Finance & Banking

Experienced individuals involved in financial services, including banking, investment, insurance, and real estate

Rafael Roman

Rafael Roman

Principal Engineer with over 15 years of experience leading teams and delivering presentations on technical topics. Skilled in developing and implementing innovative solutions, as well as driving team collaboration and productivity. Strong communication skills and experience presenting to both technical and non-technical audiences. Committed to staying up-to-date on industry trends and best practices.

Principal Engineer with over 15 years of experience leading teams and delivering presentations on technical topics. Skilled in developing and implementing innovative solutions, as well as driving team collaboration and productivity. Strong communicat... Show more

Karina Gutierrez

Karina Gutierrez

Con más de 14 años de experiencia en el mundo del diseño. Entre los que me he especializado en experiencia de usuario y diseño de interfaces.
He ayudado a empresas a encontrar su identidad y he logrado crear sistemas de diseño con los que pueden replicar sus sistemas con una imagen estandarizada.
Actualmente trabajo en Multiplica para el Banco Compartamos en el que he implementado un sistema de diseño y he ayudado a optimizar sus procesos en la manera de diseñar sus productos digitales.

Con más de 14 años de experiencia en el mundo del diseño. Entre los que me he especializado en experiencia de usuario y diseño de interfaces. He ayudado a empresas a encontrar su identidad y he logrado crear sistemas de diseño con los que pueden re... Show more

Mickie Brewer

Mickie Brewer

I am Mickie Brewer owner of 360Cloud, Inc., a Consulting & Training company that specializes in Office 365/Microsoft 365. Since 2010 I have been helping clients learn and implement SharePoint as well as other M365 apps. As a certified Microsoft Service Adoption Specialist, I lead companies into the Modern Workplace by focusing on user adoption and building more efficiencies for teams and individuals, so the organization realize the full potential and ROI of M365.

Over the years I have built specialties in; training, cloud migrations, designing engaging Intranets, planning site and information architecture as well as security and compliance for records management.

I am a leader in user groups that include both M365 focus and Women in tech.

I love to bring back the focus on people in technology. "Work is no longer a place, but the people and culture they foster." ~ Mickie

I am Mickie Brewer owner of 360Cloud, Inc., a Consulting & Training company that specializes in Office 365/Microsoft 365. Since 2010 I have been helping clients learn and implement SharePoint as well as other M365 apps. As a certified Microsoft Servi... Show more

Tony Mullen

Tony Mullen

I have 25 years of database experience, mostly with Oracle but also with PostgreSQL in more recent years. Prior to joining AWS, he used AWS as a client for 7 years, utilising PostgreSQL RDS as well as Oracle, and he migrated hundreds of databases from on-premises to AWS.

I have 25 years of database experience, mostly with Oracle but also with PostgreSQL in more recent years. Prior to joining AWS, he used AWS as a client for 7 years, utilising PostgreSQL RDS as well as Oracle, and he migrated hundreds of databases fro... Show more

Jeremiah Lee

Jeremiah Lee

Jeremiah Lee develops monetization tools for digital creators. He previously worked on cloud infrastructure at Stripe, hardware integrations at Spotify, and web APIs at Fitbit. He grew up under the California sun, but now calls Stockholm home.

Jeremiah Lee develops monetization tools for digital creators. He previously worked on cloud infrastructure at Stripe, hardware integrations at Spotify, and web APIs at Fitbit. He grew up under the California sun, but now calls Stockholm home. Show more

Luca Berton

Luca Berton

Luca Berton is a freelance IT consultant with over 18 years of experience in AI, cloud technologies, and automation. He leads innovative projects, educates over 11,000 students on platforms like Pluralsight and Coursera, and specializes in tools such as Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible. Luca is the author of multiple publications and has expertise in infrastructure hardening, privacy, and open-source technologies, driving success across industries while maintaining a strong community presence.

Luca Berton is a freelance IT consultant with over 18 years of experience in AI, cloud technologies, and automation. He leads innovative projects, educates over 11,000 students on platforms like Pluralsight and Coursera, and specializes in tools such... Show more

Sheela Shankar

Sheela Shankar

I am a Full Stack Developer and Cloud Modernization enthusiast.
I work on building financial applications used by financial advisors to advise clients on their portfolios and give them insightful decisions to balance risk and reward and select the right retirement funds. Our team consists of a mix of full stack, dedicated backend and cloud specialists. Our team follows Agile practices, and is responsible for the cloud infrastructure, architecture, monitoring, and production support of the systems.

