Omar spent 20 years as a CPA building and auditing integrated financial models before spending the last six building AI products in Python, Next.js, and Firestore at PMSOX LLC. He holds an MBA and PMP and has a deep background in mathematics and statistics. In the "Can AI Reconstruct a Company?" session, he owns the three-statement engine, the forecast scoring methodology, the governance agents' fiduciary and capital-allocation constraints, and the Item 1A risk-disclosure analysis. He presents the backtest and the reveal.

Omar spent 20 years as a CPA building and auditing integrated financial models before spending the last six building AI products in Python, Next.js, and Firestore at PMSOX LLC. He holds an MBA and PMP and has a deep background in mathematics and stat... Show more

Lekan Lawal is the Founder & CEO of Mazesoftwares, a digital agency delivering high-impact software solutions and the Assistant Vice President, Solutions at Bitoshi.africa where he engineered the platform’s core mobile, backend and crypto infrastructure. With up to a decade of experience from early web development days to building scalable fintech and crypto platforms. Lekan has helped startups across Africa and beyond launch products that scale. Passionate about clean architecture, developer growth and real-world problem-solving, he brings deep technical insight and practical strategies for building software that thrives in emerging markets.

Lekan Lawal is the Founder & CEO of Mazesoftwares, a digital agency delivering high-impact software solutions and the Assistant Vice President, Solutions at Bitoshi.africa where he engineered the platform’s core mobile, backend and crypto infrastruct... Show more

Ratnadeep Simhadri is a Staff Software Engineer with 12+ years building payment and fintech systems that process over $1.68 trillion in annual transaction volume across 200+ markets. At PayPal, he architects and develops the Open Banking platform — the aggregation layer connecting thousands of global financial institutions — and builds the data insights products layered on top of it, including agentic applications that turn open banking data into actionable intelligence for merchants.

His background spans payments orchestration, open banking, checkout platforms, and large-scale distributed systems. He has designed real-time payment infrastructure serving hundreds of millions of users and extensible checkout systems supporting diverse payment methods across regions, all built for high availability and sub-second latency.

He leads cross-functional work across engineering, data science, product, and compliance, translating regulatory and business requirements into technical architecture. He mentors engineers at every level and has been recognized with enterprise-wide innovation awards. His current focus is the intersection of open banking infrastructure and AI-driven financial intelligence.

Ratnadeep Simhadri is a Staff Software Engineer with 12+ years building payment and fintech systems that process over $1.68 trillion in annual transaction volume across 200+ markets. At PayPal, he architects and develops the Open Banking platform — t... Show more

Darrell Howell is a finance and operations executive and the Founder & CEO of RoofIntel, an independent property decision platform beginning with residential roofing in Nashville. RoofIntel helps property owners understand what major projects should reasonably require and cost before contractor pricing becomes the frame of reference.

He also founded ScaleSmart Advisory, where he provides fractional CFO and COO support to privately held businesses, with a focus on cash flow, profitability, forecasting, operational systems, risk management, and growth.

Previously, Darrell served as Chief Financial Officer of Bluebird Roofing and as a Consulting CFO at CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen). At Bluebird, he helped expand the company’s offerings into retail roofing, windows, siding, and commercial roofing while improving financial reporting and cost control. At CLA, his work included financial reporting, forecasting, cash management, and equity management transitions.

From 2015 to 2021, he provided CFO, controllership, and finance and operations leadership to privately held businesses across construction, real estate, distribution, and service industries. He began in an independent advisory capacity and later moved into an embedded corporate finance leadership role with a privately held construction and real estate group. In that role, he directed finance and accounting across three related entities, managed a team of eight, and oversaw approximately $40 million in budgets.

Darrell holds an MBA in Accounting from Middle Tennessee State University and bachelor’s degrees in Accounting and Management from the University of North Alabama. His interests include Tennessee Volunteers football and basketball, golf, and travel.

Darrell Howell is a finance and operations executive and the Founder & CEO of RoofIntel, an independent property decision platform beginning with residential roofing in Nashville. RoofIntel helps property owners understand what major projects should ... Show more

Olayiwola Akinnagbe is a Senior Backend Engineer and AI researcher working at the intersection of financial technology, distributed systems, and intelligent human–AI collaboration. His work is guided by a clear conviction: systems should not merely function. They should scale, adapt, and strengthen the people who use them.

