Finance & Banking

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

Prashant Bhalesain

Prashant Bhalesain

I have realised multiple exciting opportunities to architect world-class systems and tools that unlock the power of big data, leverage the latest cloud technologies and deliver on stringent requirements for cyber security for financial and defence clients.
Developing a comprehensive understanding of the complexities and diverse facets of each new business challenge, I created win-win strategies and built scalable, resilient solutions that have consistently expanded business possibilities for Fortune 500 companies in UK, France, Germany, USA, and Japan.
As a dynamic communicator, I particularly enjoy pitching visionary ideas and presenting proofs-of-concept. There is nothing more satisfying than bringing a concept to fruition and seeing the business results.

I have realised multiple exciting opportunities to architect world-class systems and tools that unlock the power of big data, leverage the latest cloud technologies and deliver on stringent requirements for cyber security for financial and defence cl... Show more

Nadim Bahadoor

Nadim Bahadoor

I'm Nadim Bahadoor, and have over a decade of hands-on experience building large scale systems in the Financial (Electronic Trading Platforms), Risk, Insurance and Life Science sectors. For instance, I was responsible for the design and implementation of Morgan Stanley's precious metals trading platform, mortgage pricing systems and other real-time tools for the sales-force. At BlackRock, I was part of the core trading team focused on scaling the equity capabilities of BlackRock’s Aladdin platform. I have further designed, implemented, and connected, large social graphs and microservices with Machine Learning pipelines at the reinsurance hedge fund - Nephila Capital - and at the leading life science powerhouse - Elsevier.

From a Financial Engineering perspective, I have in-depth practical knowledge of multi-asset classes, including, Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMO), Passed-Through Bonds, Commodities, Futures, Equities, FX, Swaps, and Bespoke Non-Correlated Exotic Risks.

As a committed technology enthusiast, I have hands-on expertise in the productionisation of Electronic Trading Platforms, Data Engineering and Machine Learning pipelines, using various popular Big Data tools, such as, Cassandra, Spark, Zookeeper, Gremlin/TinkerPop, Kafka, Datomic, and others - besides having used these products since their early infancy days.

My passion for knowledge sharing and open-source steered me to launch http://allaboutscala.com as a platform to publish my hands-on experience with using the Scala ecosystem in Finance, Distributed Systems, Functional Programming, Big Data, Graph and/or Semantically Linked Data and, of course, my favourite - Machine Learning.

I hold a Master in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA, and also earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Computer Science from Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania, USA. I now live in Mauritius.

I'm Nadim Bahadoor, and have over a decade of hands-on experience building large scale systems in the Financial (Electronic Trading Platforms), Risk, Insurance and Life Science sectors. For instance, I was responsible for the design and implementatio... Show more

Palaniappan Ra Ma

Palaniappan Ra Ma

I am a keynote speaker with over 15 years of industry experience as a Banker and IT Program Manager. I passionately speak about Financial Freedom – The Debt Free Way.

I achieved the Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) award, the pinnacle award in Toastmasters International. I had delivered several speeches in special events and won accolades. I am the winner of International Speech Contest 2018, at Area Level and the Division Finalist in 2018.

I evolved as a powerful speaker, having inspired many professionals through my speaking assignments, workshops, and programs – Thanks to the training by Toastmasters International.

I am also the Past Area Director for Toastmasters International, a non-profit global organization and public speaking forum. Currently, am the “Manager – District Audits Committee” for Toastmasters International, responsible for auditing District financial statements.

I am a founding member of Professional Speakers Association of India (PSAI) – an association of Global Professional Speakers. Academically, I hold an MBA in International Business

I am a keynote speaker with over 15 years of industry experience as a Banker and IT Program Manager. I passionately speak about Financial Freedom – The Debt Free Way. I achieved the Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) award, the pinnacle award in Toas... Show more

Mike Kane

Mike Kane

Hydrogen is the Global Financial Operating System. Mike oversees Hydrogen’s corporate and sales functions, along with the firm’s Molecule Blockchain platform. He was a Co-Founder of Hedgeable, an award-winning consumer investing app, and the first to offer bitcoin investing to retail clients. Before venturing into the startup space, he worked at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund.

Mike is an avid writer, international traveler, adventurer, sports fanatic, and cooking enthusiast. Mike holds a B.S. in Finance, with Distinction, from The Pennsylvania State University. He is originally from Philadelphia, and resides in New York City.

