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 […]
David Kelts
David’s goal of bringing high-trust identity into the control of every citizen started in 2013 with two US Government grants that proved that privacy and trust can be created online – and ignited the “selfie” identity verification craze. It expands today into the deployment of Mobile Identity (mDL & mID). David is a Certified Information […]
Minh Nguyen
Minh Nguyen is Chief Product Officer at Onfido, an Entrust company, dedicated to making digital identity simple. In this role, Minh oversees both product strategy and design, and product and program management. He leads the strategic evolution of Onfido’s Real Identity Platform—an end-to-end identity verification platform—focusing on ML-powered identity-proofing tech and digital identity solutions. Minh […]
Blair Cohen
Blair Cohen is the Founder and President of AuthenticID, a disruptive and transformational AI-driven identity verification and fraud prevention company. Its technology quickly and securely verifies identities with 99% + accuracy in seconds. The outcome for companies is a reduction in fraud costs, elevated security, and a friction-free customer experience. As a dynamic technology entrepreneur […]
Steve Cole
Steve Cole is the Director of Technology Engagement with the Merchant Advisory Group, whose mission is to drive positive change and innovation in the payments industry that serves the merchants interest through collaboration, education, and advocacy. Steve is responsible for coordinating and implementing strategies of collective interest to the merchant community with respect to payments […]
Lilly Shoup
Lilly Shoup is Managing Director of Rebel Payments, Mobility, and Insights based in Los Angeles, CA. With a background in transportation policy and planning that spans public, private, and nonprofit sectors, Lilly works to structure partnerships to achieve community policy goals. She currently supports the California Integrated Travel Project or Cal-ITP improving trip planning and […]