Dealmakers East 2023 | Fintech Nexus | 7 February 2023 | The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach, 1 Lincoln Rd, Miami Beach, FL 33139, USA

This event includes double opt-in, 1:1 meetings, and activities designed to encourage business networking and fun. We closely monitor the attendee ratio to ensure the right balance of fintechs, investors, and financial institutions. High quality networking is the focus of the event. The agenda includes 24 VIP meeting blocks and social events.

2023 Speakers

Denise Willenbring
Business Development Executive, Aon

Denise Thomas
CEO, ApplePie Capital

David Dindi
CEO, AtomicVest Inc.

Bryan Lennon, CFP
Client Success & Partnerships, Atomic Invest

Scott Kern
Atomic Vest, Partnerships

Rick Haldunia
Director of Affiliate Partners, Backd Business Funding

Jason Harris
CEO, Button Finance

Mike Werrell
Senior Director of Enterprise Sales, Canopy Servicing

Charles Kreitler
Director of Financial Services, Codat

Asif Alam
CEO, Compliance.ai

Ravi Sandepudi
Co-Founder & CEO, Effectiv.ai

Luan Cox
CEO, FinMkt

Jake McCrary
Senior Vice President, First Horizon

Bryan Mulcahey
Partner, FS Vector

Mike Lee
President, Fundica

Christopher Connor
Director, Financial Institutions, Funding Circle

Jared Kogan
Founder, Giggle Finance

Jeboah Joerg
Co-Founder & CIO, HomePace Inc

Andrew Vassallo
VP of Capital, Hometap

Riaz Syed
Founder & CEO, infinant

Dub Sutherland
Partner, KSD Capital

William Davis
President & Co-Founder, KSD Capital

Denada Ramnishta
GM & Chief of Growth, Lendio

Rajiv Bhat
Co-Founder & CEO, Martini.ai

Patrick Pearson
Vice President, Open Banking Partnerships, Mastercard

Stephen Dow
Co-Founder & CEO, Monit

Derrick Barker
CEO, Nectar

Gretel Friedman
VP, Business Development, Netspend

Marc Gendron
VP, Business Development, Netspend

Mark Friedgan
CEO, NinjaHoldings

Vikas Dua
Chief Operating Officer, Ocrolus

Ashley Cianci
Director of Marketing, PerformLine

John Zanzarella
SVP Sales, PerformLine

Kurtis Lin
Co-Founder & CEO, Pinwheel

Tim Hamilton
Founder & CEO, Praxent

Tyler DuBusky
Managing Partner, Premier Consumer Capital

Eric Rosenthal
Head of Corporate Development & Partnerships, Rapyd

Henry Yoshida
CEO, Rocket Dollar

Daniel Rawlings
CEO & President, ThreatMark

Eric Johnson
Chief Revenue Officer, Carmel Solutions

Albert Periu
CEO USA, Zilch Technologies

Ankit Singh
Co-Founder & CEO, Vaya Technologies

Erich Bonnet
CEO, Smart Lenders AM

Joe d'Elia
Co-founder & CTO, Upscope

John Sun
CEO & Founder, Spring Labs

Josh Goldberg
Co-Founder & CEO, Sunstone Credit

Lynn Fairrow
Head of Sales and Partnerships, Upscope

Maxwell Matel
Senior Business Development Manager, UpSlide

Michael Glotz
CEO, Strategic Risk Associates

Reed Carpenter
Head of Business Development, UpSlide

Susan Tanski
Co-founder & VP, Strategy, Sunstone Credit

Jeff Galloway
VP Application Services, Core10 / Accrue

Jon Dobson
Co-Founder & CEO, Payrecs Inc

Kathleen Craig
CEO, Plinqit

Jean Le Bouthillier
CEO, Qohash

Rob Morgan
CEO, USDF Consortium

Adam Swartzbaugh
Founder & CEO, Almond Fintech

Nick Varnitski
Co-founder & CEO, Armada Labs

Eugene Pratasenia
Managing Partner, Armada Labs

Arash Asady
CEO, Bits of Stock

Nathan Mairs
VP of Sales, North America, Bud

Jason Jones
CEO, END-Labs

Badri Vaidyanathan
SVP, iOPEX Technologies

Dustin Qualls
Head of Business Development, LoanPro

Lloyd Roberts
CSO, LoanPro

Trent Wardwell
VP Partnerships, LoanPro

Nate Bray
Chief Revenue Officer, LoanPro

Svitlanka Sergiichuk
CEO & Co-Founder, Neofin

Michael Roncoroni
Director - Identity & Risk Solutions, Neustar, a TransUnion Company