Hydrogen is the Global Financial Operating System. Mike oversees Hydrogen’s corporate and sales functions, along with the firm’s Molecule Blockchain platform. He was a Co-Founder of Hedgeable, an award-winning consumer investing app, and the first to... Show more

Augusto Santos

Augusto Santos

Augusto Santos began his professional life as a COBOL developer in 1985 and in 1990 started the 1st of 6 tech companies. Augusto graduated in Marketing Management and works in marketing consulting since 2004, worked in marketing and sales for 10 yrs. in two multinational companies. Augusto is the leader of fintech.Portugal since 2015 with the mission to empower Portuguese Fintech Ecosystem. Augusto is also the publisher of The Portuguese Fintech Guide.

Augusto Santos began his professional life as a COBOL developer in 1985 and in 1990 started the 1st of 6 tech companies. Augusto graduated in Marketing Management and works in marketing consulting since 2004, worked in marketing and sales for 10 yrs.... Show more

Monika Proffitt

Monika Proffitt

Monika Proffitt is a professional speaker, author, and serial entrepreneur working a the nexus of real estate, fintech and social impact. She is the Founder of Rise Housing, a real estate company that leverages blockchain technology to create access to equity for everyday investors while bringing liquidity to real estate asset owners.

She has spoken at numerous universities and conferences throughout the US, Europe and Asia on topics ranging from the future of money, sustainability in business, blockchain for social good, and the value of cultural capital in real estate appreciation.

Monika Proffitt is a professional speaker, author, and serial entrepreneur working a the nexus of real estate, fintech and social impact. She is the Founder of Rise Housing, a real estate company that leverages blockchain technology to create access ... Show more

navdeep garg

navdeep garg

Navdeep is thought leader and practitioner in the Financial Services and FinTech As a former director and business leader India, I helped connect banks to the FinTech ecosystem through payment acceptance a blockchain as a service. He has additional perspectives, leading product development and strategy efforts from within banking institutions, payment acquirers and technology solutions.

Revinfotech makes leader on Blockchain , crypto currency, ICO , IOT, Ui/Ux, cloud, web and mobile, machine learning to brand equity using offline to online strategies. With help of premiere markets research company like Nielsen, McKinsey, and IPSOS. Even I setup brand regionally to national to international.

My team done lot of ico and blockchain project and team generated hundreds millions USD during ICO and Pre ICO

I have hands on experience in bootstrapping and successfully operating a startup. During the last couple of years, he has witnessed and mastered all phases of business venture life cycle including conceptualization, leadership, resource management, business development and expansion. With an experience which includes managing, producing and overseeing digital applications

Navdeep writes and speaks about banking and technology trends, advises and mentors several start-ups and key industry conferences.

Technology/Digital enthusiast and a seasoned professional with years of experience in Tech industry – operations, consulting and innovation. Known for versatility and flexibility ,Excellent analytic, strategic, leadership skills

His studies in Economics and computer enabled him to understand International scenarios and Macroeconomic issues in many parts of world

His many awards, certifications and recognitions are a testimony to his character and quality work.

You can be contacted at navdep@revinfotech.com or at +91-9041888886.

Specialties:
Satellite Blockchain
Blockchain
Competitive
Brand Equity
New Idea
Fintech Solutions
Startups
Entrepreneurship

Navdeep is thought leader and practitioner in the Financial Services and FinTech As a former director and business leader India, I helped connect banks to the FinTech ecosystem through payment acceptance a blockchain as a service. He has additional p... Show more

Ujjwala Priya Modepalli

Ujjwala Priya Modepalli

Ujjwala Modepalli is a Senior Credit Risk Specialist at Wells Fargo with over 13 years of expertise in advanced analytics, credit risk strategy, and predictive modeling across financial services, marketing, and customer intelligence. She holds a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oklahoma State University and is SAS certified with multiple credentials including Advanced Programmer and Predictive Modeler certifications.
Throughout her career, Ujjwala has demonstrated measurable impact through data-driven solutions, including developing machine learning-driven fraud detection strategies that achieved a 40% reduction in manual referrals. Her technical expertise spans statistical tools and programming languages including SAS, SQL, Python, and R, with proven success in data transformation, feature engineering, and end-to-end automation in large-scale production environments.
Prior to Wells Fargo, Ujjwala served as Vice President (Risk Reporting Officer) at Citibank, Senior Data Analyst at Epsilon Data Management, and held analytical roles at ADS Alliance Data Systems and The Walt Disney Company. She specializes in fraud analytics, rule optimization, campaign optimization frameworks, and data visualization using Tableau and Power BI. Known for her strong cross-functional collaboration skills, Ujjwala effectively engages business stakeholders, data teams, and executive leadership to drive strategic initiatives and enhance operational efficiency.