I am a Full Stack Developer and Cloud Modernization enthusiast. I work on building financial applications used by financial advisors to advise clients on their portfolios and give them insightful decisions to balance risk and reward and select the... Show more

Amira Chalbi Neffati

Amira Chalbi Neffati

I am a PHD in HCI and have been leading research projects on the intersection of UX and AI in many many domains including FinTech, Retail and Customer Engagement

I am a PHD in HCI and have been leading research projects on the intersection of UX and AI in many many domains including FinTech, Retail and Customer Engagement Show more

Leon Gordon

Leon Gordon

Leon Gordon, is a leader in data analytics. A current Thought Leader at the Forbes Technical Council, an Executive Contributor to Brainz Magazine, a Thought Leader in Data Science for the Global AI Hub, Microsoft Data Platform MVP based in the UK and founder of Onyx Data.

During the last decade, he has helped organisations improve their business performance, use data more intelligently, and understand the implications of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data.

Leon is a chair for the Microsoft Power BI – UK community group and the DataDNA data visualization community as well as an international speaker and advisor.

Leon Gordon, is a leader in data analytics. A current Thought Leader at the Forbes Technical Council, an Executive Contributor to Brainz Magazine, a Thought Leader in Data Science for the Global AI Hub, Microsoft Data Platform MVP based in the UK and... Show more

Ronny de Jong

Ronny de Jong

At my best navigating at the intersection of technology and business. As a former multi-year Microsoft MVP, more than connected with technology to generate value for the business. As Security Technical Specialist at Microsoft, I'm helping local and regional governments strengthen their security posture with the aim making the Dutch society more cyber resilient. Lead by example. Learning over knowing. Make the complex simple.

At my best navigating at the intersection of technology and business. As a former multi-year Microsoft MVP, more than connected with technology to generate value for the business. As Security Technical Specialist at Microsoft, I'm helping local and r... Show more

Usama Wahab Khan

Usama Wahab Khan

I am Microsoft MVP and MCT and community leader from UAE. I working as CTO evolution Technologies, Azure community Hero

I am Microsoft MVP and MCT and community leader from UAE. I working as CTO evolution Technologies, Azure community Hero Show more

Fredrik Neiderud

Fredrik Neiderud

Fredrik is an experienced IT-professional with close to 20 years of experience in the CRM-area. He has worked both on the client side and as a consultant, in all different kinds of roles (business, dev, test, ops).
The last years he has been focusing on solution architecture within Dynamics CRM/CE and Power Platform.
After leaving Microsoft during the spring of 2023 he has now taken up freelancing as an independent advisor and solution architect, primarily with customers in the Financial Services Industry

Fredrik is an experienced IT-professional with close to 20 years of experience in the CRM-area. He has worked both on the client side and as a consultant, in all different kinds of roles (business, dev, test, ops). The last years he has been focusi... Show more

Anand Bhaskaran

Anand Bhaskaran

Anand is a senior software engineer at Beekeeper and also a business enthusiast with an MBA from the Quantic School of Business. In his 8+ years of software experience, he has built software for IoT devices, autonomous delivery drones, and various features/solutions at Beekeeper.

Anand is a senior software engineer at Beekeeper and also a business enthusiast with an MBA from the Quantic School of Business. In his 8+ years of software experience, he has built software for IoT devices, autonomous delivery drones, and various fe... Show more

Ak B

Ak B

In a relentless pursuit of knowledge and awesome experiences. Working with Mobile apps for 9 years, baking well with start(ups(and downs)), and have been part of awesome products and teams. mostly Android.
Now working on reusable components in KMM and UI libraries in Jetpack compose.

In a relentless pursuit of knowledge and awesome experiences. Working with Mobile apps for 9 years, baking well with start(ups(and downs)), and have been part of awesome products and teams. mostly Android. Now working on reusable components in KMM a... Show more

Karim El-Melhaoui

Karim El-Melhaoui

Karim is a seasoned and renowned thought leader within cloud security. At O3 Cyber, he conducts research and development and works with our clients, primarily in Financial Industry. Karim has a background in building and operating platform services for security on private and public clouds, developing and executing a cyber security strategy for the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, and overseeing the execution of adapting a traditional security organization to a ‘cloud operating model.’

Karim blogs at https://blog.karims.cloud

Karim is a seasoned and renowned thought leader within cloud security. At O3 Cyber, he conducts research and development and works with our clients, primarily in Financial Industry. Karim has a background in building and operating platform services f... Show more

Wyn Hopkins

Wyn Hopkins

Director at Access Analytic
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Microsoft MVP since 2017
Published author of the highly regarded book "Power BI for the Excel Analyst"
A leading YouTube contributor in the Power BI and Excel world with over 5 million views and 87,000 subscribers
Developing amazing Power BI and Excel solutions to clients in Australia and around the World.

