Partner, Trainer Microsoft | Formación y consultoría análisis de datos | Excel, PowerBI, PowerPoint, Python, Azure, Power Platform | Msc Data Science | Financiero | Mercadólogo | CEO Finanzas VLR | Docente universitario.

Partner, Trainer Microsoft | Formación y consultoría análisis de datos | Excel, PowerBI, PowerPoint, Python, Azure, Power Platform | Msc Data Science | Financiero | Mercadólogo | CEO Finanzas VLR | Docente universitario. Show more

I am a Senior Lead of AI/ML at JPMorgan Chase in Glasgow, with a mission to rapidly deliver innovative solution leveraging Generative AI. I excel the most at building impactful products and growing brands, with a strong focus on User Experience. I am also dedicated to mentor young talents to success. In my spare time, I do speaking engagement to increase public awareness about Generative AI, and I work on personal projects, exploring the space of possible offered by AI.

I am a Senior Lead of AI/ML at JPMorgan Chase in Glasgow, with a mission to rapidly deliver innovative solution leveraging Generative AI. I excel the most at building impactful products and growing brands, with a strong focus on User Experience. I am... Show more

Working with MS SQL Server since version 6.5, with the last 20 years in Financial Services. Passionate about doing the right thing the right way. Proud semi-Northerner. Currently spreading my time between work, parenting, Marmite, and the occasional SQL community event.

Working with MS SQL Server since version 6.5, with the last 20 years in Financial Services. Passionate about doing the right thing the right way. Proud semi-Northerner. Currently spreading my time between work, parenting, Marmite, and the occasional... Show more

A globally respected Chartered Accountant with 35+ years of experience, Raman Aggarwal has been at the forefront of accounting, tax, legal, and cross-border advisory for clients globally. His vision goes beyond efficiency, aiming to make offshore accounting truly transformative.

He leads with clarity, compassion, and conviction, creating solutions that help businesses elevate. At Indian Muneem, his focus remains steadfast: driving innovation, delivering impact, and creating a legacy that empowers growth on a global scale.

A globally respected Chartered Accountant with 35+ years of experience, Raman Aggarwal has been at the forefront of accounting, tax, legal, and cross-border advisory for clients globally. His vision goes beyond efficiency, aiming to make offshore acc... Show more

With over 18 years of experience at Bridgeview Financial Partners, Ben Francis specializes in guiding clients through the complexities of retirement and distribution planning. A native of Chattanooga, Ben is an expert in Social Security strategies, Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs), Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs), income maximization, tax management, long-term care planning, and other critical areas affecting retirees.
He works closely with clients to address unique challenges during the transition from accumulation to decumulation, providing ongoing reviews of Social Security, distribution planning, income generation, investment strategies, and risk management to ensure their financial well-being.
In addition to his client work, Ben is a highly regarded speaker known for his engaging presentations at private companies, public events, and conferences. His ability to simplify complex retirement topics into understandable and actionable insights has made him a favorite among audiences.
Ben holds a Master of Science in Financial Services from The American College and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting & Finance from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. His professional designations include CFP® (Certified Financial Planner™), RICP® (Retirement Income Certified Professional), WMCP® (Wealth Management Certified Professional), ChFC® (Chartered Financial Consultant), and CLU® (Chartered Life Underwriter). He is also licensed with Series 7, 6, and 63.

With over 18 years of experience at Bridgeview Financial Partners, Ben Francis specializes in guiding clients through the complexities of retirement and distribution planning. A native of Chattanooga, Ben is an expert in Social Security strategies, R... Show more

Problem obsessed for +15 years, Grant's path to product started in traditional advertising before spending the last dozen years shaping digital products from startup to enterprise. Grant operates as Banking Strategist and Head Coach of Product Management for Ippon USA, a technology consultancy that supports digital transformation, data & cloud modernization and organizational change management. Recently Grant finds passion coaching regional & community banks on data & AI strategy.

Favorite successes -
1) taking a 2-sided market startup redesign from seed round to multi-million Series A;
2) reducing a community bank's account opening by more than 300% that helped support more than $1B in new assets; and
3) playing a leading role in a F500 bank's deployment and rollout of custom agent servicing app for +1500 agents.

