Chief Executive Officer

Christopher Leonard serves as Chief Executive Officer of MaestroX. Before becoming CEO, Christopher served as CEO of Velocity Solutions, a financial technology company providing software and solutions to the financial services industry.

Prior to Velocity, Christopher was a partner in one of North Carolina’s top law firms, where he worked with private and publicly-held businesses in transactional, compliance and advisory capacities, including real estate transactions. He is still a licensed attorney. While in law practice, Christopher received the New Hanover County Bar Association’s Pro Bono Award and was included in Super Lawyers.

Christopher received his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from Wake Forest University, where he was a recipient of the Wake Forest Honor Scholarship. In law school, he won the James A. Webster, Jr. Faculty Award as the student who displayed the greatest proficiency in real estate coursework. He has served in leadership roles in many nonprofit organizations, including as president of the Community Boys & Girls Club of Wilmington, NC as well as chairman of its foundation, a founding director of the St. James Parish Foundation, on the Board of Visitors of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity and on the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He currently serves on the Board of Visitors of the College at Wake Forest University.

Christopher is also active in professional organizations, and currently serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Broward Workshop, a non-profit organization consisting of the chief decision makers of major businesses in one of America’s 20 largest counties, and as a chair of its Technology Committee. He also has served on the Executive Committee of the South Florida Tech Hub. Christopher received the Apogee Award in 2019 for Top Technology CEO in South Florida, and the South Florida Business Journal named the company he ran as one of the top 10 fastest-growing technology companies in South Florida.

Christopher holds a commercial pilot certificate from the FAA and has multi-engine, single-engine, instrument and seaplane ratings, as well as a captain’s license from the U.S. Coast Guard. He resides with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.