Nicole Newlin
SVP of Solutions, Ocrolus

Kristiane Mandraki
VP of Growth, Praxent

James Moughon
VP of Engineering, Praxent

Nick Comito
Product Design Director, Praxent

Sarah Cole
VP of Business Development, RAZR Financial

Lester Kelley
Business Development, Symend

Brian Christensen
VP, FI Sales, Symend

David Nathanson
SVP Global Sales, Symend

Justin Murry
Vice President, Consumer Lending - Head of Market Development, TransUnion

Sam Buccelli
Managing Director, Arlington Financial Consultants

Dan Avnir
Managing Director, Encina Lender Finance

Joe Cianciolo
Co-Founder & CEO, HomePace

Jorge Cornielle
Founder & CEO, Nufii

Kunal Sehgal
CEO, Rapid Finance - Enterprise

Patrick Sells
Co-Founder, True Digital Group

Susheel Leion
Senior Director Sales and Alliance, iOPEX Technologies

Ed Maslaveckas
CEO & Co-Founder, Bud

Mark Chesler
Founder, Lendswift

Paul Dodd
SVP of Revenue, Enigma

Jacob Blatt
Director of Sales, Even Financial

Jae Lim
Managing Partner, CapAccel

Allan Rayson
CTO I Chief Innovative Officer, Encore Bank

Keith Costello
CEO & Co-Founder, Locality Bank

Joseph Milstein
Director, Financial Institutions Partnerships, LendingClub

Tamer El-Rayess
Chairman, Grand Bank for Savings

Jean Kim
Senior Vice President, BankProv

Bryan Mullins
Vice President of Business Development, WebBank

Takanori Kamahara
Fintech Equity/Debt Investor, GMO-Z.com PAYMENT GETAWAY

Tatsuro Yanai
Executive Leader, GMO-Z.com Payment Gateway USA, Inc

Tim Williams
President/CEO, Sno Falls Credit Union

Eric Schurr
Chief Strategy Officer, Sunrise Banks

Adam Goller
EVP; Head of Fintech Banking, Cross River

Suchitra Padmanabhan
President, CBW Bank

Ashraf Gad
Senior Principal / Enterprise Cloud Architect, Mphasis - Blackstone Company

Robert Perrelli
VP, Partnership Development, Alliant Credit Union

Catherine Zhai
Strategic & Fintech Investments, Citi SPRINT

Conrad Meier
Strategic Investment Analyst & Assistant Vice President, Citi

Patrick Kennedy
Executive Chairman, TransPecos Banks

Chris Black
CEO & President, Thread Bank

Danielle Doyle
Chief Innovations Officer, Atlantic Union Bank

Siya Vansia
Chief Brand & Innovation Officer, ConnectOne Bank

David Harvey
EVP & COO, Citizens Business Bank

Matthew Maxey
Chief Innovation Officer, Synovus Bank

Christian Ruppe
Chief Innovation Officer, SVP, Colony Bank

Alex Calle
Senior Vice President, Product Officer, TBK Bank, SSB

Brett Handy
Head of Relationships, Hatch Bank

Hillel Olivestone
Head of Corporate Development, Cross River Bank

Joel Johnson
Chief Digital Officer, Guaranty Bank & Trust

Patrick Jacobs
Chief Digital Officer, Midland States Bank

Stephen Bishop
Chief Operating Officer, Old Missouri Bank

Julianna Balicka
SVP - Director of Investor Relations & Corporate Finance, East West Bank

Paul Kanneman
Executive Vice President, Technology Innovation & Investments, Simmons Bank