Problem obsessed for +15 years, Grant's path to product started in traditional advertising before spending the last dozen years shaping digital products from startup to enterprise. Grant operates as Banking Strategist and Head Coach of Product Manage... Show more

Jhonathan David Shaikh is a remarkable professional making an impressive industry impact in banking & finance, healthcare, trade & exports and education. JD started his career in banking furthered his education by earning a Masters degree in Business Administration with a major in finance and global markets from the prestigious School of Business at Tulane University as well as becoming a Data Scientist from the New York School of Data Flatiron. Jhonathan completed a 15 year career track. In 2017, he became a Global Lead in Data Digital Transformation, and later an Executive Manager in Data Models & Database Reviews, at a global firm based New York City -He has research and published business applications of data sciences and AI in major media outlets. Today he is Chief Data Strategist for Xabios Data, a data analytics| business intelligence and data science firm optimizing businesses.

Notably, JD was featured on an international article for Grant Thornton International in Data Monetization. Hi research reached more than 15,000 followers - He has spoken at more than 13 conferences in the USA and LATAM- He founded a non-profit in LATAM that helps limited-resources entrepreneurs with micro-lending and educational resources. These recognitions, along with his Top 5 Awards in Leadership reflect his dedication and impact in industry and to people.

Jhon enjoyes being called to speak at the National and International Conferences to speak about real world experiences in the world of AI , Data Analytics & Data Science. Highlights include: the State of Mexico Business Association, in Mexico City, the Data Science Panels at the S&P 500 Building in Wall street for Data Science Salon, and at the The University of Houston College of Technology. Jhonathan makes complex topics, easy to understand to non-technical audiences, and makes technical audiences understand the world and language of business.

Experience for yourself as Jhonathan speaks to businesses leaders, management groups, professionals, scientist and students about real world applications of data sciences, from real life experiences. As he speaks the language of business and science, learned through his management of global teams in real-life projects, working with the leadership of top institutions, he shares his previous and ongoing client business experiences and what's happening in the world of data science.

His expertise topics include themes around : Data Science in a Business Context, Project Experiences, Data Modeling, and Financial Education.

Jhonathan David Shaikh is a remarkable professional making an impressive industry impact in banking & finance, healthcare, trade & exports and education. JD started his career in banking furthered his education by earning a Masters degree in Busines... Show more

Khaja Mohiddin Mohammed is a consultant at CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. and an AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional. He has over 12 years of experience designing and delivering enterprise applications using Java and J2EE technologies, with a focus on architecture, modernization, scalability, performance, and maintainability. His work spans financial services, banking, healthcare, and insurance. Through CGI, on the Annuity Net account-opening platform for client Fidelity Investments, he owns the backend microservices architecture and cloud infrastructure decisions. At Wells Fargo, he designed the batch processing and microservices architecture for a credit services system that processes approximately 300,000–500,000 Experian credit alerts daily. At Optum, he modernized legacy components of the RxClaim pharmacy benefit management platform with Java and Spring Boot microservices and integrated them with IBM i (AS/400) backend systems. His expertise includes the Spring ecosystem, AWS, event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Amazon SNS, and SQS, API security with Spring Security, OAuth2, and JWT, and monitoring with Splunk and Dynatrace. He recently developed ConfigStream, an open-source project published on Maven Central. He leads technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and code reviews, and mentors developers. He holds a bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering from JNTUK, India.

Khaja Mohiddin Mohammed is a consultant at CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. and an AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional. He has over 12 years of experience designing and delivering enterprise applications using Java and J2EE technologi... Show more

Consultante en Stratégie Financière | CFO | Manager de Transition
Transformation des Organisations • Performance • Intelligence Artificielle

Experte en stratégie financière, transformation et pilotage de la performance, avec une expérience confirmée dans la direction et l’accompagnement d’entreprises évoluant dans des environnements complexes et multisectoriels.

À l’intersection de la finance stratégique, du management de transition et de l’innovation, une expertise consacrée à la restructuration des organisations, à l’optimisation de la performance et à l’accompagnement des dirigeants dans leurs décisions stratégiques.

Une approche résolument tournée vers l’avenir, intégrant l’intelligence artificielle comme levier d’analyse, d’anticipation et de transformation des pratiques de management et de pilotage financier.

