Speakers
Leading voices in financial services you might not hear anywhere else.2025 Headline Speakers
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Mo Cowan
MassChallenge, Devoted HealthBoard Chair, Chief Legal Officer
Mike Massaro
FlywireCEO
David Jegen
F-PrimeManaging Partner | CoFounder Fintech Sandbox
Sarah Biller
Fintech SandboxCoFounder
Karen Pennell
Federal Reserve Bank of BostonFirst Vice President and COO
Fintech Sandbox Startup 2025 Speakers
Leading Fintech Entrepreneurs from Fintech Sandbox's Data Access Residency
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Stephen Gardner
Zero Hash
Chief Legal Officer -
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Victoria Eugenia Tostado Bringas
Agxes
Co-founder -
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Helge Joergensen
7Analytics
Co-founder & CEO -
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Karan Kashyap
Posh
CEO & Co-founder -
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Michelle Bonat
AI Squared
Chief AI Officer -
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Jean Donnelly
nCino
Director - Channel Partnerships -
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Aidan McCarty
Verified
CEO, Founder -
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Shari Noonan
Rialto Markets
CEO & Co-Founder -
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Castleigh Johnson
MyHomePathway
Founder & CEO -
All 2025 Speakers
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Abdul Abdirahman
F-Prime Capital
Principal -
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Adil Ilyas
Genpact
SVP, Global Business Leader - Insurance -
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Aidan McCarty
Verified
CEO, Founder -
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Alexander Hamilton
United States Financial System (with appreciation to the Museum of American Finance and Fidelity Center for Applied Technology)
Founder -
Amy Antczak
GreenieRE Coalition
COO -
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Anis Baig
MassMutual
Head of Talent, Inclusion, HR Analytics and Engagement Listening -
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Anna Melbin
Springboard Enterprises
Vice President of Development -
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Anthony Tardugno
Clockout
Co-Founder & COO -
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Arun Verma
Bloomberg, LP
PhD, Head of Quantitative Research Solutions -
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Ashley Maceli
Eastern Bank
VP, AI Solutions & Readiness -
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Ashley Nagle Eknaian
Eastern Bank
Chief Digital Officer -
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Austin Zhou
Fidelity Investments
Data Engineer -
Biju Kk
Fidelity Center for Applied Technology
SVP, Head of Fintech Solutions -
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Brian Clarke
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Deputy Director -
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Castleigh Johnson
MyHomePathway
Founder & CEO -
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Catherine Lynch
Citizens
EVP, Head of Digital Experience & Human Centered Design -
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Celena Aponte
Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center
VP of Strategy & Development -
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Charles Mutigwe
Western New England University (WNEU)
Director of FinTech Accelerator & Professor of Business Analytics -
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Chris Houlihan
MassChallenge
Chief Growth Officer -
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Cristina Palladino
Wolf & Company
Regulatory Compliance Manager - Digital Assets & Fintech -
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Dahiana Duarte Pena
Eastern Bank
Vice President & Product Development Manager -
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Dan Allred
HSBC
Managing Director, Fintech -
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Dan Mercurio
Tandems
COO -
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Dan Struebel
M&T Bank
AI Leader, Enterprise Data -
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Daniel Acheampong
Visible Hands
Co-founder & General Partner -
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David Jegen
F-Prime
Managing Partner | CoFounder Fintech Sandbox -
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Doug Mehne
AVA Labs, Boston Block Chain
Senior Strategic Advisor, Chair -
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Dr. Eugene Okyere-Yeboah (Ph.D.)
WPI
Portfolio Construction & Design | Structured Finance Vehicles | Risk Management | Financing innovation in Life Sciences/Biotech | Professor of the Practice for Finance/Fintech -
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Dushyant Shahrawat
Rosenblatt Securities
Managing Director, Investment Banking -
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Ed Durkin
QuEra Computing
CFO -
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Emily O’Connor
Invisible Technologies
Director, Financial Services -
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Eric Roberts
The Nature Conservancy
Senior Manager, Global Climate Risk and Resilience -
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Erin Fast
Global Atlantic Financial Group
Sr. Consultant, Charitable Giving -
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Evan Schnidman
Fidelity Investments
Head of Fidelity Labs -
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Eyhab Aejaz
Breach Insurance
Co-founder & CEO -
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Gemma Nora Stanley
Citizens
Sr Risk Manager, VP, Enterprise Data & Analytics/AI/ML, Data Management and Data Governance -
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Gretchen Wilson
true curiosity
Founder -
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Harshul Sanghi
WillowTree Investments
General Partner -
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Heather Coughlin
workLIT
Founder -
Helge Joergensen
7Analytics
Co-founder & CEO -
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Ignacio Castro
128vc
Managing Partner -
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J. Lewis
Valusync
Founder & CEO -
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Jackie Shoback
1414 Ventures
Co-Founder & Managing Director -
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Jake Lefker
VamosVentures
Scout -
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Jane Gladstone
Gladstone Family Office
CEO -
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Anchor & ReporterJanet Wu
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Jason Hoch
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Senior Director of Strategy -
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Jean Donnelly
nCino
Director - Channel Partnerships -
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Jeevan Ramapriya
Mass. Office of International Trade and Investment (MOITI)
Executive Director -
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Jennifer Jordan
iGlobe Partners
Operating Partner -
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John Harthorne
Two Lanterns Venture Capital
Founder and Managing Director -
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Jon Wang
MassMutual
Head of R&D Strategy & Partnerships -
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Julieann Thurlow