In the fintech sector, Olayiwola architects API-first, event-driven microservices that power payments, loan origination, and high-volume transaction platforms processing over one million API requests daily. He designs secure and resilient backend infrastructures using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and AWS. By applying CQRS principles, low-latency search optimization, and cloud-native deployment strategies, he consistently delivers measurable improvements in latency, throughput, and system reliability.

His contribution extends beyond engineering practice into scholarly research. He is the author of the peer-reviewed paper “Human–AI Collaboration: Enhancing Productivity and Decision-Making,” where he reframed artificial intelligence not as automation, but as cognitive partnership. His work examines how humans and intelligent systems can intentionally distribute cognitive responsibility while preserving human agency. This framework has been recognized for its clarity in explaining productivity acceleration and hybrid decision-making models.

Olayiwola holds a Master’s degree in Information Technology, graduating in the top five percent of his class, with research focused on machine learning–based malware detection. His broader publications span AI in finance, cybersecurity, federated learning, and predictive modeling for risk management. This combination of production engineering and academic inquiry enables him to translate theoretical insight into secure, deployable, and economically sound systems.

An AWS Certified Solutions Architect and Developer, he is committed to building architectures that are secure by design, resilient under pressure, and optimized for real-world constraints. He mentors engineers, contributes to technical scholarship, and speaks on system design, fintech infrastructure, and the evolving discipline of human–AI collaborative intelligence.

For Olayiwola, technology is not only about writing code. It is about designing systems that expand human capability while preserving judgment, responsibility, and trust.

Olayiwola Akinnagbe is a Senior Backend Engineer and AI researcher working at the intersection of financial technology, distributed systems, and intelligent human–AI collaboration. His work is guided by a clear conviction: systems should not merely f... Show more

Anita has always been interested in computers from an early age; very early on, her dad gifted her a ZX spectrum. However, it took until she was later in her career to actually move directly into a coding career by becoming an automated tester. Before that, she spent many years working in a support role in various financial technology institutes, working closely with analysts, developers and testers, noticing the lack of young women in the space.
Outside of her day job, she has focused on trying to encourage more young women into technology roles with the Dell Stem Apire Mentoring program.

Anita has always been interested in computers from an early age; very early on, her dad gifted her a ZX spectrum. However, it took until she was later in her career to actually move directly into a coding career by becoming an automated tester. Befo... Show more

He is Google Developer Expert in GCP , working as Sr. DevOps Engineer at Lloyds Banking Group .He has previously worked as a cloud engineer at Searce (GCP Premium Partner) He is Google Cloud Champion Innovator in the category of Modern Architecture with CKA + 3X Certified in GCP and 1X in Azure . He has been helping small and mid sized startups to adopt and implement best practices in cloud and DevOps culture to fasten their software delivery process. He loves to integrate various GCP service like networking, compute, storage , containers, GKE etc, and likes to Implement various use cases. He loves to explore and deep dive into GCP services and also help community by creating content and writing medium blogs.

He is Google Developer Expert in GCP , working as Sr. DevOps Engineer at Lloyds Banking Group .He has previously worked as a cloud engineer at Searce (GCP Premium Partner) He is Google Cloud Champion Innovator in the category of Modern Architectur... Show more

I design and scale high-throughput, low-latency fintech platforms in highly regulated environments. With 21+ years, I've built cloud-native systems on Azure and Kubernetes using Java 21, Spring Boot, Reactive Programming, Kafka, and Redis - with a strong focus on event-driven architecture. I combine deep hands-on engineering with technical leadership to help teams build platforms that are fast, resilient, and compliant.

I design and scale high-throughput, low-latency fintech platforms in highly regulated environments. With 21+ years, I've built cloud-native systems on Azure and Kubernetes using Java 21, Spring Boot, Reactive Programming, Kafka, and Redis - with a st... Show more

Staff Security Engineer at neon Switzerland AG, a Swiss mobile-first fintech providing everyday banking, investing, and integrated pension services, serving 250k+ customers on a cloud-native platform. As a director-level IC, he defines security architecture and governance across cloud, IAM, DevSecOps, and AI infrastructure. Eight years at neon, starting as a freelancer. Previously active in ICS, IoT, red teaming, and incident response in energy, government, and finance.

