Finance & Banking

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

Alex Ischenko

Alex Ischenko

Alex Ischenko, SVP of Engineering at Rebrandly (The #1 platform for branded short URLs), began his career as a Software Engineer over 20 years ago, and moved to Senior Management roles.

Recently, Alex was included in the Top 100 Leaders @ CTO Craft, shaping the future of technology.

Alex is an AI-driven CTO focused on building scalable, high-impact products and empowering elite engineering teams.
He turns visionary ideas into global technology platforms that raise the bar for performance, innovation, and customer experience.

His extensive experience includes:

15+ years building and leading development teams
10+ years in startup environments
Managed 100+ FTE teams

Solid expertise in AI, GenAI, ML, SaaS, Insurtech, Healthcare and Fintech.

Alex is passionate about mentorship, eagerly sharing his leadership and architectural knowledge.

Alex Ischenko, SVP of Engineering at Rebrandly (The #1 platform for branded short URLs), began his career as a Software Engineer over 20 years ago, and moved to Senior Management roles. Recently, Alex was included in the Top 100 Leaders @ CTO Craf... Show more

José P. Barrantes

José P. Barrantes

José P. es un ingeniero de machine learning (ML) y científico de datos que integra métodos estadísticos y computacionales para convertir los datos en valor. Actualmente trabaja en el equipo de Ingeniería de Prevención de Fraude de IBM Cloud, centrándose en ingeniería de ML y MLOps, incluyendo el diseño de pipelines, arquitecturas y herramientas para poner en producción modelos predictivos. José ha trabajado en los sectores de fintech y banca, en startups centradas en la prevención del fraude, y en empresas tecnológicas más amplias, lo que le ha proporcionado una visión práctica de los sistemas de ML en el mundo real. Sus habilidades técnicas e interpersonales ayudan a conectar a ingenieros, estadísticos y líderes empresariales, asegurando una comprensión compartida y resultados prácticos. Además del trabajo, disfruta de la lectura, senderismo, del té, y pasar tiempo con sus perros, Pequeña Mai y El Milanesso.

José P. es un ingeniero de machine learning (ML) y científico de datos que integra métodos estadísticos y computacionales para convertir los datos en valor. Actualmente trabaja en el equipo de Ingeniería de Prevención de Fraude de IBM Cloud, centránd... Show more

Akash Chandra

Akash Chandra

Akash Chandra, Founder & CEO of InsightAI (FintechAI), brings over 10+ years of experience in industrial AI with a focus on financial analytics. An alumnus of IIT Kanpur and the University of Texas at Austin, Akash is recognized for his expertise in fintech, large data pipelines, and AI-based fraud detection. As a public speaker on AI/ML and Graph Databases, he has contributed significantly to the field. Akash has shown his leadership in startup environments using his innovative approach to leveraging advanced AI technologies.

Akash Chandra, Founder & CEO of InsightAI (FintechAI), brings over 10+ years of experience in industrial AI with a focus on financial analytics. An alumnus of IIT Kanpur and the University of Texas at Austin, Akash is recognized for his expertise in ... Show more

Daiki Takasao

Daiki Takasao

I am the first person in Japan to be awarded the title of Kubestronaut.
I was also awarded 2021,2024,2025 APN AWS Top Engineer.

As an infrastructure engineer, I have been responsible for the design, maintenance, and operation of multiple enterprise systems, both on-premise and in the cloud.
Currently, I am responsible for the infrastructure of a microservices common infrastructure for a financial institution, which adopts many cloud-native technologies such as Kubernetes and Linkerd.

I am the first person in Japan to be awarded the title of Kubestronaut. I was also awarded 2021,2024,2025 APN AWS Top Engineer. As an infrastructure engineer, I have been responsible for the design, maintenance, and operation of multiple enterpri... Show more

Christopher Bulin

Christopher Bulin

Christopher has over twenty years of experience in payments, with deep exposure to how merchants, processors, and platforms navigate fraud, risk, and compliance requirements. He also spent five years building a startup focused on improving how merchants achieve and maintain PCI compliance, gaining firsthand experience with both the technical and operational challenges of regulated environments.

Although that company did not succeed, the time spent building it provided direct insight into how compliance frameworks work in practice and where they fail under real-world conditions.

Christopher now works in workforce and staffing operations at Express Employment Professionals, where documentation, verification, and trust directly impact hiring decisions, reimbursements, and employee outcomes. His perspective is grounded in practical experience across payments, compliance, and workforce systems rather than academic theory.