Consultante en Stratégie Financière | CFO | Manager de Transition Transformation des Organisations • Performance • Intelligence Artificielle Experte en stratégie financière, transformation et pilotage de la performance, avec une expérience confir... Show more

Sabiyur Rahman Abdul Sathar is a domain solution architect and senior technology leader with over 22 years of experience designing and building large-scale technology platforms, including 16+ years in financial platforms and payment solutions and 13+ years at PayPal.
He currently serves as Senior Staff Software Engineer / Domain Solution Architect for PayPal's Open Banking platform, responsible for the platform's overall architecture, domain boundaries, APIs, integration patterns, and technical direction, supporting Payments, Wallet, Risk, Consumer Credit, and Merchant Credit. He helped evolve PayPal's Open Banking capability from an initial proof of concept into a shared enterprise platform and designed the architecture supporting multiple Open Banking providers across the US, Canada, the UK, Europe, and Australia. He has led Open Banking architecture for PayPal Working Capital, PayPal Business Loan, and PayPal's consumer credit and BNPL products, enabling external financial data to support underwriting and cash-flow-based credit decisioning. He also contributes to Financial Data Exchange (FDX) Open Banking standards through industry working groups and technical reviews.
Earlier in his PayPal career, Sabiyur held roles as Member Technical Staff and Software Engineer, where he designed solutions across PayPal's Authorization/Capture and payment-processing platforms, led the technical design of PayPal Stand-In (an ML-integrated authorization decisioning and payment resiliency solution), and worked on the redesign of PayPal's Payments 2.0 fulfillment platform. Before PayPal, he worked at Ness Technologies on PayPal's Payments 2.0 platform and at HCL Technologies, where he led subsystem architecture for Teradyne's J750 and UltraFLEX automated semiconductor test systems.
His technical expertise spans domain and solution architecture, distributed systems, open banking and open finance, payment processing, and AI/ML-enabled decisioning, with hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Spanner, BigQuery), Kafka, and REST/GraphQL APIs. He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics & Communication Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy).
He has been recognized with PayPal's Critical Talent Award, Golden Envelope Award, Millennium Award, and multiple Spot Awards for technical excellence and delivery.

Sabiyur Rahman Abdul Sathar is a domain solution architect and senior technology leader with over 22 years of experience designing and building large-scale technology platforms, including 16+ years in financial platforms and payment solutions and 13+... Show more

Nancy Amandi is a data engineer at a FinTech company. She began her career as a data analyst. She quickly made a name for herself in the Nigerian data industry through her insightful articles and impressive performances in hackathons, where she often emerged as a winner.

Her passion for community involvement led her to actively participate in various data communities, including the Data Engineering Community, Young Data Professionals, and Women in Data Africa. In these groups, she not only assisted fellow professionals with technical challenges but also helped stimulate some important discussions by asking insightful questions.

Her significant contributions were recognized when she received the Fast Rising Star award from the Young Data Professionals Community. Outside of work, Nancy enjoys watching light horror and thriller K-dramas, Sci-Fi movies, and data-related books.

Nancy Amandi is a data engineer at a FinTech company. She began her career as a data analyst. She quickly made a name for herself in the Nigerian data industry through her insightful articles and impressive performances in hackathons, where she often... Show more

I am Tomasz Szymaniak, founder of procredito.pl, a Polish financial comparison and analytics platform focused on consumer finance, banking data and practical digital tools. Since 2014, I have been developing the project with the goal of making financial information easier to understand, compare and use.

My work includes creating educational articles, market analyses, financial calculators and data-driven tools related to credit, APR, borrowing costs, repayment strategies and banking products. I also develop proprietary indicators such as PCI – Procredito Credit Index and PBS – Procredito Bank Score, which are designed to provide a broader view of credit market conditions and bank offers.

I am particularly interested in the connection between finance, technology and data analysis. I work on API integrations, automated data processing and analytical solutions that can be useful for both consumers and business partners.

Alongside technical development, I write educational and analytical content aimed at improving financial understanding. Some of my publications have also been referenced by external websites and other publications. My long-term focus is on building transparent, practical and data-driven resources that help people better understand the Polish credit and banking market.