Staff Security Engineer at neon Switzerland AG, a Swiss mobile-first fintech providing everyday banking, investing, and integrated pension services, serving 250k+ customers on a cloud-native platform. As a director-level IC, he defines security archi... Show more

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

I am a Flutter Mobile Engineer with over five years of professional experience building production-ready mobile applications. At Payecards, a fintech company offering digital banking and cryptocurrency services, I work on developing secure, scalable, and user-focused mobile solutions used in real-world financial environments.

Over the years, I have built and shipped several applications to both the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, gaining hands-on experience in application architecture, state management, performance optimization, API integrations, and delivering polished user experiences. Beyond writing code, I enjoy sharing knowledge with fellow developers and helping others build confidence in creating high-quality Flutter applications.

I am a Flutter Mobile Engineer with over five years of professional experience building production-ready mobile applications. At Payecards, a fintech company offering digital banking and cryptocurrency services, I work on developing secure, scalable,... Show more

Samuel Owolabi is a Senior Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience building software across fintech, Web3, and SaaS, from backend systems and cloud infrastructure to AI-powered products.

He is a Senior Software Engineer and Founding Engineer at BudPay, a top fintech company in Africa, where he helped build the payment infrastructure businesses use to move money across the continent. Previously, he worked on Inscribable, a Bitcoin and Ordinals Web3 platform.
He holds AWS Solutions Architect Associate and AWS Certified Developer certifications.

Samuel gives back to the industry through open source, writing, and mentoring. He created RagRails, an open source memory layer and infrastructure for AI agents. His articles appear in top publications like In Plain English, and he runs a Substack on AI engineering, system design, and cloud architecture.
On ADPList, he was named a Top 10 Systems Design Mentor for April to June 2026, helping engineers grow their system design skills and careers.

Samuel Owolabi is a Senior Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience building software across fintech, Web3, and SaaS, from backend systems and cloud infrastructure to AI-powered products. He is a Senior Software Engineer and Founding Engi... Show more

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

I am a hands-on Architect, with a proven record of delivering scalable, secure, and flexible enterprise systems. I am passionate about clean, readable, tested code and delivering excellent value to clients.

I currently serve as a Software Architect at One Zero Bank. Our company is the first digital bank, providing fast, reliable service to our customers using the latest AI technologies.

At my previous company (NI), I also served as the Lead of the Product Security Chapter, which focused on advancing NI's security posture using their SDL, Threat Modeling, Certifications, and lots of training.

I am a hands-on Architect, with a proven record of delivering scalable, secure, and flexible enterprise systems. I am passionate about clean, readable, tested code and delivering excellent value to clients. I currently serve as a Software Architec... Show more

Khang Toh is Head of Engineering, Digital Operations, SRE and Cloud Infrastructure at Bank Jago / DKatalis, where he leads cloud, reliability, developer experience, and AI-enabled digital operations for a digital bank serving more than 16 million customers. He has over 20 years of experience across software engineering, architecture, mobile, cloud infrastructure, startup leadership, and digital banking, with more than 15 years leading technical teams in the US and Singapore. Khang started developing for mobile in 2009, founded the Singapore Android Developers Meetup in 2013, serves as Conference Chair for droidcon Singapore, and is the Developers Circle Lead for Facebook in Singapore. His current work focuses on how AI can transform enterprise engineering, SRE, cloud operations, and developer productivity.

Khang Toh is Head of Engineering, Digital Operations, SRE and Cloud Infrastructure at Bank Jago / DKatalis, where he leads cloud, reliability, developer experience, and AI-enabled digital operations for a digital bank serving more than 16 million cus... Show more

Apoorva Jaiswal is an Applied AI Lead at JPMorgan Chase focused on translating research into production systems by developing graph machine learning (graph ML) and LLM-powered agentic systems that serve Global Banking. She began her career at JPMC India in 2018 as a Software Engineer, building a strong foundation in systems and software design. In 2020, she pivoted to the India-based AI team, architecting cloud infrastructure to deploy ML models at scale before moving into hands-on model development. In 2023, she relocated to the US-based AI team and advanced into her current leadership role, leading cross-functional delivery of graph ML and agentic AI capabilities. Apoorva is a strong advocate of continuous learning. She earned her MS in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst while working full-time. She contributes to the broader AI community through mentorship, teaching and talks: she has led workshops at the Grace Hopper Celebration on LangChain-based multimodal workflows (2024) and on LangGraph-based multi-agent workflows (2025), and has spoken at AI meetups in Silicon Valley. She organizes AI Meetups at the Silicon Valley Tech Center, JPMC and is a BobaTalks mentor. She holds patents in AI/ML and brings a global perspective from building and scaling production AI systems across India and the United States.

