Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Bob Bastian is Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Prudential Individual Life Insurance and Annuities businesses. Bastian leads industry experts in creating modern digital and technology solutions, crucial for serving customer needs in a rapidly evolving financial technology landscape. Bastian drives comprehensive changes across multiple dimensions including culture, talent, organization, process and architecture which have dramatically improved time-to-market, reduced cost and established sustainability for future growth. Bastian joined Prudential in 1999 and has spent the majority of his time as part of the Life business. In this role he was instrumental in the successful onboarding of the Hartford business, leading over 25 cross functional teams toward a seamless integration.

Leigh Riley is a partner and a vice chair of the business law department with Foley & Lardner. She focuses her practice on employee benefits and executive compensation.

Captain Andrew Kinsey spent 23 years in the U.S. Merchant Marine and U.S. Naval Reserve, sailing in all licensed ranks, including Master. His sailing experience was primarily with Maersk Lines, sailing as Master of three different Container ships.

He also served as Master aboard two Military Sealift Command (MSC), Large Medium Speed RORO (LMSR) ships, the USNS “Sisler” and USNS “Red Cloud.” He served in Operations Desert Shield & Desert Storm, Restore Hope, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, and received numerous decorations and awards.

After coming ashore in 2006, Andrew worked as an independent Marine Surveyor in the Tri-state area and joined the ACE/US Commercial Marine - Marine Advisory Service, in 2009. At ACE he was responsible for providing a wide range of Risk Control services to support its commercial book of marine business, including Cargo, Project Cargo, Hull & Machinery, Terminal Operators, and related Inland Marine LOB’s.

Andrew is a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY (1984) and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Marine Transportation/ Nautical Science. He also holds an Unlimited U.S. Coast Guard Masters License, for vessels of any gross tonnage upon oceans.

Ron Quaranta currently serves as chairman and CEO of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, a nonprofit trade association promoting the comprehensive adoption of blockchain technology and cryptoassets across global financial markets. He possesses almost three decades of experience in the global financial services and technology industries. He He is the editor and contributing author of the book, “Blockchain in Financial Markets and Beyond: Challenges and Applications,” published by Risk Books, as well as a contributor to “Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation 2019,” published by Global Legal Insights. He was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in accounting by Accounting Today in 2018.

As global CTO, Bill Briggs is responsible for helping to define and execute the vision for Deloitte Consulting LLP’s technology practice.

Pat Bermingham is CEO at Adflex.

Richard Berner is Executive-in-Residence at the Center for Global Economy and Business at New York University Stern School of Business.

Patty Childers is a healthcare consultant supporting medical diagnostics and devices industries since 2000. She holds degrees in biology, chemistry and maintains certifications with the American Society of Clinical Pathology.

Fergus Blair is a senior analyst at Source Global Research, a research and strategy firm for the global professional services industry. For further information about The Value Problem report, click here.

Wendy Foote iis a senior contracts manager at WhiteHat Security in San Jose, CA. Her background includes HIPPA regulatory compliance program management, privacy, and a variety of responsibilities within the Office of the General Counsel at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. She is a graduate of California State University, Chico and has a CIPP/US certification.