Profile · New York, NY

Mohammed
Sumon

Finance strategist. AI builder.
Founder of Harmony. Not many people
occupy both sides of this frontier.

Currently at
Morningstar DBRS
VP Business Development · Structured Credit
Also building
Harmony
AI-native CRM building the relationship context layer for business development professionals to drive better business outcomes and deeper client relationships.
harmony-intelligence.io
sumon.mohammed@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/msumon
About

Over the past decade, I've worked at the intersection of financial technology, M&A strategy, and business development, always guided by one throughline: relationship context.

In Phase 3 (currently), I collaborate with leading asset managers and private credit funds to develop ratings solutions to advance their strategic objectives. In Phase 2, I partnered with senior executives at multinational companies to design and execute transformation strategies. In Phase 1, as a Client Solutions Associate, I implemented SaaS treasury solutions and helped clients translate technology into measurable value. Across all phases, my work has centered on building and enriching relationships across complex stakeholder networks.

To turn that insight into action, I built Harmony – a relationship intelligence platform designed to help commercial leaders deepen client engagement and translate connections into growth. Over the past several months, I've extended this mission by learning and applying AI and developer tools to humanize how businesses use data to connect.

With strategy, relationship, and technology fluency, I bridge commercial leadership and product innovation. In short, I'm a commercially oriented technologist dedicated to using technology to advance business relationships and growth.

On a more personal note – I have always been curious about beautiful things. This spans from architecture, food, photography, cinema and television (anime, included), cars, personal style – the list is endless. I was never talented enough to pursue any of the arts in any significant measure but found participating in such activities to resonate with me. With AI, I am able to finally express my more creative side through collaborating with language, image and video models to put the visions in my head to the screen. Therefore, you will see a lot of interesting designs throughout my work and a collection of my (multi-modal) inspiration sitting within my personal website.

I welcome you to explore.

Structured Credit Business Development AI-Native Development Management Consulting SaaS Fintech
Experience
Sep 2025
Present
New York, NY
Morningstar DBRS
Vice President, Business Development — Structured Credit
  • Building and managing a pipeline of rating engagements across fund feeders, CLO warehouse facilities, and investment fund debt
  • Advising clients on structure optimization to meet rating thresholds and investor requirements
  • Acting as the commercial bridge between asset managers and the analytical team
Founder · Builder 2025 · Present New York, NY
Harmony
AI-native CRM building the relationship context layer for business development professionals to drive better business outcomes and deeper client relationships.
  • Oracle — context-aware AI assistant with full client history
  • Promise Keeper — commitment and follow-up tracking
  • Relationship health and warmth scoring
  • Atelier — semantic client-offering matching via pgvector
  • AI-powered activity summaries and proactive suggestions
  • 10+ features shipped · approaching public beta
Frontend
React · TypeScript · Vite
Tailwind · shadcn/ui
Backend
Node.js · Express · Prisma
PostgreSQL · pgvector
AI & Async
Claude · Voyage AI · BullMQ
Redis · Codex · Gemini
Platform
Vercel · Docker · Stripe
AWS S3 · Linear
Jul 2022
Aug 2025
New York, NY
EY-Parthenon
Senior Consultant — Financial Services
  • Grew a strategic banking relationship to $500K+ in revenue with $3M+ long-term pipeline
  • Secured $1M+ mandate with a marquee PE megafund, displacing a long-standing competitor — resulting in 5+ follow-on engagements
  • Identified $1.6B+ in revenue opportunities through go-to-market analyses presented to 30+ senior managing partners
  • Digital assets: M&A readiness for a US crypto exchange; tokenization of real-world assets research
Oct 2017
Aug 2020
New York, NY
Hazeltree
Client Solutions Associate — B2B SaaS
  • Drove 87%+ renewal rates across 10+ global asset management clients
  • Led end-to-end SaaS implementations managing stakeholder alignment and technical integration
Jul 2016
Oct 2017
Morristown, NJ
MetLife Investments
Structured Finance Investment Analyst
  • Led post-deal execution on transactions totaling $1.2B+ in purchases
  • Built a Python automation that reduced weekly reconciliation time by 63%
Education
NYU Stern School of Business
MBA · Strategy, Business Analytics & Management · 2022
VP, Management Consulting Association · Stern Technology Association
Fordham University — Gabelli School of Business
BS Finance · Alternative Investments · 2016
Fordham Jogues Scholar · Point72 Asset Management summer analyst
Skills
Finance & Credit
Structured CreditCLO Fund FinancePrivate Equity DD Digital AssetsBloomberg Terminal
AI & Development
Anthropic ClaudeOpenAI Codex Google GeminiReact · TypeScript Node.js · PostgreSQLRedis · BullMQ Vercel · Docker · StripeMCP Integrations
Strategy & BD
Business DevelopmentGo-to-Market Strategy Management ConsultingCommercial Strategy
Data & Analytics
PythonSQL TableauPower BI Lean Six Sigma