Reading Cooperative Bank
President & CEO -
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Justin Whitehead
Pebble Finance
CEO & Co-Founder -
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Justine Iverson
S&P Global
Global Head of Corporates & AI -
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Karan Kashyap
Posh
CEO & Co-founder -
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Karen Pennell
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
First Vice President and COO -
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Kathleen McQuiggan
Brown Advisory
Portfolio Manager -
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Ken Zockoll
Spatial Risk Systems
Founder & CEO -
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Kerry Klein
Wells Fargo
Executive Director Technology Banking Group -
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Kimberly Monty Holzel
Goodwin
Partner -
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Kleida Martiro
Glasswing Ventures
Partner -
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Kristen Castell
Center for Accelerating Financial Equity (CAFE)
Managing Director -
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Kristen Craft
Fidelity Private Shares
Vice President, Business Partner Manager -
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Kristen Kanders
Fidelity Investments
Head of Marketing, Engagement & Program Management, Fidelity Center for Applied Technology -
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Lindsay Long
EY
Partner - Financial Services IPO Leader -
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Liz Forget
MassMutual
Head of Product -
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Lizzie O’Leary
Slate
Host of What Next: TBD -
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Madison Kirby
EY
Senior Technology Consultant – Financial Services -
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Mark Nichols
Ernst & Young LLP
Partner, Digital Assets Consulting Leader -
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Marty Miracle
Thread Bank
Chief Digital Officer -
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Mat Matthews
Advisor360
Chief Product and Engineering Officer -
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Matthew Bellows
Grit Capital Partners
Partner -
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Meg Neville
Fintech Sandbox
Director of Operations -
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Michael Degnan
Darrery Capital
Founder & General Partner -
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Michael Gallary
MassMutual
New Service Incubation - Head, Digital Health & Wellness | LifeScore Labs -
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Michelle Bonat
AI Squared
Chief AI Officer -
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Mike Butler
Grasshopper Bank
President & CEO -
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Mike Massaro
Flywire
CEO -
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Mike Nugent
BPS Ventures
General Partner -
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Mo Cowan
MassChallenge, Devoted Health
Board Chair, Chief Legal Officer -
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Mohammed Dastigir
MassMutual
Head of Fintech & Healthtech Partnerships -
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Nate Gemelke
QuEra Computing
Co-founder & Chief Technology Strategist -
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Nick Lazares
Kopernicus AI
COO -
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Nick Stanescu
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
EVP and Chief FedNow Executive -
Nicole Edwards
Fintech Sandbox
Marketing & Community -
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Nizan Geslevich Packin
Baruch College
Professor of Law -
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Pat Larkin
MassTech Collaborative & Innovation Institute at MassTech
Deputy Director & Director -
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Patrick Gregory
Babson College
Managing Director, Stephen D. Cutler Center for Investments and Finance -
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Paula Grieco
Commonwealth
SVP -
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Pedro Pagani
Clasp
Analytics Engineer II -
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Peter Jacaruso
KALYP Technologies
Head of Strategy & Development -
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Peter Tsahalis
Wells Fargo
EVP, CIO - Strategic Services and Advanced Technology -
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Phil Goldfeder
American Fintech Council
CEO -
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Randy Herrera
XRB Gold
Co-Founder & CTO -
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Investor, Strategic Advisor & C-Suite ExecutiveRich Napolatino
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Rob Mannamkery
EY-Parthenon
Senior Director – Banking & Capital Markets Strategy and Execution -
IT Executive, FinTech Leader, Professor & Angel InvestorRob Sarnie
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Ruth McHenry
Citizens
Head of Enterprise Platforms -
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Sabrina Mansur
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Director, Massachusetts AI Hub -
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Santiago Guzman
Cap8
Founder & CEO -
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Sarah Biller
Fintech Sandbox
CoFounder -
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Sarah Lamont
F-Prime
Investor -
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Satayan Mahajan
Datalign Advisory
CEO -
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Scott Weller
EnFi
Co-Founder & CTO -
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Sears Merritt
MassMutual
Head of Enterprise Technology & Experience (CIO) -
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Seth Brooks
Fidelity Investments
SVP, FCAT Incubator -
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Shari Noonan
Rialto Markets
CEO & Co-Founder -
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Shefali Desai
MassMutual
Head of Worksite -
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Siobhan Dullea
Boston University
Executive Director of Innovate@BU -
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Snejina Zacharia
Insurify
Founder & CEO -
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Sri Krishnamurthy
Quant University
CEO & Founder -
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Stephen Gardner
Zero Hash
Chief Legal Officer -
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Steve Dorval
Dorval Advisory Group
Founder & CEO -
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Sue Burton
DCU
SVP, Member Experience, Digital and Marketing -
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Tim Baker
viaNexus
CEO & Co-founder -
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Tom Mallon
Fintech Sandbox
Data Partner Manager -
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Victoria Eugenia Tostado Bringas
Agxes
Co-founder -
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Vijay Reddiar
Citizens Bank
SVP, Head of Analytics, Commercial & Business Banking -
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Vipin Mayar
Fidelity Investments
EVP, Head of AI Innovation -
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