2025 Speakers
Our 2026 speaker lineup is coming soon. Until then, meet the 2025 speakers who brought bold ideas and transformative insights to the DIGITAL BANKING stage.
Speakers
Jerone Abueva
Director, Financial Services Industry
MX B2B| Samsung Electronics America
Cortez Adams
Director of Partnerships
interface.ai
Tolu Ajayi
Senior Value Engineer
Celonis
Jason Allegrante
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
Fireblocks
Brian Anderson
Industry Associations Lead
Plaid
Stacy Armijo
CXO
Amplify Credit Union
Lilac Bar David
Co-Founder and CEO
Lili
Jody Bhagat
President, Global Banking
Personetics
Chris Brown
President
VASS Intelygenz
Sean Calhoun
VP, Head of Digital Product Services, Digital and Financial Solutions
Fiserv
Caleb Callahan
Sr. Director Financial Crimes Unit
Synovus Financial Corp
V. Venesulia Carr
CEO | TV Host | Columnist
Vicar Group, LLC
Ned Carroll
EVP and Head of Data
PNC Bank
Joel Castaneda
EVP Chief Risk Officer
Vantage Bank Texas
Lino Catana
Head of Digital Product Management
TD Bank
Aaron Cheiffetz
Field CIO, Financial Services
CDW
Stephanie Cherrin
Partner
JP Morgan Technology Ventures
Chris Clements
SVP, Chief Financial Officer
Miami Dolphins
Jeffrey Collemer
SVP, Distinguished Architect, Open Banking and External Integration
Citizens
Erin Crawford
VP, Head of Consumer Digital-Payments and Money Management
Fifth Third Bank
Penny Crosman
Executive Editor, Technology
American Banker
Danielle Davis
VP of Strategy
Chainalysis
Erica Dorfman
EVP of Global Financial Products
Brex
Nick Drewett
Chief Commercial Officer
Engine by Starling
Carl Eberling
Managing Director, Juris Banking
Western Alliance Bank
Drew Edwards
CEO
Ingo Payments
Mary Ellen Egan
Senior Director, Strategy and Content, Live Media
American Banker
Brianna Elsass
Vice President and Head, US Digital Servicing and Technology
BMO
Gary Fan
COO
Royal Business Bank
Alena Fedorenko
Associate Partner
QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey
Jon Flynn
Enterprise Account Executive
Array
Melanie Fuller
SVP, Product Management
Mastercard
Sima Gandhi
Founder
CFES
Emily Gessner
SVP, Head of Consumer Digital
KeyBank
Jim Gillespie
Chief Product Officer
FIS
Alex Gold
Head of Payments
Column
Rab Govil
Founder and CEO
Naehas
Sherry Graziano
Head of Digital, Client Experience and Marketing
Truist
Kerry Gross
Director, Research Intelligence
American Banker
James Hallacy
Product Leader
Uptiq
Michael Hanson
Regional Vice President, Banking and Financial Services
Quantum Metric
Law Helie
Executive Director, GM, Consumer Banking
nCino
Jason Henrichs
CEO
Alloy Labs
Harrison Hines
Founder and CEO
Fleek
Erin Holloway
Executive Industry Advisor
SAP America, Inc.
