Keynote Speakers
Raphael Bostic
President and Chief Executive Officer – Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Dr. Raphael W. Bostic took office June 5, 2017, as the 15th president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He is responsible for all the Bank’s activities, including monetary policy, bank supervision and regulation, and payment services. He serves on the Federal Open Market Committee, the monetary policymaking body of the Federal Reserve System.
Bostic worked at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1995 to 2001, first as an economist and then as a senior economist in the monetary and financial studies section, where his work on the Community Reinvestment Act earned him a special achievement award.
He serves on many boards and advisory committees, including the Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Georgia’s Partnership for Inclusive Innovation, and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. He is also a member of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers. He is serving as the 2021–22 chair of the board of directors of the United Way of Greater Atlanta and is the 2022 chair-elect for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
Michael Froman
Former United States Trade Representative
Michael Froman formerly served as the 17th United States Trade Representative, sworn in under President Obama in 2013. In this capacity, he served in the Cabinet as President Obama’s principal advisor, negotiator, and spokesperson on international trade and investment issues. He also led the Office of the United States Trade Representative in its work to open global markets for US goods and services, enforcing America’s rights in the global trading system and fostering development through trade. In his current role at MasterCard, he focuses on developing solutions for governments and other enterprises, launching new businesses, and driving financial inclusion and inclusive growth efforts.
Key initiatives undertaken at the Office of the United States Trade Representative under Ambassador Froman’s leadership included negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in the Asia Pacific, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union, negotiation of agreements on services, information technology and trade facilitation at the World Trade Organization, and monitoring and enforcing U.S. trade rights, including through the Interagency Trade and Enforcement Center (ITEC). He expertly addresses how policies affect not only American interests but also the economic futures of Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and China and Japan, in particular.
Before his appointment as Trade Representative, Ambassador Froman served in the White House as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, where he was responsible for coordinating policy on international trade and finance, energy security and climate change, and development and democracy issues. He served as the US Sherpa for the G20 and G8 Summits and staffed the President for the APEC Leaders Meetings. He chaired or co-chaired the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, the Transatlantic Economic Council, the US-India CEO Forum and the US-Brazil CEO Forum. He formerly held a number of high-level roles at Citigroup and is a Distinguished Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations. From 2001 until 2009, Ambassador Froman managed various businesses at Citigroup, as CEO of its international insurance business, COO of Alternative Investments and head of its infrastructure investment fund. He spent seven years in the US Government under President Clinton serving as Chief of Staff and as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Eurasia and the Middle East at the US Department of Treasury. He was also Director for International Economic Affairs at the National Security Council and National Economic Council.
Mark Gould
Chief Payments Executive – Federal Reserve Financial Services
Mark Gould is the Federal Reserve System’s chief payments executive. He is responsible for leading the full range of payment services provided by Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS), working to deliver a fully integrated suite of payment services and a unified customer experience for financial institutions nationwide. Mark is a proven leader with a track record for getting results and driving organizational change to meet the challenges of a dynamic future. He is a fierce advocate for transparency, inclusion and diversity, and mentorship in the workplace. He is also a champion for building a cohesive, contemporary, and collaborative culture across traditional organizational boundaries.
Mark previously served as the chief operating officer and first vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. He led the Federal Reserve System’s Cash Product Office, which oversees the processing, quality, and distribution of U.S. currency domestically and internationally. Mark’s career at the Federal Reserve began 30 years ago in the Retail Payments Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Prior to his role as chief operating officer and first vice president and national cash product director, Mark led the Seattle branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and provided leadership to technology, operations, and administrative functions.
Samantha Radocchia
Cultural Technologist, Blockchain Pioneer and Co-Founder of Chronicled, Inc.
Samantha Radocchia, or “Sam Rad” for short, is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, author, and emerging tech advocate who combines the mindsets of an anthropologist and a technologist. Sam has delivered keynotes globally and led corporate trainings at Fortune 500 corporations, trade associations, conferences, national governments, NGOs, investment firms, and the United Nations, educating leaders on the technologies and cultural shifts that will shape their organizations—and daily lives—in the years to come. A reformed gamer, she started studying virtual currencies in 2009 while writing her anthropology thesis on currency exchanges in the virtual world, “Second Life.” Since then, she has founded three companies, holds several patents, and was an early outspoken voice in blockchain as the co-founder of Chronicled, an enterprise blockchain company focused on supply chain. Sam now consults executives, trade associations, governments, and investors on emerging technology trends and delivers keynotes at events worldwide. Most recently, she founded a company currently in stealth, working at the intersection of livestreaming and global payments.