Christopher has over twenty years of experience in payments, with deep exposure to how merchants, processors, and platforms navigate fraud, risk, and compliance requirements. He also spent five years building a startup focused on improving how mercha... Show more

Aki Asahara

Aki Asahara

Aki Asahara, Ph.D., is an AI systems performance engineer and the Chief Marketing Officer at Fixstars. With a doctorate in astrophysics and more than 15 years of hands-on engineering and project management experience, he specializes in GPU performance engineering for large-scale AI training and inference workloads. His work spans autonomous driving, finance, healthcare, and industrial AI applications, with expertise in distributed training, mixed-precision optimization, and cluster-level observability on NVIDIA H100/H200/B200 architectures.

Aki serves as a Session Chair and Speaker at HPC Asia 2026 and has delivered invited talks at multiple GenAI-focused conferences in Japan. He also represents Fixstars as an exhibitor at the Supercomputing Conference (SC). He contributes to publications in AI systems performance engineering and leads industry projects that significantly improve throughput and cost efficiency.

Aki Asahara, Ph.D., is an AI systems performance engineer and the Chief Marketing Officer at Fixstars. With a doctorate in astrophysics and more than 15 years of hands-on engineering and project management experience, he specializes in GPU performanc... Show more

Herbert Sianturi

Herbert Sianturi

Herbert Sianturi serves as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Krom Bank Indonesia, where he roles spearheads efforts in enhancing the quality of end-to-end application lifecycle and applying open source platform as a base. With years of expertise in container orchestration and cloud computing, he is responsible for the scalability, reliability and stepping the costs of banking system by using open source platform. When Herbert isn't experimenting, he enjoys penetration testing.

Herbert Sianturi serves as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Krom Bank Indonesia, where he roles spearheads efforts in enhancing the quality of end-to-end application lifecycle and applying open source platform as a base. With years of expertise in contain... Show more

Emmanuella Ubokabasi Etop Essien

Emmanuella Ubokabasi Etop Essien

I am on a mission to help developers build the future of finance.

I’m a Developer Relations Engineer at Blnk Finance, where I create technical content, sample projects, workshops, and talks that support the developer ecosystem in leveraging open-source ledger tools to ensure financial data integrity.

I have cultivated expertise in full-stack development, cross-platform mobile development, and modern web technologies. Through my YouTube platform, I have created a thriving technical education community, producing high-retention videos. I have spoken at conferences like Google I/O and GDG events amongst other events. I am dedicated to simplifying technical concepts for developers worldwide.

I'm passionate about inclusive developer education and building tools that help people ship. Open to speaking, workshops, and collaborations focused on developer experience (DX) and community growth.

I am on a mission to help developers build the future of finance. I’m a Developer Relations Engineer at Blnk Finance, where I create technical content, sample projects, workshops, and talks that support the developer ecosystem in leveraging open-... Show more

Fredrik Bekkevold

Fredrik Bekkevold

With 20 years of experience from creating solutions, I have seen a lot. The last 6 years I have worked primarily in healthcare and Fin-Tech. Both domains have similarities and are both seen as complex. By using the right mindset, technology and just being polite, I try to reduce complexity and make things happen. And sometimes great things do happen.

With 20 years of experience from creating solutions, I have seen a lot. The last 6 years I have worked primarily in healthcare and Fin-Tech. Both domains have similarities and are both seen as complex. By using the right mindset, technology and just ... Show more

Stuart Blackler

Stuart Blackler

I'm Stuart Blackler, a Principal Engineer with over 15 years of professional experience building software systems at scale. I create content under the CodeWithStu brand, sharing practical knowledge about .NET, AWS, DevOps, and cloud architecture.

My career has spanned fintech, Web3, and enterprise software:
- CTO at Illuvium (2024-2025): Led engineering for a Web3 gaming platform
- Principal Engineer at Checkout.com (2019-2022): Scaled payment infrastructure serving global merchants
- Lead Architect at ClearBank (2017-2018): Architected core banking systems for the UK's first clearing bank in 250 years
- Various Senior Engineering roles (2009-2017): Including positions at Loupe and GfK

I'm Stuart Blackler, a Principal Engineer with over 15 years of professional experience building software systems at scale. I create content under the CodeWithStu brand, sharing practical knowledge about .NET, AWS, DevOps, and cloud architecture. ... Show more

Linda Grizely

Linda Grizely

Linda Grizely, CFP®, MSFS, CAP® is a financial wellness speaker, personal finance expert, educator, and money coach. She is the creator of the MeMoney™ method, a financial strategy designed to create a mindset shift and help people feel confident and in control of their money, — without judgment or lecture. Her core belief is simple: You deserve to feel confident with money and good about how you spend it™.