Ujjwala Modepalli is a Senior Credit Risk Specialist at Wells Fargo with over 13 years of expertise in advanced analytics, credit risk strategy, and predictive modeling across financial services, marketing, and customer intelligence. She holds a Mast... Show more

Ohm Hareesh Kundurthy

Ohm Hareesh Kundurthy

Ohm Kundurthy is a strategic data architect with over 18 years of experience designing and leading enterprise data platforms across regulatory compliance, credit and market risk, capital adequacy, liquidity, and financial reporting in the global banking sector and currently working as Director, Application development @ Santander Bank. His expertise lies in modernizing legacy ecosystems, leading cloud transformations, and architecting scalable solutions that support retail, commercial, investment banking, and capital markets. He most recently led cross-functional initiatives, enabling compliance through data-driven decision support systems. He brings a rare blend of deep technical architecture, regulatory domain fluency, and leadership experience, having delivered large-scale programs across global banks and FinTechs. He is passionate about simplifying complexity, aligning architecture to business outcomes, and unlocking strategic insights through next-generation data platforms.

Ohm Kundurthy is a strategic data architect with over 18 years of experience designing and leading enterprise data platforms across regulatory compliance, credit and market risk, capital adequacy, liquidity, and financial reporting in the global bank... Show more

Ben Weiner

Ben Weiner

A qualified CIMA Chartered Management Accountant and Microsoft Excel Expert I have been working in finance for over ten years. Initially working in accounting roles in the past few years I have moved in financial analysis using advanced Excel features and Power BI to analyse financial data and build financial models, accounts and budgets and forecasts.

A qualified CIMA Chartered Management Accountant and Microsoft Excel Expert I have been working in finance for over ten years. Initially working in accounting roles in the past few years I have moved in financial analysis using advanced Excel feature... Show more

Rashid Azeem

Rashid Azeem

My brief intro;

Rashid Azeem is a Risk, Compliance and ESG Professional. He has been engaged with number of corporate institutes in Pakistan and International imparting trainings, developing Risk management frameworks.

Rashid has Master degree in Economics, Certified Internal Auditor from UK,, Certified ESG Specialist from Corporate Financial Institute Canada, Engaged with Institute of Cost Management Accountant and Chartered Accountant of Pakistan as external auditor. Extensively worked on Risk identification, assessment,mitigation and Reporting in Pakistan and more than 25 countries.

Overall more than 24 years of extensive experience of Risk, Compliance and Environmental, Social and Climate Risk Management in corporate sector.

Rashid is member and associated with number of domestic and International NGOs, CSOs, Corporate Groups.

He excels in ESG, Risk, Compliance, Sustainability, and Climate Risk management, demonstrating a robust ability to drive Risk, Compliance and ESG transformation, manage Credit, Operational, market,liquidity, Compliance, environmental and social risks, and establish comprehensive Risk matrices, Compliance and ESG governance frameworks.

Rashid has a proven track record of leading high-impact projects, fostering innovation, and implementing effective risk management practices.

My brief intro; Rashid Azeem is a Risk, Compliance and ESG Professional. He has been engaged with number of corporate institutes in Pakistan and International imparting trainings, developing Risk management frameworks. Rashid has Master degree ... Show more

Luba Orlovsky

Luba Orlovsky

Luba Orlovsky is the Principal Researcher at Earnix, a global provider of intelligent, composable, SaaS solutions for insurers and banks. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering and a Master of Science in Operations Research from the Israel Institute of Technology. During her career she’s held different analytics related roles in several companies, from algorithm developer and market analyst to head of analytics in the customer experience department and Principal Researcher today in Earnix.

Luba Orlovsky is the Principal Researcher at Earnix, a global provider of intelligent, composable, SaaS solutions for insurers and banks. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering and a Master of Science in Operations Research... Show more

Kelly Evans

Kelly Evans

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Andreas Havsberg

Andreas Havsberg

Andreas Havsberg har jobbet med nettbank, anti-svindel og cybersikkerhet de siste 25 årene og jobber i dag som TIBER Test Manager i Norges Bank. Han har studert journalistikk og har en Master of Management fra Handelshøyskolen BI.