In addition to emerging technology, Sam is deeply passionate about Future of Work, Future of Production, Future of Community/Governance, Future of Cities, Future of Finance, Future of Wellness as well as sustainability, not just in respect to environment, but in business. She has built experimental cities, leveraging blockchain, IoT, robotics, and AI; assisted in the creation of large scale RPG game design and virtual world architecture; deployed mesh sensor networks across small and medium sized cities; worked with governments to track temperatures of volatile substances and medicines across hostile environments; created globally distributed and decentralized organizations of 1000+ members and helped companies shift to embrace remote work; assisted in the creation of a decentralized voting and governance system; rolled out identity and cryptocurrency to disaster zones and refugee camps; architected a decentralized manufacturing network with connected 3D printers and 3D knitters; deployed a drone delivery and authentication service on blockchain; assisted in the creation of a smart charging station for autonomous vehicles; and more. She also is trained in and speaks on organizational culture and theory, particularly as we shift to globally distributed and remote workforces. Her lectures on risk, emotional intelligence, and intuition have been featured by globally recognized universities such as MIT, Harvard, Columbia, and UCL.
Hosts
Charles Evans
President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Charles L. Evans has served as president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago since September 2007. In that capacity, he serves on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Federal Reserve System’s monetary policymaking body. Before becoming president in September of 2007, Evans served as director of research and senior vice president, supervising the Bank’s research on monetary policy, banking, financial markets, and regional economic conditions. His personal research has focused on measuring the effects of monetary policy on U.S. economic activity, inflation, and financial market prices and has been published in peer-reviewed journals. Evans is active in the civic community. He is a trustee at Rush University Medical Center, a director of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a governing board member of Econ Illinois, a member of the Economic Club of Chicago board of directors, and a member of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago and Civic Consulting Alliance board. Evans has taught at the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, and the University of South Carolina. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia and a doctorate in economics from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Ellen Bromagen
First Vice President & COO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Ellen Bromagen was appointed first vice president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago effective September 1, 2015. Prior to her appointment, she was the executive vice president and product manager of the Federal Reserve System’s Customer Relations and Support Office (CRSO). The CRSO has a strategic leadership role within the Federal Reserve, managing the nation-wide electronic payments and information delivery network (“FedLine”), leading national sales and marketing strategies associated with $0.5 billion in annual revenue and providing customer set-up and support for over 100,000 users. Bromagen joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in 1990 and has held a variety of management positions during her time at the bank. Bromagen was promoted to assistant vice president-accounting in 1998. She joined the CRSO in 2003 was promoted to vice president in 2004 with the responsibility for financial planning and revenue management. In 2006, Bromagen assumed responsibility for FedLine® Program Management and was promoted to senior vice president in 2008. In 2012 she was promoted to executive vice president and product manager of the CRSO. Bromagen holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s degree from DePaul University.
Shonda Clay
Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Shonda Clay is an executive vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and product manager for the Federal Reserve’s national Customer Relations and Support Office. Clay also serves as the director for the Federal Reserve’s payment system improvement initiatives. As product manager, Clay has responsibility for leading the business strategy, development, management and support of customer relations, marketing, industry relations and FedLine access solutions for the Federal Reserve Banks. As director, Clay has responsibility for leading major payment system improvement initiatives to achieve our desired outcomes for a secure, faster, more efficient U.S. payment system. Clay is also a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Executive Committee.
Clay’s 30 year career at the Federal Reserve began at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. In 2001, she transitioned to the Customer Relations and Support Office, headquartered at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and became a member of the Bank’s official staff as assistant vice president and national account manager. Clay was promoted to vice president in 2007 with responsibility for customer relations and marketing. In 2014, Clay was promoted to senior vice president responsible for customer relations, marketing and industry relations.
