Andreas Aabye
Andreas Aabye is Senior Director at Visa where he currently leads Card Present and Strategic Initiatives for North America Product. Andreas recently rejoined Visa after finishing his MBA at INSEAD. All in all, he has worked at Visa close to 10 years. Prior to his MBA, he rolled out chip and contactless payments in the […]
Henk van Dam
Henk has over 30 years of experience across information technology, telecom, security, and payments. At Fime, he leads the delivery of testing and certification services across the North American and LAC regions. Henk uses his experience in identification, authentication, secure transactions, and testing and certification to drive Fime’s continued advancement and growth in the payment, […]
Riley Hughes
Riley Hughes is the co-founder and CEO of Trinsic, the first identity acceptance network and a leader in reusable digital identity infrastructure. Today, Trinsic supports a network of almost 2 billion verified users and partners across fintech, government, health, and travel. Riley got his start as the first employee at the Sovrin Foundation, where he […]
Karan Puri
Karan is Associate Vice President and Head of Product leading innovation in identity and open banking including bank-based identity network known as Interac Verified. He was recently appointed at DIACC Board of Directors. He has over 10 years of experience working in Financial Services in Canada since graduating from the MBA program at Schulich School […]
Ralph Rodriguez
Ralph A. Rodriguez is President, Chief Product Officer (CPO), and a member of the Board of Directors for Daon. He is accountable for defining the go-to-market vision, strategy, and roadmaps for Daon’s products and technology. Ralph was most recently an Executive-in-Residence at Summit Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm. Previously he was a Research Scientist […]
Ajay Gupta
Ajay Gupta is the Chief Digital Transformation Officer for the Department of Motor Vehicles since 2020, appointed to lead business and technology transformation efforts for the DMV to become a modern enterprise. Prior to him appointment, Ajay Gupta served as a special advisor to the DMV Director. Before joining state service, Ajay worked as a […]
Simon Hurry
Simon Hurry is a Vice President at Visa Inc., responsible for U.S. contactless and contact chip card programs and leading Visa’s contactless rollout in the USA. Simon has over 22 years of experience in the payments industry with a specialized focus on smart card and contactless payments. Prior to joining Visa, Simon architected smart card […]
Frances Zelazny
Frances Zelazny is Co-Founder & CEO of Anonybit, a decentralized biometrics infrastructure (not blockchain!) that is breaking new ground in the area of user privacy and digital security. Since her early days in identity management, Frances has been an outspoken advocate for consumer privacy and the responsible use of biometric data. She is a past […]
Christopher Miller
Christopher helps Emerging Payments clients cut through the hype and the headlines surrounding new and emerging payments technologies. With over a decade of experience distilling trends into priorities, Christopher’s research offers a key to prioritizing investments into “what’s next” for payments, helping financial institutions remain relevant as consumer preferences and technological capabilities continue to shift. […]
Nanci McKenzie
Nanci McKenzie is an experienced speaker and a recognized expert in the field of payment technology. She is currently a Payments Expert at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. With over 38 years of experience in the payment technology industry, Nanci has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in payment processing, fraud prevention, and risk […]