Apoorva Jaiswal is an Applied AI Lead at JPMorgan Chase focused on translating research into production systems by developing graph machine learning (graph ML) and LLM-powered agentic systems that serve Global Banking. She began her career at JPMC In... Show more

Josh Bartch is an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor with more than 15 years of experience in global capital markets. He has founded multiple companies and played a key role in structuring transactions with a combined value exceeding one billion dollars. His professional background includes mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, reverse mergers, capital strategy, and business development. His work focuses on helping companies access capital, strengthen their strategic direction, prepare for public market opportunities, and expand into international markets.

Josh currently serves as CEO of MavDB Consulting, LLC, a firm he founded in Puerto Rico that specializes in corporate advisory, investor relations, and capital markets strategy. Through the firm, he works with companies seeking practical guidance on financing preparation, investor communication, market positioning, and international growth. His experience includes advising companies connected to major exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, the London Stock Exchange, Euronext, and the Canadian Securities Exchange.

Bartch began his business journey in Denver, Colorado. While attending Colorado State University, he created his first company and later sold it. That early experience gave him practical insight into entrepreneurship, business operations, and growth strategy. In 2007, he co-founded a digital transcription company that served professionals in the legal, medical, academic, and business sectors across the United States. The platform became known for reliable service, accuracy, and efficient delivery while building a steady client base.

Josh Bartch expanded his investment and advisory experience in 2011 by launching a private firm focused on supporting early-stage and growth-stage businesses. The firm worked across multiple industries and helped companies address funding needs, build strategic relationships, and prepare for initial public offerings and other public market opportunities. His work involved collaborating directly with leadership teams to develop practical plans aligned with immediate business objectives and longer-term growth goals.

Josh established MavDB Consulting, LLC after relocating to Puerto Rico in 2020. The firm works closely with executive teams and provides guidance on capital markets, investor relations, financing strategy, cross-border listings, and business development. His approach emphasizes understanding each company's position before identifying opportunities that support growth. He also works with leadership teams to improve investor communication, clarify business strategy, strengthen market positioning, and pursue partnerships or financing opportunities that align with company objectives.

Bartch has supported companies through important stages of development, including financing initiatives, uplistings, mergers, public market preparation, and international expansion. His experience with market structures, regulatory considerations, and investor expectations helps him provide practical guidance during complex business decisions. His work combines strategic planning with execution, allowing him to help companies assess opportunities, organize priorities, and develop clearer pathways for sustainable growth across domestic and international markets.

Josh Bartch is also involved in philanthropic initiatives. He supports ND Hope's efforts to build schools in Africa and has contributed to disaster relief initiatives in Puerto Rico. He also supports organizations serving veterans and first responders and contributes to Boxing Bullies, a youth-focused nonprofit in Puerto Rico that uses boxing to help young people develop confidence, discipline, leadership, and other personal skills in supportive environments.

Josh enjoys golf and travel outside of his professional responsibilities. Golf provides a combination of challenge, focus, patience, and relationship building, while travel gives him opportunities to experience different cultures and perspectives. These interests complement his professional involvement in international markets and help broaden his understanding of different environments, ideas, and approaches to business.

Josh Bartch studied finance and general academic subjects at Colorado State University and the Metropolitan State University of Denver. He now resides in Puerto Rico with his son Maverick and continues to work as an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor. His ongoing professional focus includes helping companies strengthen their market position, prepare for financing, pursue public market opportunities, and develop strategies for sustainable growth within the evolving global capital markets landscape.

Josh Bartch is an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor with more than 15 years of experience in global capital markets. He has founded multiple companies and played a key role in structuring transactions with a combined value exceeding one billion dol... Show more

Maya Nicks leads U-Topia's technical architecture and engineering orchestration across a team spanning blockchain, full-stack, and AI. Her background spans aeronautical engineering, commercial aviation, and cybersecurity. She pivoted into machine learning in 2015 while researching muscle loss in microgravity, and has built AI systems ever since, alongside over a decade in crypto dating to 2013. She architected U-Bot, the AI orchestration system powering U-Topia's agentic banking and commerce layer, built on Visa Intelligent Commerce.