Clay holds a master’s degree in business administration from Northwestern University, J.L. Kellogg School of Management, and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of North Texas.
Connie Theien (Emcee)
Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Connie Theien serves as the senior vice president of industry relations and the faster payments strategy leader for the Federal Reserve System. Theien leads efforts to engage payments stakeholders in advancing strategies for improving the U.S. payment system and in collaborating to encourage implementation and adoption of faster payments in the United States. Theien leads stakeholder engagement by supporting various industry and Federal Reserve work groups and initiatives. She also leads the engagement strategy for the Fed Payments Improvement Community, a group that includes thousands of stakeholders from across the payments ecosystem, to improve the end-to-end speed, efficiency and security of payments in the country. As part of the Federal Reserve’s payments improvement leadership team, she established and managed the Faster and Secure Payments Task Forces, a coalition of 500+ stakeholders that worked from 2015-2018 to lay important groundwork for advancing payments speed and security.
Panel Session Speakers
Global Payments
Erin McCune (moderator)
Erin is a Partner at Glenbrook. Her consulting practice focuses on client engagements in business payments, cross-border transactions, bill payment, and the intersection of corporate finance, banking, and ERP/accounting. She is an advocate for billers, small and medium sized businesses, and governments, segments often poorly served by the payments industry. Recent projects have involved anticipating how ‘faster payments will transform B2B and bill pay within the United States and identifying possible winners and losers, payment-enabling eGovernment in the U.S., and the implementation of modern, low cost payment infrastructure as a means to electronify government collections/disbursements and increase financial inclusion in developing markets. Erin has nearly twenty years of experience leading increasingly complex payment initiatives for corporate clients and advising financial institutions and payment technologists on the development of their payment capabilities.
Pablo Garcia Arabehety
Former Head of Payment Systems, Central Bank of Argentina
Paul Bedford
Senior Advisor, Bank of England
Experienced public policy professional able to combine deep economic analysis with practical focus on delivering positive change, with a proven track-record of influencing international policy initiatives, extracting maximum performance from analytical teams, and building and maintaining strong personal relationships with contacts in the public and private sectors. Over a decade of first-hand experience of policy-making processes in the UK and abroad, with particular focus on the design and operation of financial market infrastructure and prudential regulation of the banking industry.
Melissa Tuozzolo
Payments Industry Head, Citi
Melissa Tuozzolo is the head of Payments Financial Market Infrastructures and Industry Initiatives in Citi’s Treasury and Trade Services organization. In this role, Melissa manages a team focused on advocacy and execution of strategic transformation across payments networks and key industry initiatives. She is a member of the Payments Market Practice Group (PMPG) and the SWIFT US National Group. Melissa has fifteen years’ experience in the Transaction Banking industry. She started her career in Citi’s Global Transaction Services analyst rotational program, and has held roles in across strategy, product development, global FI market management and client management throughout her Citi career. She joined HSBC in 2014. There she served as the North America Head of International Payments. In this capacity, she managed a suite of payments products for HSBC’s North America region including Clearing, Foreign Currency Payments and Global Disbursements. Prior to rejoining Citi in 2017, she was the Director of Direct Banking at Amalgamated Bank, tasked with developing a digital consumer bank proposition and leading engagements with FinTech partnerships.
P (Vasu) Vasudevan
Head of Payments, Reserve Bank of India
Mr. Vasudevan heads the payments and settlement systems function in RBI. This involves framing policies, regulating, supervising, facilitating innovation and playing a catalytic role in the payments space, encompassing many bank and non-bank payment system operators. He has headed and successfully implemented large payment system projects in the RBI. He represented RBI in the CPSS Working Group on Retail Payments. Mr. Vasudevan represents the RBI on the CPMI, the SAARC Payments Council and the SEACEN Payments Group. He is also the Vice-Chair of the Legal Entity Identifier Regulatory Oversight Committee. Apart from payment systems, he has extensive experience in the banking and non-banking supervision space, apart from a satisfying time as a member-of-faculty training commercial bankers. A career central banker with over 27 years of experience, Mr. Vasudevan is a cost and management accountant with master’s in finance and certifications in information systems audit and information security management. He is also an alumnus of the Wharton School.