With experience as a financial advisor, Linda is now leading a movement to replace shame with self-trust in financial conversations — from kitchen tables to corporate stages. She teaches individuals and organizations how to turn financial overwhelm into empowerment by making money practical, emotionally grounded, and human. Through her content, coaching, and podcast Real Money, Real Life™, she helps people make financial decisions that feel aligned and true to who they are.

Linda’s speaking work focuses on humanizing money conversations in the workplace — connecting financial confidence to emotional well-being, performance, and retention. She is known for interactive sessions that invite reflection, participation, and clear “next best step” actions. Drawing on both lived experience and professional depth, she teaches in a way that makes complex financial topics clear, relatable, and actionable.

Over her 20+ year career — including more than a decade focused specifically on personal finance — Linda has led talks, workshops, webinars, and lunch-and-learns for employees, associations, and community groups. She bridges the human and behavioral sides of money with practical financial strategy — reminding people everywhere that financial power isn’t just about the numbers; it’s about making choices that reflect who you are, fully and unapologetically.

Linda holds a Master of Science in Financial Services (MSFS) and a Bachelor’s Degree with dual majors in Human Resources Management and Marketing. She is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® and a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® (CAP®). She also holds a Certificate in Nonprofit Management, Professional Fundraising, Nonprofit Board Consulting, and is certified as a Coach, Teacher, Trainer, and Speaker through Maxwell Leadership.

She is the 2019 recipient of the Charlotte Danstrom and Women of Achievement Award, and a 2023, 2024, & 2025 Circle of Excellence Qualifier for Women in Financial Services — recognizing her leadership, excellence, and commitment to helping others build clarity, confidence, and success.

Linda Grizely, CFP®, MSFS, CAP® is a financial wellness speaker, personal finance expert, educator, and money coach. She is the creator of the MeMoney™ method, a financial strategy designed to create a mindset shift and help people feel confident and... Show more

Riddhi Bhure

Riddhi Bhure

Riddhi Bhure is a Cloud Administrator at Trust Fintech Ltd, specializing in cloud infrastructure and AWS technologies. She works on managing and optimizing cloud environments, ensuring reliable, secure, and scalable systems that support modern financial technology operations.
With growing expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Riddhi is passionate about cloud computing, infrastructure management, and exploring innovative solutions that improve system performance and efficiency. She actively engages in learning and discussions around AWS and cloud technologies while contributing to the evolving landscape of fintech and cloud-based solutions.

Riddhi Bhure is a Cloud Administrator at Trust Fintech Ltd, specializing in cloud infrastructure and AWS technologies. She works on managing and optimizing cloud environments, ensuring reliable, secure, and scalable systems that support modern financ... Show more

Nancy McClelland CPA

Nancy McClelland CPA

With her CPA firm The Dancing Accountant, Nancy has been on a lifelong mission to support small businesses and their communities – as well as educate the professionals who serve them. Known for her fun, personal and direct style, it’s no surprise she insists that the future of accounting is built on relationships.

She also runs the 'Ask a CPA' community: a non-judgmental, safe space for bookkeepers who want to learn more about preparing tax-ready books, collaborating with CPAs, booking complex accounting transactions, and breaking into advisory services.

Named one of the Top 10 ProAdvisors by Insightful Accountant, as well as one of Ignition’s Top 50 Women in Accounting, she writes an award-winning blog with insights and resources for business-owners and accounting professionals, and is an engaging speaker… and 60’s go-go dancer!

With her CPA firm The Dancing Accountant, Nancy has been on a lifelong mission to support small businesses and their communities – as well as educate the professionals who serve them. Known for her fun, personal and direct style, it’s no surprise she... Show more

Luis Guerrero

Luis Guerrero

Como desarrollador experto en Flutter con más de 5 años de experiencia, inicié mi camino fundando Snap Eats, una startup de delivery que me permitió enfrentar los retos de construir y escalar productos móviles reales. Esa experiencia marcó mi pasión por crear soluciones digitales con impacto.

Desde entonces he liderado el desarrollo de aplicaciones en los sectores fintech y healthtech en Latinoamérica, impulsando la adopción por miles de usuarios y resolviendo desafíos técnicos complejos con un enfoque en escalabilidad y experiencia de usuario.