Maya Nicks leads U-Topia's technical architecture and engineering orchestration across a team spanning blockchain, full-stack, and AI. Her background spans aeronautical engineering, commercial aviation, and cybersecurity. She pivoted into machine lea... Show more

Amanda Hua is the founder and CEO of Apova, where she is building Agent Atlas for governed execution in production AI workflows.

She has spent her career architecting and building high-stakes distributed systems across payments, financial infrastructure, identity, commerce, privacy, and enterprise platforms. Her work includes helping build RippleNet as a First Principal Engineer at Ripple, founding digital transformation architecture at Rivian, and engineering leadership and architecture roles across Apple, PayPal, Anywhere Real Estate, and HP.

Her current work explores what changes when AI systems move from generating outputs to taking real-world actions: how execution state, authority, policy, evidence, exceptions, human checkpoints, and decision lineage can be designed into the system rather than delegated to the model.

Amanda Hua is the founder and CEO of Apova, where she is building Agent Atlas for governed execution in production AI workflows. She has spent her career architecting and building high-stakes distributed systems across payments, financial infrastr... Show more

Maxime Antoine is the co-founder and CTO of Waniwani, where he builds infrastructure that helps financial-services providers to sell their offers to AI agents. He previously led engineering at Cantina, working on security platforms and AI vulnerability-detection agents. He has ten years of experience across software engineering, AI and engineering leadership.

Maxime Antoine is the co-founder and CTO of Waniwani, where he builds infrastructure that helps financial-services providers to sell their offers to AI agents. He previously led engineering at Cantina, working on security platforms and AI vulnerabili... Show more

William Timlen, CPA, has three decades of experience in tax, accounting, and management. He focuses on partnership taxation and passive activity loss rules, with solid experience in profit-and-loss allocations and distributions. He advises borrowers on the tax implications of debt restructurings and distressed real estate transactions, including foreclosures, deeds-in-lieu, and bankruptcy. He also works with real estate owners and developers on tax planning. He provides advisory support to high-net-worth individuals and families, including guidance during complex federal and state tax examinations.

He joined a New York-based firm in 2016 as a Tax Partner in its Real Estate Group, part of a top-15 international tax advisory firm. Over the past 10 years, William has generated more than $2 million in new business, including $1 million in 2018, while working with major participants in the NYC real estate market. He strengthened the group by recruiting experienced professionals across tax and audit practices. As a member of the leadership committee, he helps guide the real estate practice's direction, including thought leadership, business development, education, and branding. He is also a member of a national accounting organization.

He began his career in 1993 at a CPA firm in Princeton, New Jersey, where he worked for four years. He prepared tax workpapers and federal and state tax returns for partnerships, individuals, corporations, and trusts. He also reviewed financial statements, researched tax matters, and supported client communication. In 1998, Timlen joined a global firm as a Supervising Senior, where he prepared audit workpapers for Fortune 100 companies in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries.

He later founded his own accounting firm in Princeton, New Jersey, focusing on tax consulting for high-net-worth individuals, real estate partnerships, and corporations. Within the first three years, he built a business generating more than $600K annually. After 10 years, he joined a New York firm as a Tax Manager, where he reviewed complex returns, advised on like-kind exchanges, and represented clients before tax authorities. William then served for seven years as a Tax Principal at another firm, managing client relationships, leading engagements, and supporting business development and operational improvements.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from a college in Rhode Island, where he played Division 1 baseball for four years. He attended high school in New Jersey and was an All-State baseball player for two years.

William Timlen was born and raised in New Jersey and lives in New Canaan, Connecticut, with his family. He is married and has two sons in college. One is a senior at a university in Connecticut, and the other is a junior at a university in Miami. He enjoys golf, is a member of a country club in Greenwich, and likes traveling across the U.S. and abroad. He will be celebrating his 55th birthday this May.

William Timlen, CPA, has three decades of experience in tax, accounting, and management. He focuses on partnership taxation and passive activity loss rules, with solid experience in profit-and-loss allocations and distributions. He advises borrowers ... Show more

Birjan D. Crispin is a bold, compelling and convciting speaker who looks forward to serving your audience. He currently serves as an econominc development consultant in Indianapolis, IN. From 2023 to 2025, Birjan served in the Indiana House of Representatives as a legislative aide for the House Republican Caucus. In this role, he staffed the Indiana C.H.O.I.C.E. Board and the Commerce, Small Business & Economic Development Committee, contributing to policy development in economic and community-focused areas.