Activating Next Gen Faster Payments Use Cases
Mark Willard (moderator)
Managing Director, Phoenix Marketing International
Prior to Phoenix Marketing International, Mark was the Managing Director of Market Strategies International’s Financial Services Division and has more than 25 years of experience in research. Mark has extensive experience in both qualitative and quantitative research techniques. Prior to MSI, Mark was an Executive Vice President position at Research International, where he led the Financial Services practice. Mark was the managing director and founding partner of The Willard and Shullman Group, a full-service research and consulting firm. At Willard and Shullman, Mark managed all consulting and project-related activities and was also the firm’s chief methodologist. Before Willard and Shullman, Mark was an internal consultant for Citicorp, where he was involved in the development of virtually all of its customer satisfaction measurement programs worldwide. Mark has an undergraduate degree in psychology from Hofstra University and has completed coursework toward his Ph.D. in applied psychological research, also at Hofstra.
Dan Baum
Senior Vice President, Product FedNow
Daniel Baum is a senior vice president and head of payments product management for the Federal Reserve System’s FedNowSM Service. In his role, Dan leads product development and product management efforts for the Federal Reserve’s newly announced FedNow service offering. Baum previously served as vice president in the Retail Payments Office (RPO) of the Federal Reserve System, where he led the RPO’s product development group overseeing Check and ACH product development and pricing. He also served as a product development director in the RPO, overseeing key product and pricing initiatives for the automated clearinghouse (ACH) and check business lines. From 1996 to 2005, Baum worked at the Richmond Fed managing day check operations and led the Fifth District’s Check Administration department. Baum holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Maryland at Baltimore, a Master of Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University, and attended Banking School at Vanderbilt University.
Jessica Cheney
Vice President, Bottomline
Jessica Cheney is Vice President, Product Management & Strategic Solutions at Bottomline Technologies where she has responsibility for heading the Product Management team for the Digital Banking Group. She is responsible for working with financial industry leaders to develop strategic solutions that facilitate Financial Institutions’ growth in the online banking and cash management markets. She has been with Bottomline since 2012. Prior to Bottomline, she was Sr. Director – Business Analysis and Product Consulting for S1 Corporation, where she had global responsibility for product strategy, solutions consulting and payments product management for the Financial Institutions business. Jessica has over 25 years of cash management experience with banks and software providers. Jessica has a strong payments and Banking background having served in key product management and sales support roles at Clear2Pay and US Bank. She served on the US Federal Reserve’s Faster Payments Taskforce, NACHA Innovation Alliance and the US Faster Payments Council. Jessica is an Accredited ACH Professional and a Certified Treasury Professional.
Tony Cook
Senior Vice President, FirstBank
Tony Cook is Senior Vice President of Payment Operations and Real Time Payments at FirstBank, headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado. Tony has worked in various roles since joining FirstBank in 2008, including branch strategy, and retail support, but has spent the majority of his career focused on payments. In his current role Tony oversees ACH, check, wire, and reconciliation operations as well as strategic payments initiatives such as implementation of Real Time Payments and FedNow. Tony is an active member of the U.S. Faster Payments Council, serving on the Board Advisory Group since 2020. Tony also has extensive experience leading and implementing large scale projects, working with software and technology providers, and strategically managing back-office operations. Tony graduated from Colorado State University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and is an honors graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado.
Craig McDonald
Chief Business Officer, Trustly
Craig is a financial technology veteran with over 17 years’ experience working to solve the payments challenges for companies of every size and vertical. Prior to PayWithMybank, Craig spent three years with MoneyGram supporting its 2,700 financial institution clients, a $2 billion portfolio, and the company’s digital distribution. Previously, Craig held executive positions at Nexxo Financial (acquired by MoneyGram), Valista/iPIN (acquired by Aepona and subsequently Intel Corp.). At Valista, Craig was COO and managed worldwide expansion with customers such as AT&T, Verizon, AOL, General Motors, British Telecom, France Telecom, NTT DOCOMO, and others. Craig has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Michigan State University.