Actualmente, como Frontend Tech Lead en Monet, guío equipos móviles y decisiones de arquitectura, promoviendo buenas prácticas y asegurando entregas de calidad en entornos dinámicos.

Estoy comprometido en aprovechar la tecnología para resolver problemas reales, empoderar a los usuarios y llevar la innovación móvil al siguiente nivel.

Como desarrollador experto en Flutter con más de 5 años de experiencia, inicié mi camino fundando Snap Eats, una startup de delivery que me permitió enfrentar los retos de construir y escalar productos móviles reales. Esa experiencia marcó mi pasión ... Show more

Lora Vaughn

Lora Vaughn

Lora Vaughn helps business leaders understand technology risk without the jargon. A former NSA analyst and two-time CISO, she’s protected organizations from global fintechs to community banks. Now she advises executives on practical ways to protect their business, implement AI tools safely, and respond when things go wrong. A LinkedIn Learning instructor with courses taken by thousands, Lora delivers straight talk about what actually matters. No fear-mongering. No vendor pitches. Just what you actually need to know.

Lora Vaughn helps business leaders understand technology risk without the jargon. A former NSA analyst and two-time CISO, she’s protected organizations from global fintechs to community banks. Now she advises executives on practical ways to protect t... Show more

Ursula Spencer

Ursula Spencer

Ursula Spencer is an eDiscovery and information governance SME with deep roots in enterprise Microsoft ecosystems. She pioneered and led the Federal Reserve System’s eDiscovery function following the 2008 financial crisis, designing defensible data collection and review workflows across 12 Reserve Banks. Her work supported Congressional investigations, regulatory audits, and high risk litigation, reducing manual processing by over 80 percent while maintaining NIST and FISMA aligned audit readiness. She has since led system wide migrations to Microsoft 365, designed governance ready collaboration environments, and advised public and private sector organizations on secure, people centered M365 adoption.

Today, Ursula designs secure, people centered adoption strategies for public sector, education, and enterprise organizations. She specializes in translating emerging technologies including AI, XR, VR, and AR into governed, scalable solutions that accelerate transformation while protecting data and compliance posture. Her approach blends deep technical expertise with change leadership, helping organizations safely navigate AI’s inflection point.

An award winning technologist, she has spoken at Politico LIVE, Microsoft Elevate and Innovate, BaddieCon, CIAA Tech Summit House, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, where she shares practical frameworks for AI readiness, collaboration at scale, and career reinvention in emerging tech.

Ursula Spencer is an eDiscovery and information governance SME with deep roots in enterprise Microsoft ecosystems. She pioneered and led the Federal Reserve System’s eDiscovery function following the 2008 financial crisis, designing defensible data c... Show more

Venu Thangalapally

Venu Thangalapally

Senior Solutions Architect at AWS, based in Chicago, with deep expertise in cloud architecture, data and analytics, containers, and application modernization. He partners with financial service industry customers to translate business goals into secure, scalable, and compliant cloud solutions that deliver measurable value. Venu is passionate about using technology to drive innovation and operational excellence.

Senior Solutions Architect at AWS, based in Chicago, with deep expertise in cloud architecture, data and analytics, containers, and application modernization. He partners with financial service industry customers to translate business goals into secu... Show more

Cíntia Guberovic

Cíntia Guberovic

Sou KCP (Kanban Coaching Professional) e atuo como Superintendente de Governança, Planejamento e Performance no PagBank. Tenho carreira de +20 em TI com foco em agilidade nos últimos 12 anos. Hoje sou responsável pela expansão da agilidade organizacional, Gestão de Projetos e Portfolio do PagBank, através da disseminação de melhores práticas como alavanca de negócios, utilizando conceitos de Business Agility, Kanban e KMM como ferramentas de crescimento exponencial e maturidade organizacional, melhorando a assertividade no atingimento dos objetivos em níveis estratégicos e táticos. Sou também responsável pela gestão e alavancagem do plano de desenvolvimento profissional dos especialistas em agilidade, projetos e portfolio de um dos maiores bancos digitais do Brasil.