I am Tomasz Szymaniak, founder of procredito.pl, a Polish financial comparison and analytics platform focused on consumer finance, banking data and practical digital tools. Since 2014, I have been developing the project with the goal of making financ... Show more

Garang Mayom Malek is Chief Executive Officer of CapitalPay International and a director of two United Kingdom software and payments companies. His work and public writing focus on institutional payments, reconciliation, trade systems and the records that connect a transaction to the service it enables. He publishes essays, interviews and practical explainers at garangmalek.com.

Garang Mayom Malek is Chief Executive Officer of CapitalPay International and a director of two United Kingdom software and payments companies. His work and public writing focus on institutional payments, reconciliation, trade systems and the records... Show more

Richa Tamhane is a Data & AI Scientist at amnis, a Swiss B2B payments fintech, where she builds production AI features and data solutions. She holds a Swiss Joint MSc in Computer Science (Data Science) from the University of Bern, and previously worked in data engineering at Accenture. Outside work, she's an avid reader and book blogger.

Richa Tamhane is a Data & AI Scientist at amnis, a Swiss B2B payments fintech, where she builds production AI features and data solutions. She holds a Swiss Joint MSc in Computer Science (Data Science) from the University of Bern, and previously work... Show more

Sonali Kothari is a dynamic and results-driven Remediation and Regulatory Data Strategy expert with over a decade of experience transforming enterprise data environments across global financial institutions. As a Technology Consulting Manager in FSO AI & Data at Ernst & Young (EY) in New York, she leads large-scale regulatory and compliance initiatives for Global Systemically Important Banks (GSIBs), with deep specialization in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Basel III Risk Weighted Assets (RWA), CCAR, and FFIEC data quality frameworks.
Sonali is widely recognized for her ability to drive strategic innovation at the intersection of data management, regulatory intelligence, and advanced analytics. She has designed and executed high-impact solutions that integrate predictive modeling, automated anomaly detection, and AI-powered metadata governance, delivering measurable gains such as a 60% reduction in manual reconciliation, 20% improvement in reporting accuracy, and closure of high-risk Matter Requiring Immediate Attention (MRIA) findings for leading banks. Her methodologies have contributed to regulatory risk mitigation exceeding $10 billion in consolidated RWA impact.
With a proven track record of leading cross-functional global teams and delivering multi-million dollar programs, Sonali’s approach is marked by technical rigor, regulatory insight, and operational precision. She is proficient in a wide array of tools, including SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, SAP Analytics Cloud, and SAS, and excels at building robust data lineage frameworks, business rule engines, and performance KPIs for sustainable compliance and audit readiness.
Prior to EY, Sonali held leadership roles at Santander Bank, where she spearheaded the Credit Risk Data Warehouse (CRDWH) migration and led enterprise-wide remediation of systemic data quality issues, earning recognition for enabling a successful CCAR submission. She also brings experience from SEI Investments and Star Sports, where she managed financial automation, capital forecasting, and enterprise reporting transformations.
Academically, Sonali holds two master’s degrees—one in Information Systems Engineering & Management, and another in Computer Information Sciences, as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Finance. Her scholarly work on AI in regulatory compliance, metadata management, and RegTech for financial inclusion has been published in peer-reviewed journals, and her leadership has been honored through multiple awards, including Bravo Awards, IEEE Senior Membership, and the TITAN Innovation Gold Award.
A passionate mentor and advocate for inclusive growth, Sonali dedicates time to career coaching for first-generation college students and leads financial literacy workshops for underserved communities. Her career exemplifies the fusion of analytics, compliance, and innovation, positioning her as a transformative force in today’s evolving financial landscape.

Sonali Kothari is a dynamic and results-driven Remediation and Regulatory Data Strategy expert with over a decade of experience transforming enterprise data environments across global financial institutions. As a Technology Consulting Manager in FSO ... Show more

Tech Lead and Software Architect with over 18 years of experience in Java and distributed systems, mostly in fintech and payments. For the last 5 years I've worked on international teams, modernizing systems, leading and applying AI engineering. I speak about career, AI and software development at tech conferences and communities, and I write at blog.fhgomes.com.

