SVP, Head of Enterprise Payments
Regions Bank
Enterprise operating executive, advisor, and educator that blends a breadth of operating experiences and artificial intelligence to scale business platforms and drive enterprise value in regulated financial institutions.
I lead enterprise payments platforms at Regions Bank supporting nearly $4.0T+ in annual transaction volume across consumer, corporate, wealth management and treasury business lines. My role sits at the intersection of business performance, operations, technology, and risk—driving revenue growth, operating leverage, and modernization of core banking infrastructure. I work across the enterprise to help prioritize payment initiatives and strategy to balance growth and regulatory expectations.
My experience centers on aligning platform strategy, operating models, and capital allocation to enable real-time payments, embedded finance, and API-driven commercial banking capabilities. I have built and operationalized P&L views to guide investment decisions, improved organizational capacity by 40%+ without cost expansion, and support 100M+ of business revenue streams.
In parallel, I have contributed to industry efforts shaping open banking and responsible AI standards through organizations such as the Financial Data Exchange and Data & Trust Alliance. I have served as an invited faculty member at Duke University focused on applied AI for business leaders and provide advisory services for private boards and early-stage firms.
As U.S. banks navigate margin pressures, regulatory complexity, rising customer expectations, and intensifying competition from national and digital-native players, incremental digital change is no longer enough. The next phase of transformation requires reimagining the bank as an AI-first enterprise – where intelligence is embedded across the core, operations, risk, and customer engagement.
At this breakfast session, we explore how banks can move beyond isolated AI use cases to enterprise-wide reinvention – modernizing core platforms, activating real-time data, strengthening trust through responsible AI, and unlocking new growth models. The discussion will outline practical pathways to transform today’s digital bank into a future-ready, intelligent institution built for resilience, efficiency, and sustainable growth.