Director at Access Analytic Wyn Hopkins Edit profile Microsoft MVP since 2017 Published author of the highly regarded book "Power BI for the Excel Analyst" A leading YouTube contributor in the Power BI and Excel world with over 5 million views ... Show more

Olav Tvedt

Olav Tvedt

Olav, MVP (Azure) for 16 years has been working with customers of different sizes and segments. This has given Olav a foundation he uses during his day-to-day work and presentations.

Olav works as Cloud and API operation manager with SpareBanken Vest and is hosting a «The BlueScreen Brothers» video podcast show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bluescreenbrothers

For years he has been one of Norway’s most popular speakers and doing international events such as TechDays, NIC, TechED North America/Europe. He was also one of the featured speakers at Ignite 2018 and got Microsoft Norway's honor award 2018 for being a Microsoft pioneer and his heavy expertise in new technologies.

Olav, MVP (Azure) for 16 years has been working with customers of different sizes and segments. This has given Olav a foundation he uses during his day-to-day work and presentations. Olav works as Cloud and API operation manager with SpareBanken ... Show more

Toddy Mladenov

Toddy Mladenov

Toddy has over 25 years of experience in software engineering and design, consulting, and product management for companies like Microsoft, T-Mobile, and SAP. He started his cloud journey 14 years ago as part of the Azure team. Since then, Toddy worked on large-scale cloud implementations using Azure and AWS by utilizing cloud-native technologies. Now, he is part of the Azure Cloud Native and Ecosystem team and is responsible for container supply chain security for Azure services and customers.

Toddy has over 25 years of experience in software engineering and design, consulting, and product management for companies like Microsoft, T-Mobile, and SAP. He started his cloud journey 14 years ago as part of the Azure team. Since then, Toddy worke... Show more

Rémi Riche

Rémi Riche

Fintech Entrepreneur

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Daniela Muñiz

Daniela Muñiz

Five years transforming analytical projects into BI solutions and strategies, segmentation techniques, reports, ETL automated processes, etc, by using methods of data compilation on-site or cloud services for the banking industry & nine years being a geek trying to discover what her passion is.

Five years transforming analytical projects into BI solutions and strategies, segmentation techniques, reports, ETL automated processes, etc, by using methods of data compilation on-site or cloud services for the banking industry & nine years being a... Show more

Jorge Vargas Garcia

Jorge Vargas Garcia

Hello, I'm Jorge Vargas, a seasoned CTO with a proven record of launching successful products and enhancing user experiences. Over my career, I've led high-performing engineering and product teams that consistently met and exceeded our key objectives, all supported by meticulously defined OKRs. My core focus has always been on fostering cross-team collaboration to maximize efficiency and resource optimization.

My expertise extends to forging robust technological and business partnerships, ensuring the unwavering
reliability of our products. When it comes to technology and platform selection, I excel in finding the sweet spot between complexity and simplicity. I firmly believe that balancing scalability with operational growth is paramount. My holistic approach covers all critical facets of the organization, maintaining a 360-degree vision in all my strategic endeavors.

I'm deeply committed to propelling our company to new heights and staying on the cutting edge of
technological innovation. I eagerly anticipate the opportunity to collaborate and collectively elevate our
company's success to the next level.

Hello, I'm Jorge Vargas, a seasoned CTO with a proven record of launching successful products and enhancing user experiences. Over my career, I've led high-performing engineering and product teams that consistently met and exceeded our key objectives... Show more

Vasilika Klimova

Vasilika Klimova

I have been a Web Developer for over 14 years (Frontend mostly, but also Fullstack).
I had experience working as a single web developer, as a member of big teams in FinTech, and as a Team Lead of a small team.

I enjoyed working on web 3D projects, awesome animations, visualizations, and good infographics. I am a speaker & organizer of tech meetups and conferences. I helped many students at different schools with learning web development. 
I like tech communities and modern technologies.

Last 8 years, I have been living in Luxembourg and holding a Luxembourg JavaScript meetup.
In 2023 I started to work as a Developer Relations Engineer at Kadena.

My passion is 🎮 video/board games, 🏞️ traveling, 🤿 diving, animals (I have a red cat 🐈), and cinema 🎥. I collect children's books from different countries and Christmas tree decorations.