Besides working on the front line, I help developers who are growing their careers turn technical skill into strategic influence. My mission is to develop leaders who stop being "firefighters" and become decision partners respected by leadership, earning global recognition and quality of life.

Outside of code, I'm a motorcyclist, world traveler and One Piece fan.

Tech Lead and Software Architect with over 18 years of experience in Java and distributed systems, mostly in fintech and payments. For the last 5 years I've worked on international teams, modernizing systems, leading and applying AI engineering. I sp... Show more

Debasis Panda is a FinTech and enterprise AI leader with more than 21 years of experience delivering large-scale finance and technology transformations for global organizations. As a Finance Transformation Solution Architect, he works across enterprise finance, treasury modernization, cloud data platforms, SAP Enterprise Application, and AI-enabled automation.

A published researcher, co-author of two technology books, senior member of a global engineering association, professional-computing association member, and technology-journal editorial-board contributor, Debasis has also judged international AI, technology, business-excellence, and STEM programs. He speaks about intelligent finance, responsible and agentic AI, enterprise transformation, and the behavioral economics of technology adoption.

Debasis Panda is a FinTech and enterprise AI leader with more than 21 years of experience delivering large-scale finance and technology transformations for global organizations. As a Finance Transformation Solution Architect, he works across enterpri... Show more

V. Sreenivas is the CTO of CyberDefend, where he leads work at the intersection of cybersecurity, open source, and AI-driven tooling. His focus spans supply-chain security, eBPF-based integrity systems, and emerging questions around model-generated code. He speaks frequently on how modern security and developer workflows are changing and his current work explores how organizations can build trust, clarity, and resilience in an AI-shaped software ecosystem.

V. Sreenivas is the CTO of CyberDefend, where he leads work at the intersection of cybersecurity, open source, and AI-driven tooling. His focus spans supply-chain security, eBPF-based integrity systems, and emerging questions around model-generated c... Show more

Yida Zhang is a senior investment analyst with extensive domain knowledge and investment experiences covering multiple sectors including Software, Internet, Consumer, and Energy. She has worked with top-tier investment firms including Fidelity, Citadel, and Squarepoint, developing profound insights into industry themes, product roadmaps, and competitive landscapes for covered sectors. She has also built a unique investment process and portfolio management framework leveraging her experiences working for diversified investment mandates.

Yida Zhang is a senior investment analyst with extensive domain knowledge and investment experiences covering multiple sectors including Software, Internet, Consumer, and Energy. She has worked with top-tier investment firms including Fidelity, Citad... Show more

Marta is a pattern seeker, cerca da sempre come funzionano le cose, umane e tecnologiche, la ragione che completa il sentimento. Ha studiato legge, cinese, scritto codice per più di dieci anni e alla fine intuito che tutte le regole hanno delle eccezioni. L'importante è saperle intercettarle.

Marta is a pattern seeker, cerca da sempre come funzionano le cose, umane e tecnologiche, la ragione che completa il sentimento. Ha studiato legge, cinese, scritto codice per più di dieci anni e alla fine intuito che tutte le regole hanno delle eccez... Show more

Caio Cesar Soares is a Staff Platform Engineer at Banco do Brasil, where he builds developer platforms and AI agent systems and leads mainframe-to-cloud modernization. He champions coding agents and InnerSource across thousands of developers through the bank's Internal Developer Platform.

Caio Cesar Soares is a Staff Platform Engineer at Banco do Brasil, where he builds developer platforms and AI agent systems and leads mainframe-to-cloud modernization. He champions coding agents and InnerSource across thousands of developers through ... Show more

Sharon Arandia es Jefa de la Carrera de Ingeniería Financiera en la UPB, donde impulsa proyectos de trading algorítmico y finanzas descentralizadas. Es graduada de la UPB, con estudios en TU Chemnitz, un Máster en Big Data y otro en curso en Machine Learning en Georgia Tech. Se especializa en análisis financiero, riesgo crediticio y trading, destacando su rol como Analista de Riesgos en el BCP y asociada en Lora & Asociados. Ha impartido cursos en licenciatura, postgrado e internacionales.