Sam Shrauger
CEO AirBnB Payments, AirBnB
Experienced senior general manager and product executive with a demonstrated history of designing and delivering innovative and transformational products in the digital/mobile payments, digital commerce and financial services industries. Deep subject matter expertise in global and domestic payment systems/schemes, payment network architectures and functions, and digital and mobile payment solutions. Highly skilled in Organizational leadership, P&L management, Digital Strategy, Digital Product/Solution Management, User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Mobile and Digital Payments and building high-performing Product, Design and Development teams.
Digital Currency
Avivah Litan (moderator)
Vice President, Gartner
Avivah Litan is a Distinguished VP Analyst in Gartner Research. Ms. Litan specializes in Blockchain innovation, as well as AI Trust, Security and Risk Management. She chairs Gartner’s Blockchain Research Community of analysts covering blockchain and leads Gartner’s research on AI Risk management. Ms. Litan has a strong background in many aspects of financial services and payments, and in cybersecurity and fraud. This background is useful in her current coverage of disruptive blockchain-based financial services and payment systems, and in securing and protecting AI. Before joining Gartner, Ms. Litan worked as a Director of Financial Systems at the World Bank. She also worked as a journalist and columnist for the Washington Times. She earned her Masters of Science at M.I.T.
Jim Cunha
Executive Vice President, Secure Payments, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Jim Cunha is the Executive Vice President of Secure Payments and FinTech Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. His entire career has focused on the interrelationship of payments, security, technology and innovation. Cunha leads the Federal Reserve’s Secure Payment efforts, which seeks to help reduce fraud in the U.S. payments system through collaboration with industry participants. Cunha is also spearheading the Boston Fed’s efforts to study distributed ledger technology, or blockchain, to determine potential benefits and risks in financial services for internal and external uses. He is specifically focused on the evolution of the technology and its potential impact on the financial services sector. He is also responsible for the Bank’s technology research related to central bank digital currencies (CBDC), including a joint research effort with MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative. Cunha has worked at the Boston Fed since 1984. Prior to that, he worked at Fleet National Bank. He holds a bachelor’s in accounting and philosophy from Northeastern University and a bachelor’s in computer science from Rhode Island College.
Cleopatra Davis
Head of Banking, Central Bank of Bahamas
Cleopatra Davis is the Head of Banking, at the Central Bank of The Bahamas, where she has oversight of payments operations, foreign investments, and domestic debt market activities. She serves as co-chair of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) project committee. She also serves on a number of the Central Bank’s committees including the Investment Committee and Monetary Policy Committee. Previously she served as the Chief Audit Executive at the Central Bank of The Bahamas from 2009 – 2017. Cleopatra obtained a Chartered Banker MBA (MCBI) from Bangor University, a B.Sc. Electronics Engineering from Herff College of Engineering, University of Memphis. She is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA), holds a Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) and is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). She is a member of the Chartered Banker Institute, UK, and a member of the global Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), Digital Financial Services (DFS) Working Group.
Dante Disparte
Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Global Policy, Circle
Dante Disparte is the Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy for Circle, a leading digital financial services firm building the most trusted treasury and payments infrastructure for the internet, including the fastest growing dollar digital currency, USDC. Prior to joining Circle, Dante served as a founding executive of the Diem Association, leading public policy, communications, membership, and social impact. Dante comes to Circle with two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, business leader and global risk expert, most recently as founder and CEO of Risk Cooperative, a strategic risk advisory and insurance brokerage based in Washington, D.C. Dante also serves as an appointee on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Advisory Council, the United States’ federal emergency response agency. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Digital Currency Governance Consortium, helping drive global standards and regulatory harmonization for digital currencies. Dante is a frequent speaker and commentator on business and political issues shaping the world. His views on risk, economic competitiveness and security issues are regularly featured in leading media and publications, such as Harvard Business Review, BBC, Forbes, and Diplomatic Courier, where Dante serves on the editorial advisory board. Dante is a graduate of Harvard Business School and holds an MSc. in Risk Management from the NYU Stern School of Business and a B.A. in International and Intercultural Studies from Goucher College. He is the co-author of “Global Risk Agility and Decision Making” (Macmillan, 2016) and was recognized as one of the 40 leaders under 40 by the Washington Business Journal and in the inaugural Powermeter 100 list.
