# William (Bill) Sarris

> William (Bill) Sarris is the founder and former CEO of Linqto, whose career spans enterprise financial software, banking-app delivery, and a private-company investment platform. His software work included projects for Intuit and Digital Insight. After leaving the CEO role in January 2025, he became the subject of federal criminal charges announced in September 2026 and a separate SEC civil complaint filed in October 2026. He denies the criminal charges through his lawyer and is presumed innocent.

- **Role:** Software developer and fintech entrepreneur
- **Organizations:** Linqto, Intuit, Digital Insight
- **Known for:** Delivered enterprise software applications for clients including Microsoft, Intuit, Digital Insight, NCR, and Stanford, as described in his published speaker biography., Co-founded Linqto and led its development from financial software into private-market investing., His software work is credited in published biographies with the Forrester Groundswell Award and Monarch Innovation Award for Banking.

## Career timeline

- **2007–2015** — Worked with Intuit; The Org lists an engagement from January 2007 to December 2015. His published biography describes applications for QuickBooks, Mint, and QuickBooks Online.
- **2009–2010** — Founded Linqto. The SEC complaint dates founding and incorporation to 2009; contemporary Finovate materials give January 2010 as the founding date.
- **2015** — Presented Linqto’s banking software delivery technology at FinDEVr with chief software architect Erik Thomas.
- **2016** — Presented the App Store for Banks at FinovateSpring; the platform let financial institutions brand and deploy fintech applications.
- **2020** — Linqto launched its private-company investment platform in February.
- **2024-02** — Linqto announced Joe Endoso as CEO, with Sarris moving to executive chairman.
- **2024-08** — The SEC’s October 2026 complaint states that Sarris resumed the CEO role in August 2024.
- **2025-01** — Ceased serving as CEO on January 2, 2025; Dan Siciliano became CEO.
- **2025-03** — Linqto’s first-day bankruptcy declaration states his employment ended March 10, 2025.
- **2026-09** — Federal criminal charges against Sarris were announced September 2. His lawyer denied the charges; Sarris is presumed innocent.
- **2026-10** — The SEC filed a separate civil complaint against Sarris and Endoso on October 9, alleging misleading private-market investors.

## Achievements

- Delivered enterprise software applications for clients including Microsoft, Intuit, Digital Insight, NCR, and Stanford, as described in his published speaker biography.
- Co-founded Linqto and led its development from financial software into private-market investing.
- His software work is credited in published biographies with the Forrester Groundswell Award and Monarch Innovation Award for Banking.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — On October 9 the SEC sued Sarris and Endoso in the Northern District of California, alleging deception about pricing, scarcity, automated pricing, and regulatory compliance. The allegations are not adjudicated findings.
- **2026-09** — On September 2 federal prosecutors announced a six-count indictment against Sarris. His lawyer Tim Treanor said he was innocent and would fight the charges. Sarris is presumed innocent.
- **2026-08** — Former Linqto executive Joseph Endoso pleaded guilty on August 27 and agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors; this was Endoso’s plea, not Sarris’s.
- **2026-02** — Linqto announced confirmation of its Chapter 11 reorganization plan on February 6.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-sarris-6433531
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BillSarris

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Last updated: 2026-10-21