Sharon Arandia es Jefa de la Carrera de Ingeniería Financiera en la UPB, donde impulsa proyectos de trading algorítmico y finanzas descentralizadas. Es graduada de la UPB, con estudios en TU Chemnitz, un Máster en Big Data y otro en curso en Machine ... Show more

Behn Williams is Field CTO at Chainguard, helping engineering and security leaders worldwide secure the open source software supply chain. He spent nearly two decades in financial services, most recently leading Developer Experience Product and Research at a global bank, driving AI-native SDLC modernization in a regulated industry. He evaluated and deployed GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Windsurf, Ona, DX, and Moderne, early bets later validated by OpenAI, Atlassian, and Cognition acquisitions.

Behn Williams is Field CTO at Chainguard, helping engineering and security leaders worldwide secure the open source software supply chain. He spent nearly two decades in financial services, most recently leading Developer Experience Product and Resea... Show more

Senior Software Engineer as Mainframe Quality Assurance Engineer/Developer having over 9 years of working experience in Mainframe Technology. Under this technology, have gained proficiency in various aspects like COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, IBM IMS, IBM DB2, Mainframe Automation using REXX/CLIST. I am really passionate about the Mainframe technology as I strongly believe that it forms the base of all the major finance & banking industry and are heavily reliant on it. Just like a tree is as strong as its roots are, similarly in B&F roots are strong owing to Mainframe technology!!! I have had the opportunity to work for different banking giant customers, thus enriching my experience. I am also an enthusiast of the latest AI technologies like GenAI, Prompt Engineering, ML, NLP amongst many. With the mainframe modernization all around us now, combined with the AI capabilities I believe it will be the next big thing in near future! Basically, the best of both the worlds - Mainframe & AI!!!

Senior Software Engineer as Mainframe Quality Assurance Engineer/Developer having over 9 years of working experience in Mainframe Technology. Under this technology, have gained proficiency in various aspects like COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, IBM IMS, IBM ... Show more

Jenny Tate is a licensed mortgage agent in Burlington, Ontario (FSRA M22002086, brokerage Tango Financial FSRA 13691). She helps first-time buyers, growing families and self-employed clients across Burlington, Oakville, Hamilton and the GTA find the right mortgage for purchases, renewals and refinances, with clear advice and access to many lenders.

Jenny Tate is a licensed mortgage agent in Burlington, Ontario (FSRA M22002086, brokerage Tango Financial FSRA 13691). She helps first-time buyers, growing families and self-employed clients across Burlington, Oakville, Hamilton and the GTA find the ... Show more

Avec plus de 30 ans d’expérience à la croisée du contrôle de gestion, de la gestion de projet et du leadership stratégique, El Hassen Taktak est actuellement Top Manager de filiales stratégiques au sein d'un Groupe financier privé.
Il est reconnu parmi les TOP 3 mondiaux en gestion de projet et a été distingué par de nombreux prix internationaux, dont Strategic Visionary (Qatar 2026) et TOP Global Excellence Awards (2025).
Sa conviction est simple : la performance ne naît pas des chiffres, mais des employés et collaborateurs qui les portent.
Formateur à l’École Supérieure de la Banque (France) et à l’Académie des Banques et Finances, il transmet une approche où rigueur stratégique, intelligence émotionnelle et innovation s’équilibrent.
Keynote speaker international, il intervient régulièrement sur les sujets de conduite du changement, d’excellence opérationnelle et d’humanisation de la performance.
Au ZTDays Tunis 2026, il propose un regard neuf sur un défi universel : faire accepter la sécurité sans friction, en transformant la contrainte perçue en adhésion collective.

Avec plus de 30 ans d’expérience à la croisée du contrôle de gestion, de la gestion de projet et du leadership stratégique, El Hassen Taktak est actuellement Top Manager de filiales stratégiques au sein d'un Groupe financier privé. Il est reconnu p... Show more

I lead cloud and AI projects across Central America and the Caribbean, helping organizations in financial services, logistics, and retail turn business challenges into secure, scalable architectures on AWS. My work spans the full journey — from understanding business requirements to designing infrastructure, security, and AI governance strategies that actually make it to production.

I've spoken at Banking Summit Panama 2025, AgentCon Panama, AWS Community Day Panama across multiple editions, and regional technology events in Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad & Tobago — always focused on how security, governance, and data strategy are the foundation that makes AI solutions production-ready, not just demo-ready.

