Leadership

GenAI & Hyperautomation in Finance Summit

Sandra Molina

Founder & Strategic Consultant

Sandra Molina

Tayeb Nedjari

Enterprise Architect, Data, Analytics & AI

Tayeb Nedjari

Herbert Mazariegos

Consultant and Advisory Board Member

Herbert Mazariegos

Donald Kuk

Enterprise Transformation Consultant and former Chief Architect

Donald kurk

Award-winning Senior Executive with 15+ years of driving enterprise transformation, operational excellence, and rapid recovery across health sciences, financial services, software, and manufacturing industries. Delivered record-setting top-line growth (+45%, +$1.2B annually) and margin improvements (+18% to 47%) through business process optimization, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, ITIL, and advanced analytics. Proven success in leading global transformations for BNY Mellon, AIG, GE, and Lockheed Martin, with expertise in regulatory compliance, PMO, and technology modernization. A trusted strategist and innovator, specializing in cross-functional collaboration, global team leadership, and end-to-end process reengineering to achieve sustainable growth and operational efficiency.

Tayeb Nedjari

Enterprise Architect, Data, Analytics & AI

Tayeb Nedjari

Herbert Mazariegos

Consultant and Advisory Board Member

Herbert Mazariegos

Ichun Lai

Principal at Propel Global Advisory LLC

Ichun Lai

As an independent advisor, executives and teams in financial services entrust me to accelerate their adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies responsibly to achieve results. I help:
︀︀︀ Reinforce focus on business outcomes while introducing and deploying new technologies
Create structure in ambiguity linking current and target state operating models
Bridge between business and technology across disciplines, functions, and cultures
Address workforce impacts engaging with stakeholders at all levels

About me:
-Broad senior experience as finance and business manager, strategy and transformation partner, internal auditor, and business consultant at tier-1 firms including Goldman Sachs, Blackrock, Cigna, Tokio Marine, BMO, and SMBC.
-Led projects/initiatives in finance, technology, corporate services and across functions spanning Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Taiwan-born U.S. citizen. Speaks Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. Worked in Japan for six years.
-MIT certificates in Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy (2021), Business Process Design for Strategic Management (2022), and Accelerating Digital Transformation with Algorithmic Business Thinking (2024).

My commitment in fostering inclusion has led to leadership roles with the Financial Women’s Association (FWA) where I currently serve on the Board. At the US-Japan Council, I am privileged to be cultivating next generations of leaders in the U.S. and in Japan.

Maggie Brickson

Head of Financial Services

Maggie Brickson

– Executive Leader with specific skills in building best in class operations groups, including: ensuring a mature control and compliance environment, top performance in meeting SLAs, automation of manual processes, high-performing diverse and equitable leadership teams, and a demonstrated commitment to development and engagement of front line staff.

Donald Kuk

Enterprise Transformation Consultant and former Chief Architect

Donald Kuk

Tayeb Nedjari

Enterprise architect, Data, Analytics & AI

Tayeb Nedjari

Experienced Enterprise Architect & Strategist with 25+ years in digital transformation, data strategy, and technology integration across investment, insurance, biopharmaceutical, retail, and manufacturing sectors. Skilled in enterprise and solution architecture, AI-driven insights, and automation roadmaps, driving operational efficiency and business growth. Adept at bridging business and technology, simplifying complexities, and delivering customer-centric solutions. A proven advisor and mentor, fostering collaboration between executives, IT teams, and business leaders. Expertise in identity & access management, business intelligence, and process optimization. Recognized for coaching, knowledge-sharing, and driving successful enterprise-wide technology adoption.

Jacqueline Rinehart

Chief AI & Transformation Officer

Jacqueline Rinehart

Transformation Executive and ‘Leader in Motion’.

24+ years transformation leadership. Superpower in integrating AI/digital technologies into holistic solutions.

With human centric design, I weave together the threads of people, data, technology, process, product, governance, and risk to shepherd an ecosystem of innovation possibilities that come to life with optimized, measurable impacts.

From the Board to C-Suite executives and their teams, I bring people together in new ways, tapping into their creative and transformative power to create meaningful and sustainable solutions. We run and transform the business.

As a JD/MBA, I also incorporate privacy, ethics, security, compliance, and investment management.

My Strategy and Delivery domains include:
Transformation Offices, Innovation Labs, M&A Integrations, Spinoffs, Org Redesigns, and Strategic Remediation

Weiyee In

Angel Investor / CIO

Weiyee In

Weiyee In (Be AE-| while a native of New York City, has spent the large majority of his professional career as an expatriate working for several of the largest multinational banks globally across London, Paris, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Mr. In currently serves as CIO of Protego Trust Bank, a chartered financial institution focused on digital asset custody, trading issuance needs of institutional investors. Additionally, his experience spans more than two decades as a publishing Wall Street technology analyst, Sustainability Strategist (Environmental Social Governance), TMT equities strategist, Head of Telecoms, Media and Technology Equity Research and Director of Equity Research across multiple banks including UBS and BNP Paribas. Mr. In has been an angel investor across FinTech, CNN, New Media, AI, Data Analytics, developing Regulatory advisory & solutions development using NLP, AI, LLM, RPA, iML for MiFID II, GDPR/PII, FATF/GAFI (AML, KYC, CTF), BSA, Sapin II, PEP, UBO, SOE, MSPE; advisor for financial custody & trust, DLT integration and trade analytics. He has been both an angel investor and advisor to technology startups across Asia and Europe in semiconductor design, robotic automation in industrial workflow (software and hardware). data analytics and machine learning for industrial production

Viktoria Soltesz

Chief Executive Officer

Gian Mahil

Gian has a strong background in payments solutions and is passionate about innovation in the Global Fin Tech ecosystem. He has worked successfully with many national and global partners: Andersen Consulting, PIPC, Lloyds Bank, Barclays, HSBC, BSkyB, MasterCard and Visa Europe to launch new FinTech products for them. He has also played key leadership roles with Fin Tech start-ups with IBOS, 10X Screen Trade, and Mastercard Open Banking. He also acts as an adviser to venture capital funds looking at investing in FinTechs. He is also a trusted advisor to a number of consulting networks.