Birjan holds a B.A. in Finance and Political Science from Hope College. He is a graduate of The Heritage Foundation's Leadership Fellowship (as a fiscal and monetary policy fellow), The Leadership Institute's Young Leaders Program, and Indiana Family Institute's Hoosier Leadership Series Class of 2024.

A sought-after voice in public discourse, Birjan is a regular guest on podcasts nationwide and has spoken at conferences across the country. He shares his compelling personal journey—from Orphan to Advocate—while addressing faith-centered formation, legislative initiatives for child and family protection, parental righs, economic & fiscal policy.

Before entering public service, Birjan worked in corporate finance in Chicago, specializing in portfolio risk analysis and business management.
Birjan resides in Anderson, Indiana, with his wife Brooke and their daughter Abigail. The family is deeply engaged in their local community and are active members of Grace Baptist Church in Anderson.

In his personal time, Birjan is a classical violinist and an avid golfer.

Birjan D. Crispin is a bold, compelling and convciting speaker who looks forward to serving your audience. He currently serves as an econominc development consultant in Indianapolis, IN. From 2023 to 2025, Birjan served in the Indiana House of Repres... Show more

Nick Boscia, CPA, EA, is the Managing Partner of Boscia & Boscia PC and founder of TheBalancedCPA. He helped modernize his family’s accounting firm from a traditional, paper-dependent practice into a more structured and technology-enabled firm using better workflow, digital document management, upfront billing, automation, and clearer client processes.

Through TheBalancedCPA, Nick shares what has actually worked inside the firm, along with what is still being improved. His speaking focuses on workflow, practical AI, technology, pricing, client boundaries, team capacity, and building accounting firms that are more efficient and profitable without making the owner the bottleneck.

Nick’s approach is practical and implementation-focused. He is still actively running Boscia & Boscia, testing new systems, making changes, and sharing the lessons from that ongoing process with other accounting professionals.

Nick Boscia, CPA, EA, is the Managing Partner of Boscia & Boscia PC and founder of TheBalancedCPA. He helped modernize his family’s accounting firm from a traditional, paper-dependent practice into a more structured and technology-enabled firm using ... Show more

Most organizations don't have a people problem. They have a clarity problem.

Oupa Laka helps leaders and teams cut through complexity, align around what matters, and make confident decisions.

An international speaker and Business Analysis Consultant, Oupa is the creator of the AKILI Clarity Method and Story Weaver Model – frameworks that help leaders and teams uncover hidden problems, align stakeholders, and make confident decisions. Drawing on more than 15 years of experience in banking, insurance and digital transformation, his sessions are known for blending sharp strategic insight, authentic storytelling, and just the right amount of humour.

Oupa delivers high-energy sessions that challenge assumptions, spark meaningful conversations, and equip audiences with tools they can apply immediately. Having spoken at global conferences across Africa and Europe, he is known for challenging assumptions and shifting perspectives.

If audiences leave with new knowledge, the session was useful.
If they leave seeing problems differently, the session was transformational.

Clarity changes everything.

Most organizations don't have a people problem. They have a clarity problem. Oupa Laka helps leaders and teams cut through complexity, align around what matters, and make confident decisions. An international speaker and Business Analysis Consu... Show more

Ex-CEO turned author, consultant, and educator, I have spent thirty years of international leadership experience at the intersection of AI, Business Agility, and DevOps. I'm the author of The Supercharged Enterprise: Strategic Adaptation for Growth and Resilience (Business Expert Press) and Developing Agile Coaches, and I've distilled that experience into the Blueprint for Enterprise Agility — a framework built on eight Leadership Behaviours and eight Operational Processes that I teach and apply directly in client transformations.

My current work focuses on where AI meets governance and portfolio management: I've developed and deliver a course treating Lean Portfolio Management combined with AI as a control system, with AI as the sensing and optimisation layer — alongside advisory work helping financial services and other regulated organisations govern AI responsibly. I believe, and have proven repeatedly, that Enterprise Agility done well produces measurable growth and profit, not just cultural change for its own sake.

I've operated at every level from board to project team, across Financial Services, Banking, Payments, Insurance, FMCG, TV, and Retail — leading large-scale agile transformations and applying AI directly in software development and testing environments. That range across people, process, technology, and now AI governance lets me craft change initiatives that hold up under real organisational pressure, not just in the deck.

