FinTech Panel: Breaking into FinTech in 2022

Senior Procurement / Supply Chain Executive, with expertise in applying Technology, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Risk Management, and Change Management disciplines to drive corporate transformations and lead teams to achieve strategic objectives. Vibrant, results-focused, and highly-motivated professional, recognized as an effective and energetic thought leader and team builder, with a decisive bias for action. Focused on collaboration with key stakeholders and executive leadership to build strategic plans and successfully execute business strategies.

A client-centric leader, supported Business Development initiatives, working closely with prospects and clients to help with education and deal closures.

Expert in building, developing, and motivating teams, large and small, to successfully deliver tangible outcomes, including in business process redesign, organizational transformations, and delivery of enabling technologies. Known to cultivate a high-integrity culture, rooted in open collaboration and transparency. Experienced in promoting and strengthening trusted partnerships across all levels of the organization to accomplish successful transformations within fast-paced, complex environments.

Proven track record of leading teams to achieve outcomes in record time. Highlights include:

• Identified opportunities and executed Strategic Sourcing initiatives that achieved significant cost reductions, reduced risk, and improved quality;
• Delivered successful technology transformation initiatives, to include leading teams to identify and execute sourcing initiatives, including RFx, supplier selection, contracting, and technology implementation management/oversight, as well as deliver on “build” solutions, where necessary;
• Led the institutionalization of Supplier Risk Management Framework which includes identifying Lines of Defense, defining Risk Appetite, Supplier Risk Scoring criteria, Risk Management Policy as well as leading the implementation of enabling technology and associated organizational change management;
• Introduced innovative technologies and re-engineered and simplified business processes across the organization, creating efficiencies and expediting delivery of business goals.

Sanjeev is a product manager director in the NextGen product arena with American Express. His work history also includes positions with such notable financial corporations as J.P. Morgan Chase, Accenture, Inc., CoreOne and Bank of America.

In addition to his C-suite tenure, Masih offers extensive academic experience. He has served as an adjunct at his alma mater, Fordham University, since 2016, teaching business intelligence and analytics classes and, most recently, FinTech classes. He has dedicated time and expertise to several academic boards, including Fordham Foundry and Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business Advisory Board; Harvard’s alumni organization for technology, Harvard Tech; Harvard Business Review; as well as MIT Tech Review.

Furthermore, he developes product strategy and vision based on customer and business needs. With a keen analytical inclination, he evaluates and monitors the creation of detailed documentation of user needs, including user journey, functional requirements, and technical solutions for product features. Communicating and evangelizing the product team’s goals and strategy to identify opportunities for synergy and build alignment across various stakeholders is what Sanjeev do best. As the Product Management Director, he created a sustainable business strategy that maximized investment in product development.

By leveraging Big Data, Risk Decision Engine, and Orchestrator, Sajeev created global enterprise-wide cost-effective and scalable solutions. Earlier, he led programs related to client financial data, loan origination, client & transaction review improvements. Most recently, he is credited with launching working capital digital loans, digital bank for merchants, and underwriting and risk platforms that dramatically improved customer journeys.

Jacob started in equipment more than 15 years ago...Quite by accident. He answered a Craigslist ad. Who knew then that he was setting out on an exciting journey, helping business to get the equipment they needed to grow.

Throughout his time in the business, Jacob was often surprised by the slow processes and legacy systems of the industry that lead to unnecessary friction... Though Docusign is commonly used now, it was only a few years back that faxed and airmailed documents were the standard.

Jacob completed a Masters in Digital Innovation for Fintech from Brandeis university with the sole focus to improve the experience for customers and equipment resellers.

He is obsessed with finding a better digital experience for buyers and sellers of equipment of all kinds.

Along the way he have built a team of capable developers, data scientists and cloud experts all interested to see how we can improve your experience...

So you can focus on whats really important. Running your business.

Jason is on the Founding Team (Head of GTM & Partnerships) at Ownit, a venture-backed FinTech startup whose mission is to make commerce at the point of discovery work for brands, creators, and shoppers.

Prior, Jason was on the Amazon consumer team where he led business development, program management, served as a Alexa Accelerator & Techstars mentor, moderated fireside chats (Alexis Ohanian, Elad Gil, Ryan Holiday, and more), and served as an Amazon Candid Chatter ambassador to raise the bar on the interview experience.

In addition, people call Jason "The Resume Guy" because he helps candidates 10x their resume and prepare for interviews using the STAR Method.

Learn more about Ownit (we are hiring) - https://www.ownit.co/

Learn about the STAR Resume - https://starmethodresume.substack.com/

Watch Jason's fireside chat with Alexis Ohanian - https://curiousexpeditions.substack.com/p/fireside-chat-with-alexis-ohanian

Bradley is a technical strategist with vast experience operating at the senior levels of organizations as an employee, consultant, and trusted advisor. Beginning in large-scale project management and spending a decade in system administration, database architecture and development, and security administration provided me with a foundation to perform award winning services in digital forensics, eDiscovery, and Incident Response and Investigation. He have found a place for his talents advising and leading organizations in diverse sectors as FinTech, Healthcare, Banking, State and Federal Government, and Finance.

Bradley's passion is driving a plan from concept to reality, whether it is a technical project, business expansion, or taking a startup from idea to reality.

Dennis is enthusiastic go-getter and ongoing learner with a passion for fast changing environments, technology and working with people.

He is working at Identiq where they are building the world’s largest P2P anonymous identification verification network.

As a multilingual sales professional with a software developer background Dennis is always looking to help companies adopt innovative technologies to solve business challenges and to connect businesses and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Jahnavi is a Product Manager at Intuit, motivated by her passion to make the lives of small businesses easier. At Intuit, she has worked on delivering SMB loans, creating real time payments infrastructure, on ML based data extraction products, and now works on QuickBooks’ Mobile product to make finances easy on the go. Her background is in environmental biochemistry and economics and so she applies her hypothesis driven thinking to tech wherever she can.

Eugene is a faith-centric technologist, a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, advisor, and mentor.

He is the founder and CEO of REACTIVE LIONS INC. where he is implementing his vision of faith-driven entrepreneurship in the tech world. He is currently running a team of over 40 talented engineers across the US.

Eugene is the expert in building tech teams and he is a chief architect of scalable software products. His experience goes beyond B2B and B2C in multiple industries like Cyber Security, Deep Tech, FinTech, Media, AI, ML, Data platforms, Marketplaces, Wellness, Healthcare, Space, M&A, and more.

In his free time, Eugene is mentoring first-time entrepreneurs and advising other serial entrepreneurs on tech decisions.

Eugene is passionate about finding the right combination of faith and technology. He is also passionate about snowboarding, quantum computing, and cryptography.