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Constellation
Why we built Constellation

We watched people we love go through the worst weeks of their lives — and then do paperwork.

Close friends. Relatives. The same story every time: grief, and underneath it a scavenger hunt nobody asked for.

Between us we’ve spent over thirty-five years protecting banks, government agencies and global enterprises — the systems that are never allowed to lose track of anything.

Then we watched families we know try to settle an estate. Corporations spend millions making sure nothing is ever lost. Families are handed a shoebox.

The problem is inevitable. The consequences aren’t.

160+

online accounts, the average person

Banking, insurance, subscriptions, crypto, cloud storage, investments — scattered across dozens of platforms with no central record.

  • Accounts locked forever because no one knew they existed
  • Subscriptions charging a closed bank account for months
  • Family can’t find the will, insurance policy, or recovery codes
  • An executor spending months guessing what to close and how
  • Digital memories — photos, messages, videos — permanently lost
The two of us

Founded in New Jersey, late 2025

Still just the two of us. That’s deliberate for now — we’d rather answer your email ourselves than hand it to someone who has never read your plan.

Russell Brick

Russell Brick

Co-Founder

Russell is an information security leader with more than two decades of experience protecting global enterprises, critical systems, and digital infrastructure. His career began with service in the United States Marine Corps, where the values of discipline, responsibility, and protecting others shaped his approach to everything that followed.

“The systems that power our lives deserve the same protection as the systems that power the world’s largest organizations.”
  • USMC veteran
  • 20+ years InfoSec
  • Enterprise cybersecurity
Nick Marchesani

Nick Marchesani

Co-Founder

Nick brings over 15 years of experience in financial services cybersecurity, spanning governance, technology risk, and enterprise security strategy. He holds a Master’s degree in Cybersecurity from Penn State and has spent his career at the intersection of security and trust — helping regulated institutions protect the information that people depend on.

“If institutions invest millions to protect their systems, families deserve the same level of care for theirs.”
  • Cybersecurity strategy
  • Financial services risk
  • M.S. Cybersecurity, Penn State

Not just storage. Not just planning. A system.

  • You define activation — grace period, required confirmations, owner veto
  • AES-256-GCM vault with a unique key per document, master key in AWS KMS
  • Mission Control gives your executor a playbook, not a scavenger hunt
  • The Institution Directory names which bank to call and what to send
  • Linked Constellations let families coordinate without exposing private data

Security isn’t a feature here, it’s the foundation.