Monica Limone
SVP, Head of Strategy and Fintech Partnerships, Amerant Bank

Carlos Iafigliola
Chief Financial Officer, Amerant

Tim Laney
President & CEO, NBH Bank

Matthew Smith
Chief Digital Banking Officer, Webster Bank

Ben Lahren
Corporate Development, Western Alliance Bank

Edmond Wong
Co-founder & CEO, Sunstone Trust - TrustCard

David Robinson
Director of Fintech Partnerships, Academy Bank

Huma Usmani
Director, Banking as a Service, Midland States Bank

Kent Landvatter
President & CEO, FinWise Bank

Jim Noone
EVP, Chief Credit Officer, FinWise Bank

Valerie Kramer
Chief Digital Officer, NBH Bank

Dan Snzewajs
Mgmt Reporting, Planning & Analysis Director, NBH Bank

Matt Tamburro
VP, Ventures & Strategic Partnerships, M&T Bank

Alfred Goon
Corporate Development and Strategy, OceanFirst Bank

Carolyn Deng
Vice President Head of Fintech, CBW Bank

Chris Allamon
VP, Director of Technology & Innovation, ChoiceOne Bank

Jungwook Choo
Citi Institutional Strategic Investments Lead, Citigroup

Tom Kientz
Chief Operating Officer, Academy Bank

Tyler Craft
SVP, Head of VirtualBank & Fintech, First Horizon Bank

Suresh Ramamurthi
Chairman, CBW BANK

Steve Rabinovici
Chairman, Business Funding Group

Steven Avila
Fintech Partnerships Manager, Sunwest Bank

Jonathan Ben-Horin
US Head of Originations, Davidson Kempner Capital Management

Alex Knowland
Vice President, Comvest Partners

Nick Andreadis
Vice President, One William Street

Jennifer Lee
Partner, Edison Partners

James Carey
Partner, Next Sparc Growth Partners

Elliott Lorenz
Co-founder, CEO, Edge Focus Partners, LLC

Peter Stokes
CEO, Lexant Advisors

Lucas Timberlake
General Partner, Fintech Ventures Fund

Tiffine Wang
Partner, MS&AD Ventures

Jeff Meyers
Director, Citi

Jillian Cohn
Partner, Mouro Capital

Azriel Chelst
VP of Direct Investment, FIS

Jade Mandel
Growth Equity (Fintech), Goldman Sachs

Clare Greenan
Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, Goldman Sachs

Adam Aspes
Managing Partner, JAM FINTOP

Michael Poole
Managing Director, Community Investment Management

Matthew Kelley
Director, JAM FINTOP

Tal Sigura
Investor, FIS Global

George Cecil
Principal, JAM FINTOP

Julia Huang
Founding Partner, Company Capital

Edward Goldstein
Managing Director, i80 Group

Peter Frank
Managing Director, i80 Group

Stephen Schroder
Principal, JAM FINTOP

Jillian Jaccard Murrish
CEO, Pier Asset Management

Conor Neu
Chief Investment Officer, Pier Asset Management

Alex Thiele
Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Thiele Capital Management LLC

Carey Ransom
Managing Director, BankTech Ventures

Sergei Kouzmine
Manager, Fintech Ventures Fund

Bill Shraga
Managing Director, SenaHill Partners

Mark Solovy
Co-Head, Technology Investment Group, Monroe Capital LLC

Pedro Cetina
CEO, Addem Capital

Chris Gottschalk
General Partner, Mouro Capital

Dan Arlotta
Vice President, Garnet Capital Advisors

Janet Nankin
Vice President, Garnet Capital Advisors

Pratik Budhdev
Senior Investment Director, Volvo Cars Tech Fund

Andrew Stumm
Managing Director, Garnet Capital Advisors

Kalyan Das
Managing Owner, Das International Capital

Bruno Reis
CIO, Accell Investments

Alex Saporito
MD / PM, One William Street

Thomas Karwacki
Senior Vice President, Variant Investments

Joe Maxwell
Managing Partner, FINTOP Capital

John Philpott
General Partner, FINTOP Capital

Michael Sekits
Managing Director, Strandview / Btech Consortium

Jeffrey Zinn
Managing Director, Obra Capital

Chris Pryor
Head of Origination, Monachil Partners

Kevin Weber
Senior Vice President, Citi Ventures

Jacob Zeldin
Investor, Monachil Capital Partners

Nick Hrynkiewicz
Investment Professional, Credit Suisse - NEXT Investors

Alex Porto
Principal, Riverwood Capital

Billy Rohman
Director, Cowen

Brian Broesder
Head of Specialty Finance, Post Road Group

Brian Luciani
Head of Platform (Rise), Barclays

Dan Bailey
Managing Director, CoVenture

Edoardo Levy
Founder and Managing Partner, BZH Capital Partners LLC

Jacqueline Holmes
Chief Investment Officer, Midori Management / Personal Investments

Michael Dirla
Senior Associate, Edison Partners

Shlomo Nasser
Managing Director, BZH Capital Partners LLC

Rodrigo Castro
Investor, LL Funds

Patrick Brett
Managing Director, Citi

2023 Sponsors and Partners

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Glia
• iOPEX
• LoanPro
• Symend

OFFICIAL COMMUNITY BANK PARTNER:
• JAM FINTOP