Building AI agents for regulated industries taught me that the hard part isn't making them smart — it's making them safe. That's the perspective I bring to this talk.

I lead cloud and AI projects across Central America and the Caribbean, helping organizations in financial services, logistics, and retail turn business challenges into secure, scalable architectures on AWS. My work spans the full journey — from under... Show more

Tarangkumar Malani is a seasoned software engineering professional with over a decade of experience designing and delivering large-scale, enterprise-grade applications across financial services, healthcare, telecom, and e-commerce domains. He currently serves as Vice President and Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he leads the design, development, modernisation, and ongoing support of high-impact internal enterprise platforms focused on knowledge discovery, workflow automation, and platform modernisation.
In his current role, Tarangkumar is responsible for building full-stack solutions using technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, React, Python, REST APIs, and SQL. He has played a key role in implementing artificial intelligence-enabled search and conversational capabilities by integrating governed enterprise data sources and modern data-platform patterns to improve information discovery and decision support. He also drives reliability and performance improvements through site reliability engineering practices, including observability enhancements, monitoring, incident response, and system optimization across both on-premises and cloud-connected environments.
Before JPMorgan Chase, Tarangkumar held engineering leadership roles at Mphasis, where he led the development of microservices-based financial platforms and contributed to architecture, performance optimization, and production stability in Agile environments. He also worked at The Fidelis Group, delivering full software development lifecycle support for financial applications, and at eClinicalWorks, where he contributed to the development and modernization of a large cloud-based healthcare platform. Earlier in his career, he developed telecom billing and broadband solutions at Sterlite Technologies. He built Java-based enterprise applications at SoftVan, gaining strong foundational experience in full-stack development and system integration.
Throughout his career, Tarangkumar has demonstrated expertise in full-stack development, microservices architecture, system integration, workflow automation, observability, and platform modernisation. His technical skill set spans Java, Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript, Spring frameworks, React and Angular, relational and NoSQL databases, and a wide range of DevOps and reliability engineering tools. He is experienced in driving secure software development practices, improving system scalability and performance, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver resilient, high-quality enterprise solutions. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from India.

Tarangkumar Malani is a seasoned software engineering professional with over a decade of experience designing and delivering large-scale, enterprise-grade applications across financial services, healthcare, telecom, and e-commerce domains. He current... Show more

Virendra Singh Chawra is a Specialist in Data Engineering, AI & Data at Deloitte Consulting LLP, architecting AI, machine learning, and data engineering solutions across banking, insurance, and life sciences. Holding an MS in Computer Science, he specializes in fraud, risk, and compliance analytics and in building secure, governed AI platforms that help organizations address financial crime and regulatory exposure. He is an industry speaker, published researcher, and technology thought leader focused on agentic AI, cloud data security, explainable systems, and responsible enterprise AI adoption. Virendra bridges emerging innovation with governance, security, and regulatory compliance across highly regulated industries.

Virendra Singh Chawra is a Specialist in Data Engineering, AI & Data at Deloitte Consulting LLP, architecting AI, machine learning, and data engineering solutions across banking, insurance, and life sciences. Holding an MS in Computer Science, he spe... Show more

I'm Hernán. I'm 41. I’m a retired handball player, and totally into technology and cybersecurity.
I studied Computer Science, got a diploma in Cybersecurity Management, and I've been working in different areas of IT and cyber for the past 20 years.
I started out doing tech support for internet services, then worked as a systems auditor at PwC.
For 10 years, I led teams handling tech and operational risk management. My curiosity pushed me to explore other industries too — I took on cybersecurity roles, and then became IT Manager in the civil aviation sector in the public sphere, where I stayed for nearly six years.
Now I’m back to my first love — the financial world — and currently working as a CISO at a financial company.

And as a little "bonus track": I'm passionate about communication, so I went back to something I left hanging in my teens — in 2021, I graduated as a Professional Radio & TV Broadcaster from ETER School of Communication.

I'm Hernán. I'm 41. I’m a retired handball player, and totally into technology and cybersecurity. I studied Computer Science, got a diploma in Cybersecurity Management, and I've been working in different areas of IT and cyber for the past 20 years. ... Show more