Sou KCP (Kanban Coaching Professional) e atuo como Superintendente de Governança, Planejamento e Performance no PagBank. Tenho carreira de +20 em TI com foco em agilidade nos últimos 12 anos. Hoje sou responsável pela expansão da agilidade organizaci... Show more

Diogo Ribeiro Braga

Diogo Ribeiro Braga

Diogo Ribeiro Braga is the Lead Data Scientist of Erste Group’s Risk AI Lab, the bank’s innovation center for AI in Risk Management. His work combines data architecture and software design principles with innovative approaches in graph technology, agentic AI, and advanced machine learning to build explainable, reliable, and scalable solutions.

Diogo Ribeiro Braga is the Lead Data Scientist of Erste Group’s Risk AI Lab, the bank’s innovation center for AI in Risk Management. His work combines data architecture and software design principles with innovative approaches in graph technology, ag... Show more

Andrei Moskalev

Andrei Moskalev

Andrei Moskalev is the CEO of Integrated Technology Laboratory LLC and the founder of several innovative ventures & continues to channel his passion for technology into creating cutting-edge solutions across diverse industries, including
Healthcare, Cybersecurity, Finance & Human Resource. Andrei is a strong advocate for youth engagement in technology & organized global "Kids in Technology" bootcamp series, inspiring children to explore the possibilities of technology through hands-on learning.

Andrei Moskalev is the CEO of Integrated Technology Laboratory LLC and the founder of several innovative ventures & continues to channel his passion for technology into creating cutting-edge solutions across diverse industries, including Healthcare... Show more

Jordi Coll Marin

Jordi Coll Marin

My name is Jordi Coll Marin and I was born in a city called Olot. I am from Spain and I currently live in The Netherlands. I joined Just Eat Takeaway.com on March 2021. As an experienced Android developer, I have worked on a wide range of projects, from small-scale applications to large and complex system integrations. Nowadays and after almost 5 years working in the company, I lead a backend team in the Fintech department at Just Eat Takeaway.com.

I am passionate about sports and I highly recommend incorporating physical activity into your weekly routine. It can truly make a significant difference in various aspects of your life!

My name is Jordi Coll Marin and I was born in a city called Olot. I am from Spain and I currently live in The Netherlands. I joined Just Eat Takeaway.com on March 2021. As an experienced Android developer, I have worked on a wide range of projects, f... Show more

Ricardo Corassa

Ricardo Corassa

Software engineer with experience in leading teams on the development of systems for psychometrics and finance. Ricardo is passionate about development and how developers can achieve their expertise and excellence of their skills set.

Software engineer with experience in leading teams on the development of systems for psychometrics and finance. Ricardo is passionate about development and how developers can achieve their expertise and excellence of their skills set. Show more

Ahmad Alsharif

Ahmad Alsharif

Ahmad Alsharif is a Google Cloud Authorized Trainer and a Cloud Architect Consultant at Eastnets. He specializes in Application modernization, Kubernetes, and Serverless, driving the design and implementation of cloud environments for complex highly-regulated financial workloads. He also leads the Google Developer Group Amman, actively advocating for Cloud-native technologies.

Ahmad Alsharif is a Google Cloud Authorized Trainer and a Cloud Architect Consultant at Eastnets. He specializes in Application modernization, Kubernetes, and Serverless, driving the design and implementation of cloud environments for complex highly-... Show more

Chris Boose

Chris Boose

I have a foundation in system development, automation, UX design, and tech consulting. With extensive experience across a wide array of programming languages and platforms, I excel in architecting and delivering innovative, user-centric solutions that drive operational efficiency and business impact.

I have worked with AI-driven systems for clients using tools such as Azure AI, Power Platform's AI, and Copilot Studio, focusing on intelligent automation, adaptive interfaces, and seamless digital experiences. My background includes contributions to customer service, government, and financial sectors, where I've leveraged various technology solutions to streamline complex processes and enhance decision-making.

A proponent of sustainable business practices, I bring a strategic lens to technology implementation—ensuring solutions are not only cutting-edge but also aligned with long-term organizational values. My ability to bridge technical execution with thoughtful design and industry insight makes me a valuable asset in any forward-thinking enterprise.

I have a foundation in system development, automation, UX design, and tech consulting. With extensive experience across a wide array of programming languages and platforms, I excel in architecting and delivering innovative, user-centric solutions tha... Show more

Lolu Olufemi

Lolu Olufemi

Lolu Olufemi a.k.a Lolu Lessons is a Change Management Speaker, Consultant and Coach, helping organisations and individuals unlock their potential to navigate change with purpose and clarity.

Raised in Scotland, born in Nigeria, and having lived in seven different cities, Lolu has experienced first-hand the complexities of personal and professional transitions. Her journey from finance to change management consulting has taught her one crucial lesson: change is about people.