Andreas Havsberg har jobbet med nettbank, anti-svindel og cybersikkerhet de siste 25 årene og jobber i dag som TIBER Test Manager i Norges Bank. Han har studert journalistikk og har en Master of Management fra Handelshøyskolen BI. Show more

Santosh Kamala

Santosh Kamala

Santosh is a qualified CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) from India with having 13.5Yrs+ of Exp as Functional Consultant in multiple banking and finance industry. He is a MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer) with proficiency in Data Analytic, reporting and Dashboard design. He is a global corporate trainer on MS-Excel (Advance Data Analytic) and Power BI (Power Query and DAX). He trained more than 2000 professionals on data analytic in banking and finance domain with Microsoft Excel and Power BI.

Santosh is a qualified CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) from India with having 13.5Yrs+ of Exp as Functional Consultant in multiple banking and finance industry. He is a MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer) with proficiency in Data Analytic, reporting ... Show more

Ellen de Vasconcelos da Silva

Ellen de Vasconcelos da Silva

Ellen de Vasconcelos is a tech woman from Rio de Janeiro, married, and has been won over by São Paulo for the past 18 years. She is the mother of Carol, loves her family, her home, and traveling.

She holds a degree in Data Processing from PUC-Rio, a postgraduate degree in Project Management from FGV, as well as an AWS certification and specialization in Data/GenAI from the University of Chicago.

She is a Technology Manager at Banco Itaú and is part of the Integrated Investment Service and Global Investments (Wholesale) communities, leading several cross-cutting initiatives within these groups.

Additionally, she serves as a Diversity Ambassador for the Gender Pillar in Technology at Itaú.

Ellen de Vasconcelos is a tech woman from Rio de Janeiro, married, and has been won over by São Paulo for the past 18 years. She is the mother of Carol, loves her family, her home, and traveling. She holds a degree in Data Processing from PUC-Rio,... Show more

Monica Houston

Monica Houston

Monica Houston is a multifaceted business advisor. As a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and Master of Personal Financial Planning (MSPFP), she serves clients in the corporate, entrepreneurial, and personal finance arenas. In the corporate arena, she has overseen the risk assurance function for numerous entities as the Chief Audit Officer for 10+ years including South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission, National Futures Association, City of Modesto, CA and Cuyahoga County, OH. An inaugural alumnus of Ernst & Young, her audit and consulting experience spans over 30 years and includes numerous Fortune 500 companies. As principal of Monica Houston CPAs, she shepherds clients in the areas of business foundation, operations, strategy, and succession; helping them to successfully live out their dreams of entrepreneurship. She is co-author of The Black Woman’s Business Bible & Workbook. Her passion for legacy building and generational living, as well as her innate understanding of finances, has afforded her the opportunity to positively influence the financial futures of countless families as a teacher, mentor, coach, author, advocate, and board member of financial literacy programs.
A consummate professional, Monica is committed to her work and serves as a beacon for such in her community. She serves on the Academic Executive Committee of the Association of International Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). She also serves on the Audit Committee for Delta Community Credit Union, Georgia’s largest credit union with 26 branch offices and over $6 Billion in assets. She further serves as a member of the Syracuse University Multicultural Advancement Council, an organization that supports and advocates for African American and Latino alumni and students as well as manages and raises funds for the $3M+ Our Time Has Come Scholarship endowment fund. In the spirit of establishing legacy, she recently committed to the endowment of the SU Black and Latino Accounting Scholarship Fund.

Monica Houston is a multifaceted business advisor. As a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and Master of Personal Financial Planning (MSPFP), she serves clients in the co... Show more

Zahi Ben Shabat

Zahi Ben Shabat

Zahi Ben Shabat is leading the platform engineering team for Global Financial Services at AWS. Zahi is a builder and has extensive speaker experience, presenting at Re:Invents for the past three years with discussions that took top 5 most popular sessions. He released more than a dozen open source projects, featured on the AWS public YouTube, and written blogs and white papers. Zahi been promoting innovation and collaboration in the tech industry for 15+ years.