Sandra Horvath
Market Strategist, Commercial Banking
FIS
Jacqueline “Jack” Howard
Head of Money Wellness
Ally
Rod Hughes
VP, Transformation
Planview
Wes Hummel
Chief Product and Technology Officer
MX
Nicole Ibbotson
SVP, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer
InComm Payments
Rajesh Iyer
VP and Head of ML and Generative AI, Financial Services
Capgemini
Jo Jagadish
Head of Digital Banking and U.S. Contact Centers
TD Bank
Karan Jain
CEO
NayaOne
Danial Jameel
CEO & Founder
Saris AI
Alex Jimenez
Lead Principal Consultant
Backbase
Alex Johnson
Founder
Fintech Takes
Jaya Kandaswamy
SVP, Product, AI and Innovation
City National Bank
Grant Karsas
VP, Digital Experience
Travis Credit Union
Carlos Kazuo Missao
Global Head of Innovation
GFT
Janet King
SVP Content Strategy
American Banker
Pinar Kip
EVP, CIO, International Risk, Governance and Transformation
State Street
James Klettheimer
Director
Aspis Solutions Group
Kyle Kneubuhl
SVP – Enterprise Partnership Manager
Uptiq
Rahul Kumar
GM & VP, Financial Services & Insurance
Talkdesk
Paul LaRusso
CEO
Akoya
Dan Loomis
General Manager and Head of Product
Gusto Money
Leigh Luxenburg
Senior Director, Partner Product Management
Dun & Bradstreet
Blaise Macneil
Vice President Digital Business Banking
FIS
Andrea Martone
Co-Founder and CPO
Atomic
Thomas Mazzaferro
Chief Data, AI, and Analytics Officer
Truist
Shane McWilliams
Head of Retail Banking, Digital One
FIS
Morgan Miller
Associate Value Engineer
Celonis
Patricia Montesi
CEO
Qolo
Nicolas Morales
Head of Customer Experience
Cohere
Lydiana Navarro
Enterprise Sales Lead
Array
Paul Neuner
CEO
Telcoin
Jeff Newman
SVP, Director, Retail Technology Solutions & Fraud Engineering
Zions Bancorporation
Robin O'Connell
CEO, Uphold Enterprise
Uphold
Brandon Oliver
Principal
BankTech Ventures
Carter Pape
Technology Reporter
American Banker
Viral Parikh
Head of Data and AI/ML
Varo Bank
Tiffany Patrick
Director of Global AML Payments & Innovations
Citibank
Bennie Pennington
SVP of Product, Embedded Banking
KeyBank
Alejandro Perez
Chief Administrative Officer
BNY
Young Pham
Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Financial Services
CI&T
John Piazza
Head of Product
Newline by Fifth Third
John Pitts
Head of Industry Relations and Digital Trust
Plaid
Kristen Rankin
EVP, Head of Digital
Regions Bank
Dr. John Ratzan
Senior Managing Director – Data & AI Lead
Accenture
Mike Reust
President
Betterment
Carissa Robb
Partner, Banking & Financial Services Practice
SolomonEdwards
Gretchen Rodriguez
Enterprise Payments Strategy
TD Bank
Mary Grace Roske
Head of Marketing
CD Valet
Jack Rubin
SVP, Consumer Financial Services
DailyPay
Michael Sare
Senior Solutions Engineer
Quantum Metric
Kian Sarreshteh
Founder and CEO
InvestiFi
Jason Schlitz
AVP, Senior Product Manager, Digital Channels
Woodforest National Bank
Chana Schoenberger
Editor-in-Chief
American Banker
Sharisee Schwinn
Vice President of Digital Banking
First National Bank of Louisiana
Anthony Sharett
President
Pathward
Ron Shevlin
Chief Research Officer
Cornerstone Advisors
Nico Simko
Cofounder and CEO
Clair
Harveer Singh
Chief Data Officer, Consumer and Small Business Banking
Truist
Barry Sloane
Chairman and CEO
Newtek Bank, NewtekOne Inc.
Hugh Son
Banking and Finance Reporter
CNBC
Will Sowell
Divisional President, Partner Solutions
Pathward
Tyler Spalding
Founder and President
Acronym Foundation/Anvil
Caleb Spence
Associate Director
nCino
Holly Sraeel
SVP, Strategy and Content, Live Media
American Banker
Howard Stein
EVP, Chief Operating Officer
Old Dominion National Bank
Whitney Stewart Russell
SVP, BU President, Digital and Financial Solutions
Fiserv
Apryl Strass
Vice President, Retail Operations Manager
Beal Bank
Rodrigo Suarez
Chief Banking Officer
Piermont Bank
Greg Sullins
Head, US Banking Center of Excellence
Newgen Software
David Taliancich
Enterprise Sales Director
Glia
Kristina Tanner
AVP, Digital Products
USAA Bank
Dara Tarkowski
Managing Partner
Actuate Law
Daniel Urbina
Founder
LenderPay
Jessica Vinitsky
Director of Business Development
Anonybit
Derek Waldron
Chief Analytics Officer
JPMorganChase
Diana Welch Howell
SVP, Head of Alternative & Fintech Strategies, Commercial Bank
KeyBank
Weston Wride
EVP, Sales
LenderPay
Joanie Xie
VP and Managing Director for North America
Ripple
Laura Yens
Head of Legal – X Money
X
Lamont Young
EVP, Head of Digital and Omni Channel Banking
Citizens