I have been a Web Developer for over 14 years (Frontend mostly, but also Fullstack).
I had experience working as a single web developer, as a member of big teams in FinTech, and as a Team Lead of a small team. I enjoyed working on web 3D projects,... Show more

Varsham Papikian

Varsham Papikian

I am a data enthusiast with over 25 years of experience in data processing, database management and associated Microsoft technologies. I specialize in delivering high-quality solutions in data processing, database management, performance tuning, scaling, automation, business intelligence, and analytics. My extensive expertise includes working on numerous projects using SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, Power BI, Power Query, Python, R and PowerShell. As a speaker and mentor, I am passionate about sharing my knowledge and helping others to succeed. I played a key role in starting the Boston Business Intelligence user group, and I have also helped to run the New England SQL Server user group.

I am a data enthusiast with over 25 years of experience in data processing, database management and associated Microsoft technologies. I specialize in delivering high-quality solutions in data processing, database management, performance tuning, scal... Show more

Vincent Caldeira

Vincent Caldeira

Vincent Caldeira, CTO of Red Hat in APAC, is responsible for strategic partnerships and technology strategy. Named a top CTO in APAC in 2023, he has 20+ years in IT, excelling in technology transformation in finance. An authority in open source, cloud computing, and digital transformation, Vincent frequently speaks on data analytics, AI/ML, and IT sustainability. He is a Board Member of OS-Climate, a member of the GSF Green AI Committee and FINOS Technical Oversight Committee.

Vincent Caldeira, CTO of Red Hat in APAC, is responsible for strategic partnerships and technology strategy. Named a top CTO in APAC in 2023, he has 20+ years in IT, excelling in technology transformation in finance. An authority in open source, clou... Show more

Josephine Kayembe

Josephine Kayembe

I'm a software engineer & a Google Tech Enthusiast with Angular, Flutter and Firebase. I'm also a speaker at tech events and a local guide.

I'm a software engineer & a Google Tech Enthusiast with Angular, Flutter and Firebase. I'm also a speaker at tech events and a local guide. Show more

Oluwafemi Akerele

Oluwafemi Akerele

I’m Femi Akerele, a Mobile Engineer at i-invest, Nigeria’s leading inter-brokerage platform. My career journey has given me the chance to build transformative products across sectors such as Fintech, Edtech, Cleantech, Health, and E-commerce, allowing me to blend technical expertise with a mission to create meaningful impact. Over the years, I’ve mentored over 100 talents globally, helping them navigate critical career choices, whether that’s selecting a specialization in tech or building the resilience needed to thrive in the industry.

Through my speaking engagements, I focus on sharing insights that make complex concepts practical and empowering. My approach is deeply informed by my experience as a mentor with ADPList, where I guide emerging talent on their unique paths to success. Inspired by Seth Godin’s words, “If it’s work, we try to do less. If it’s art, we try to do more,” I view software development as my art—an intersection of creativity, precision, and passion.

I’m Femi Akerele, a Mobile Engineer at i-invest, Nigeria’s leading inter-brokerage platform. My career journey has given me the chance to build transformative products across sectors such as Fintech, Edtech, Cleantech, Health, and E-commerce, allowin... Show more

Karanbir Singh

Karanbir Singh

Software Engineering professional with 6+ years of experience across AI/ML engineering, distributed systems, and microservices for fintech, auto, and other industries

Software Engineering professional with 6+ years of experience across AI/ML engineering, distributed systems, and microservices for fintech, auto, and other industries Show more

Steve Anderson

Steve Anderson

Steve Anderson is a data science and AI thought leader. He worked in sports, financial services, healthcare, technology, retail, academia, and few other industries. In his current role at Teradata, he is the Senior Director of Data Science & AI for the marketing team. He leverages his extensive experience to support Teradata's AI marketing strategy in coordination with various marketing teams and industry sectors within the company. He thrives on evangelizing the principles and values that have defined the positive results he has generated in the trusted AI space. It is his passion to inspire the industry to elevate their businesses and enhance lives through the power of trusted AI.

Steve Anderson is a data science and AI thought leader. He worked in sports, financial services, healthcare, technology, retail, academia, and few other industries. In his current role at Teradata, he is the Senior Director of Data Science & AI for t... Show more

Nicholas Musau

Nicholas Musau

I'm a Spatial Data Scientist

I'm a Spatial Data Scientist Show more

Sumit Kumar

Sumit Kumar

Fast track recognised Power platform Engagement Director at HCL Technologies formerly known as PowerObjects with over 18 years of professional experience in the analysis of business problems and application of IT-based solutions - primarily in government, Housing and public authority. Mr. Kumar is delivery-focused and pragmatic with considerable team leading, architectural and technical design experience, allied with appreciation of business requirements and effective people management skills. He has experience of the entire life cycle - from pre-sales through to transition and service delivery

Fast track recognised Power platform Engagement Director at HCL Technologies formerly known as PowerObjects with over 18 years of professional experience in the analysis of business problems and application of IT-based solutions - primarily in gove... Show more

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