Zahi Ben Shabat is leading the platform engineering team for Global Financial Services at AWS. Zahi is a builder and has extensive speaker experience, presenting at Re:Invents for the past three years with discussions that took top 5 most popular ses... Show more

Zahi Ben Shabat

Zahi Ben Shabat

Zahi Ben Shabat is leading the platform engineering team for Global Financial Services at AWS. Zahi is a builder and has extensive speaker experience, presenting at Re:Invents for the past three years with discussions that took top 5 most popular sessions. He released more than a dozen open source projects, featured on the AWS public YouTube, and written blogs and white papers. Zahi been promoting innovation and collaboration in the tech industry for 15+ years.

Zahi Ben Shabat is leading the platform engineering team for Global Financial Services at AWS. Zahi is a builder and has extensive speaker experience, presenting at Re:Invents for the past three years with discussions that took top 5 most popular ses... Show more

Erich Steiger

Erich Steiger

Erich Steiger is the lead database architect at TWINT, Switzerland’s market-leading mobile payment provider. Since TWINT needs affordable, high-performing databases, that are highly available 24/7, he focuses on performance and cost optimizations in the database department. He has over 25 years of experience in software engineering and software architecture. After finishing university he used to work in the credit-card business and banking sector.

Erich Steiger is the lead database architect at TWINT, Switzerland’s market-leading mobile payment provider. Since TWINT needs affordable, high-performing databases, that are highly available 24/7, he focuses on performance and cost optimizations in ... 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

Ashita Jain

Ashita Jain

UX designer with 7+ years of design experience and academic background in Human Computer Interaction, HCI & Communication Design. Experience of working in cross-functional multidisciplinary teams across various domains like financial services, education, health & wellness, and security, from the early-stage startups to high-growth companies like
JP Morgan & ServiceNow.

UX designer with 7+ years of design experience and academic background in Human Computer Interaction, HCI & Communication Design. Experience of working in cross-functional multidisciplinary teams across various domains like financial services, educat... Show more

Snehal Dhumane

Snehal Dhumane

Snehal carries overall 14+ years of diversifies work experience across industries, roles, functions and different types of organizations.
Her professional journey started as a Junior R&D Engineer in core electronics industry designing products based on sensors technology for Indian parliament and few of the premium pharmaceutical clients followed by handling process automation projects for Siemens, General Motors and Hindalco.
Since November 2010, she started working in Banking and Finance wearing different hats as Business Analyst, System Analyst, Data Analyst, Product Owner, Data Modeler across Investment Banking, Regulatory, Risk, Compliance, Wealth Management in close collaboration with Enterprise Data Management, Governance and Architecture functions.
She has been associated with organizations like Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and KPMG.

Snehal has a keen interest in Yogasana, Pranayams and is a great promoter of mindful eating habits that she believes are key to prioritize one's wellbeing. Snehal has been a zonal level singer and has profound interest in music, sand-art, painting and crafting.

Snehal carries overall 14+ years of diversifies work experience across industries, roles, functions and different types of organizations. Her professional journey started as a Junior R&D Engineer in core electronics industry designing products based... Show more

Jihai Zhou

Jihai Zhou

Jihai Zhou graduated from Imperial College London as a PhD. He has ever worked in different global banks (such as Barclays bank, HSBC) and Tencent (Top Internet company in China) on DevOps and DevSecOps transformation for more than 10 years. Between 2018 and 2023, Jihai was invited by 20+ technical conferences as the speaker to share DevOps/DevSecOps experience. In Dec 2021, Jihai’s book – “DevSecOps Implementation”, which is the first book about the DevSecOps in China, was published by Mechanical Industry Press in China. In June 2022, Jihai contributed to the book – “The Future and Fintech: ABCDI and Beyond” as the fourth author and the book was published by World Scientific in Singapore. In July 2023, Jihai was invited by Nanjing University (Top 10 in China) Software Institute DevOps+ Research Lab as the “Industry mentor” to provide guide to postgraduate students on DevSecOps.

Jihai Zhou graduated from Imperial College London as a PhD. He has ever worked in different global banks (such as Barclays bank, HSBC) and Tencent (Top Internet company in China) on DevOps and DevSecOps transformation for more than 10 years. Between ... Show more

Logan Williams Energy Finance

Logan Williams Energy Finance

Logan Williams was pivotal at EDP Renewables, a global wind energy development leader. There, she maintained relationships with institutional investors and managed tax equity finance models for a broad portfolio of wind and solar assets across North America. Her responsibilities extended to liaising with commercial banks and hedge funds and overseeing internal rate of return calculations and periodic updates of tax equity tracking models.