Mithra Sundberg
Head of E-Krona, Riksbank Sweden
Innovation & Open Banking
Ravneet Randhawa (moderator)
Fintech & Innovation Market Manger, Deloitte
Ravneet is a digital transformation leader in banking and payments space. She focuses on corporate payments and credit cards and leads innovative thinking around exponential technologies in payments space. She leads multiple teams of diverse practitioners to solve her client’s biggest issues. She has led multiple M&A engagements in financial services focused on fintech diligence and acquisition, legal entity restructure and integration. Ravneet likes to invest time developing junior practitioners. She also was the founding member of Deloitte’s blockchain lab.
Johnny Ayers
Chief Executive Officer, Socure
Johnny Ayers is the Founder and CEO of Socure. Since founding the company in 2012, he has had a number of roles, including managing and leading strategy for the Direct Sales, Channel, Product, and Growth organizations. Johnny has been instrumental in building the company’s tremendous customer base and suite of industry-leading digital identity and fraud solutions. He is also a frequent expert speaker on fraud, authentication, and KYC/AML, and has been quoted in publications such as the WSJ, Forbes, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Cheddar, PYMNTS.com, and more. Outside of Socure, Johnny is an investor in and advisor to companies including; Acorns, Alloy, Astra, Bask, BillGo, Chipper Cash, Commerce Ventures, Curve, MoCaFi, Lytical Ventures, PayTM, Public, Qolo, Trove, Work-Bench Ventures, XCo, YieldX and others.
Michael Bilski
Chief Executive Officer, North American Banking Company
Michael Bilski, North American Banking Company’s Chief Executive Officer, is a third-generation banker with 40 years of solid banking under his belt. As a founder of North American Banking Company, he embraces the idea of banking with no boundaries and utilizes his expertise in information technology to keep the product line ever evolving. Never one to accept the status quo, Mike continually explores ways to create value for the client and holds the staff at North American to the same high standard. “We’ve worked to build a team of people who are great at what they do, know how to have fun, and have an interest in giving back to the community.” Mike loves all things outdoors. Wanting to share that experience with others has inspired him to co-chair Friends of Camp Knutson, a camp for people with special circumstances. Mike is a former board member and secretary/treasurer of NACHA, the Automated Clearing House Association and a current board member of UMACHA, the Upper Midwest Automated Clearing House Association. He is also the current Chairman of the Board of the US Faster Payments Council.
Brian Costello
Vice President, Data Strategy & Strategic Solutions, Envestnet | Yodlee
Brian Costello is the Vice President, Data Strategy & Strategic Solutions at Envestnet | Yodlee based in United States. I currently serve as the VP of Data Strategy & Governance, formerly CISO, at Envestnet I Yodlee, a global market leader for consumer-permissioned financial data aggregation where I oversee international open banking initiatives with active engagement in the UK/EU, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US. I am passionate about operating at the cutting edge of cybersecurity research, technology, program management, and governance. I have extensive experience in global data strategy, risk, compliance, cybersecurity, and privacy with a focus on building open data programs to empower consumers to access, use, and share data held by their institutions. I advocate with policy makers and regulators, contributing to formal and informal requests for information. My current areas of interest include identity, user experience, consent frameworks, and verifiable trust architectures. I am seen as an influential thought-leader, writer, contract negotiator, and presenter of innovation in the financial services industry including fintech, open banking, and the use of alternative data for financial wellness, responsible lending, and fiduciary advice; as well as well for analysis of merchant, supply chain and macro-economic insights.
Jay Plueger
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, BillGO
Jay has over 25+ years in technology and 15+ years in AP and Payment Automation. At BillGO, Jay oversees development and management of strategic partnerships including open finance relationships with large financial institutions, biller relationships, core product capabilities and merger and acquisitions opportunities.
Mark Ranta
CTP Payments Practice Lead, Alacriti
Mark is responsible for working with market partners and financial institution customers discussing, exploring, and examining market trends and key drivers in the evolving digital payment space. Prior to joining Alacriti, Mark’s nearly 15-year career has been focused entirely on the banking and payments space, working for solution providers and research firms supporting both the corporate and consumer banking markets. Mark is a Certified Treasury Professional and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Lafayette College.