With an MBA from Imperial College London and 18+ years of experience in the Big 4 leading teams and working with multi-national clients, Lolu brings hands-on expertise in people-centred change management. Her practical, jargon-free approach has helped organisations across finance, retail, government, and media navigate change successfully by putting people at the heart of change.

Known for her engaging #LoluLessons across social media, Lolu makes change management accessible, actionable, and human.

Lolu Olufemi a.k.a Lolu Lessons is a Change Management Speaker, Consultant and Coach, helping organisations and individuals unlock their potential to navigate change with purpose and clarity. Raised in Scotland, born in Nigeria, and having lived ... Show more

Oleksii Kraievyi

Oleksii Kraievyi

IT-operations specialist with experience in Telco and FinTech software engineering.

IT-operations specialist with experience in Telco and FinTech software engineering. Show more

Richard Munn

Richard Munn

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

Himanshu Goel

Himanshu Goel

Himanshu Goel is an AI Research Engineer and Data Scientist with nearly six years of experience building and deploying production-grade AI, machine learning, and Generative AI systems across finance and healthcare. He specializes in Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and document intelligence systems, with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, and real-world constraints.
His work spans the full AI lifecycle, including data analysis, feature engineering, statistical modeling, and the design of end-to-end ML and GenAI pipelines using Python, TensorFlow, LangChain, and cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure. Himanshu has led and contributed to enterprise solutions involving semantic search, regulatory document analysis, predictive modeling, and AI-powered decision support systems, delivering measurable improvements in accuracy, efficiency, and cost.
Through his talks, Himanshu focuses on sharing practical lessons from building AI systems in production covering architecture decisions, trade-offs, failure modes, and best practices for deploying trustworthy AI solutions in cloud environments.

Himanshu Goel is an AI Research Engineer and Data Scientist with nearly six years of experience building and deploying production-grade AI, machine learning, and Generative AI systems across finance and healthcare. He specializes in Large Language Mo... Show more

Vishal Gangarapu

Vishal Gangarapu

Vishal Gangarapu is an accomplished finance transformation leader with over 13 years of experience driving revenue growth and operational efficiency through data-driven strategies. Currently serving as Executive Director of Finance Data Analytics & Transformation at Mizuho Financial Group, Vishal leads enterprise-wide initiatives to modernize financial operations and integrate advanced analytics into strategic decision-making.
Throughout his career at organizations including Dell Technologies, Goldman Sachs, and North Highland Worldwide Consulting, Vishal has consistently delivered measurable business impact—from implementing pricing optimization models that increased margins by 50 basis points to developing financial data intelligence strategies that improved market share by 120 basis points. His expertise spans financial planning, data analytics, business architecture, and digital transformation across multiple industries.
A strategic thinker with technical acumen, Vishal leverages his skills in financial modeling, SQL, Python, EPM and business intelligence tools to translate complex data into actionable insights. His innovative approach to financial strategy has resulted in millions in cost savings and revenue generation for global organizations.
Vishal holds an MBA in Finance from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He is a certified Scuba diver and avid traveler who has visited 44 US states and 10 countries.

Vishal Gangarapu is an accomplished finance transformation leader with over 13 years of experience driving revenue growth and operational efficiency through data-driven strategies. Currently serving as Executive Director of Finance Data Analytics & T... Show more

Alvaro Callero

Alvaro Callero

I’m a Staff Engineer and Computer Engineer with 12 years of full experience in the IT industry, with passion for learning cutting-edge technologies.

I’ve participated in more than 15 projects in cross-functional teams between 6 and 12 people, with clients like Paypal, Ancestry, Salesforce, Mercedes Benz, Bancolombia, just to name a few, so I feel comfortable being involved in industries like Software, Health, Finance, Energy. etc.

In my latest projects I met Elixir and I just fell in love with this functional programming language, and how complex problems can be solved in a fancy way, tackling situations like high availability, concurrency and distributed systems.

I was one the speakers at ElixirConf 2024 in Orlando, at Code BEAM America 2025 in SF, and ExMex 2025 in Austin!!

I really enjoy being able to support and encourage the growth of the Elixir community!

I’m a Staff Engineer and Computer Engineer with 12 years of full experience in the IT industry, with passion for learning cutting-edge technologies. I’ve participated in more than 15 projects in cross-functional teams between 6 and 12 people, with... Show more

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