She holds a BA in Political Science from Columbia University and gained valuable early career experience through a year-long veterans apprenticeship at Goldman Sachs. Additionally, her commitment to service is evidenced by her five years of active duty in the United States Coast Guard.

Her expertise spans several vital areas of the energy and finance sectors, including tax equity, debt capital markets, sell-side mergers and acquisitions, and renewable power finance and development.

Beyond Logan Williams Energy Finance's professional activities, she is keenly interested in adventure sports like kitesurfing, scuba diving, and skiing. Growing up in a small beach town on the coast of the Carolinas, her water connection profoundly influences her recreational pursuits and her dedication to environmental initiatives, including her upcoming project to restore coral reefs in Indonesia.

Logan Williams was pivotal at EDP Renewables, a global wind energy development leader. There, she maintained relationships with institutional investors and managed tax equity finance models for a broad portfolio of wind and solar assets across North ... Show more

Ronnie Basu

Ronnie Basu

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

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Manoj Kumar Vandanapu

Manoj Kumar Vandanapu

Iam a distinguished financial expert and leader with over 18 years of experience in the Industry. Currently serving as a Finance Controller at a Major Investment Bank, I have led pivotal financial reporting initiatives and strategic operations, managing over $xx billion in annual revenues. I have also leveraged AI/ML technologies to enhance financial analytics and decision-making processes, demonstrating his ability to integrate cutting-edge technology into strategic financial management.

Iam a distinguished financial expert and leader with over 18 years of experience in the Industry. Currently serving as a Finance Controller at a Major Investment Bank, I have led pivotal financial reporting initiatives and strategic operations, manag... Show more

Richard Firth

Richard Firth

Richard Firth is the Chairman and CEO of MIP Holdings, a South African Fintech that supplies administration systems to the financial services industry. MIP’s "Progress first" systems cover the lives of some 24 million beneficiaries in South Africa and MIP has a staff compliment of more than 600 technology experts with 75% or 450 of the Peopleware at MIP being Progress Software engineers.

A stalwart of the South African technology industry, Firth’s successful software engineering career has spanned many roles. He has held numerous board positions, chaired the Board of Governors at a private local school for girls pioneering the use of technology in the learning process, he provides mentorship for technology start-ups, for example Matric Live a multifunctional education app that is reinventing the way pupils learn that currently has more than 400,000 South African learners using the platform, and he has acted as an advisor to a USA NASDAQ-listed multinational software and database company.

Firth recently won a “365 Men of the year” award from the Gauteng Government for being a positive role model and asset to the country, stemming from the work he does using technology to combat gender-based violence.

MIP have built an internship where they train Progress software engineers how to design, build and support world class solutions. MIP's strength in the Progress international community has culminated in MIP building a strong relationship with Progress worldwide to supply and manage large Progress outsourced projects. These projects include managing, building, supporting, maintaining and consulting on 3rd party Progress applications around the world. MIP have had amazing feedback in terms of the outsourced agile methodology that they deploy to remotely manage these projects.

Richard Firth is the Chairman and CEO of MIP Holdings, a South African Fintech that supplies administration systems to the financial services industry. MIP’s "Progress first" systems cover the lives of some 24 million beneficiaries in South Africa an... Show more

David Bartolomei

David Bartolomei

David is Data Lead and Engineering Manager at Nave Bank, a neo-bank based in Puerto Rico. Previously at Red Ventures.

David is Data Lead and Engineering Manager at Nave Bank, a neo-bank based in Puerto Rico. Previously at Red Ventures. Show more

Pedro Camacho

Pedro Camacho

Pedro Camacho is the CEO and co-founder of NEARSOFT Solutions, revolutionizing Digital Banking since 2017.
With over 25 years in software engineering and leadership, Pedro Camacho drives innovation and inclusivity in financial technologies.
At NEARSOFT, Pedro Camacho merges technical expertise with strategic foresight, focusing on accessible, transformative banking solutions.
Pedro Camacho is committed to fostering collaboration and advancing global financial empowerment.

Pedro Camacho is the CEO and co-founder of NEARSOFT Solutions, revolutionizing Digital Banking since 2017. With over 25 years in software engineering and leadership, Pedro Camacho drives innovation and inclusivity in financial technologies. At N... Show more

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