Ex-CEO turned author, consultant, and educator, I have spent thirty years of international leadership experience at the intersection of AI, Business Agility, and DevOps. I'm the author of The Supercharged Enterprise: Strategic Adaptation for Growth a... Show more

Mia Soarez is a media host and interviewer covering founders, venture capital, startups, AI, crypto, and emerging technology. She has interviewed 300+ founders and investors across 25+ conferences and cities, and has hosted and moderated conversations at TOKEN2049, Consensus, Proof of Talk, and other global technology events. Her work reaches 149K+ people across social platforms and a community of 40K+ email subscribers.

Mia Soarez is a media host and interviewer covering founders, venture capital, startups, AI, crypto, and emerging technology. She has interviewed 300+ founders and investors across 25+ conferences and cities, and has hosted and moderated conversation... Show more

I am Principal Architect at Intuit leading the security architecture and engineering for the Small Business Group, which includes the QuickBooks product line and Small Business APIs that accounts for nearly 2M transactions per day and is used by an ecosystem of 500000 external developers

I am Principal Architect at Intuit leading the security architecture and engineering for the Small Business Group, which includes the QuickBooks product line and Small Business APIs that accounts for nearly 2M transactions per day and is used by an ... Show more

Ignacio Lopez is a fractional Head of AI based in Miami. He works with family
offices, wealth firms and family-owned businesses across the United States and
Latin America.

He came to AI from the controls side rather than the product side. At KPMG he
audited SOX controls and did data privacy work for public companies. At JP
Morgan he was an information risk manager, including work against Banco Central
de la República Argentina regulation. He then spent three years at Kaseya, in
the MSP and IT channel.

His rule is that anything which has to be numerically correct is written as
deterministic code and never handed to a model. The model reads, flags, and
routes to a named person. It does not calculate. He built a quarterly reporting
engine on that principle for a family-owned real estate portfolio: every figure
is produced twice, once by code and once by a model, and the system refuses to
publish when the two paths disagree. Backtested against eight quarters that had
already been closed and signed off, seven reconciled and one did not. The engine
held it.

He also runs a live poll of family offices across eight countries. Roughly four
in five are already using AI. More than eighty percent have nothing written down
about it.

He presents in English and neutral Latin American Spanish.

Ignacio Lopez is a fractional Head of AI based in Miami. He works with family offices, wealth firms and family-owned businesses across the United States and Latin America. He came to AI from the controls side rather than the product side. At KPM... Show more

Vishwak Thatikonda is a Lead Full-Stack Developer at SDH Systems specializing in high-resilience, mission-critical systems. Known for building complex platforms from the ground up, his work ranges from contributing to ground-segment software for the Mastcam-Z instrument on NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover to architecting the master data platform for a Fortune 500 global retail enterprise with tens of thousands of locations, a foundational layer for its next-generation point-of-sale system.

A technical pioneer in both the startup and enterprise worlds, Vishwak was the founding full-stack engineer at AirWorks, an MIT-born GeoAI company, where he built the platform from zero through its $7.9M Series A. He has led industry-first credit and banking initiatives serving 18 million users and directed blockchain-logistics pilots for UPS. Vishwak bridges the gap between deep-tech research and large-scale production reality. His latest open-source project, LambdaForge, is a serverless algorithmic trading engine built on AWS Lambda and EventBridge that empowers engineers to run professional-grade financial automation with near-zero operational overhead.

Vishwak Thatikonda is a Lead Full-Stack Developer at SDH Systems specializing in high-resilience, mission-critical systems. Known for building complex platforms from the ground up, his work ranges from contributing to ground-segment software for the ... Show more

Amol Agade is a VP-level Platform and DevOps Enablement leader with over a decade of experience building and scaling enterprise CI/CD platforms, SRE practices, and AI-driven automation in regulated environments.

His work focuses on applying artificial intelligence to the software delivery lifecycle—including intelligent pipelines, test optimization, predictive failure detection, policy-as-code, and responsible AI governance for production systems.

Amol has led organization-wide DevOps and reliability transformations, enabling teams to ship software faster, safer, and with higher confidence. He regularly shares practical insights through writing and conference talks on modern DevOps, platform engineering, and AI-enabled operations.

✍️ Writing: https://amolagade.medium.com/

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aagade/

Amol Agade is a VP-level Platform and DevOps Enablement leader with over a decade of experience building and scaling enterprise CI/CD platforms, SRE practices, and AI-driven automation in regulated environments. His work focuses on applying artifi... Show more