus.
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Career

Work history

12-2012
Founder & CEO
Octus
6-2009 - 12-2012
Vice President - Asset Management
Assurant Asset Management
1-2009 - 4-2009
Analyst
Millennium Partners
4-2007 - 12-2008
Senior Analyst
Catalyst Investment Management
7-2003 - 4-2007
Associate Director
Babson Capital Management
In the press

Media appearances

Kent Collier, Founder & CEO, Octus – Prioritizing Progress. Featured in Apple Podcasts
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Inside Kent Collier – Octus People in Focus (Podcast). Featured in Octus
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Education
B.S.
University of Virginia
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