Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

George is a payments and IT expert who connects emerging technologies, like Bitcoin, to real world opportunities. He brings 10 years in payments technology and 25 years in IT and entrepreneurial management to help his clients at with strategy and market development. Besides Bitcoin, he works in payments security, mobile payments, and technology investment road mapping.Before joining Glenbrook Partners, George directed Mercator Advisory Group's emerging technologies advisory service. His entrepreneurial experience includes co-founder roles at payment identity firm Payment Pathways, internet service provider RapidNet, and business aviation online training firm DigiFlite.George is a Certified Smart Card Industry Professional / Payments (CSCIP/P).

Michael currently leads strategic direction and execution for Webster's Internet Banking channel, including Online, Mobile, Social Media and Product/feature Development.� He has over 15 years background in front-end web development and customer experience, spanning a variety of industries including Banking, Engineering, Law, Health Insurance, Retirement Services, and IT Consulting.

Garry Reeder is a Partner and Head of the Advisory Practice at Fenway Summer.Prior to joining Fenway Summer in June 2013, Garry served as the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He was a member of the original team at the United States Treasury Department charged with staffing the agency and setting its strategic, operational and policy priorities. As a Senior Advisor, he was directly involved with the creation and establishment of the Research, Markets & Regulations division and the Office of the Director and Deputy Director. Before joining the CFPB, Garry was a member of the Auto Team at the Treasury Department helping manage the government�s auto industry investments � including the $23 billion IPO of General Motors.� He also served on the senior staff committee of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, and as the deputy to an FDIC Director.Prior to entering public service, Garry spent a decade in the investment management business � at Ziff Brothers Investments covering financial institutions and at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. covering the media industry. His financial institutions coverage focused on consumer finance companies, domestic banks and brokers, for-profit education and emerging market depositories. He has also worked as the Field Director for a congressional campaign and as an academic researcher.He is a graduate of Yale College and Columbia Business School. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, a corporate communications trainer, and their two daughters.

Jeremy Bornstein leads the Payments Innovation group at RBC, one of the world�s leading financial institutions, where he is responsible for developing and executing products and strategies to defend and grow the bank�s retail payments business. Prior to his current role, Jeremy was the Managing Director of Corporate Strategy for RBC responsible for outlining the bank�s strategic direction for the board of directors. Before joining RBC, Jeremy was a Senior Manager at Accenture where he led the Canadian Financial Services Strategy practice. He holds a MBA and an Honors Business Administration (HBA) degrees from The Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario. Jeremy is also a director of a not-for-profit organizations focused on youth and community engagement.

Adam Shapiro is Chief Control Officer for BBVA's Open Platform.� Previously, Adam led Promontory Financial Group’s FinTech practice, working with digital currency firms, online payments companies, innovative lenders, banks and traditional firms implementing new financial technologies, and technology service providers to the financial services industry.� At Promontory, Adam helped numerous financial services startups, traditional financial services institutions, and service providers to financial institutions develop the controls needed to build scalable compliance and risk management programs that meet their regulatory obligations.�Prior to joining Promontory, Adam served at the U.K. Financial Services Authority, where among other roles he led the Retail Risk Team, developed the FSA’s Treating Customers Fairly and Product Risk Framework initiatives, served as Private Secretary to the Chairman, and developed U.K. policy on hedge funds.

Shannon Reid has been with Republic Bank & Trust Company for over 20 years and currently serves as their SVP Managing Director of Operations. Prior to Republic Bank & Trust, Shannon started his career with the FDIC as a Safety and Soundness Examiner for over 8 years.�� His combined regulatory and bank operations experience provides sound knowledge of lending and deposit operations for Commercial, Mortgage and Retail lines of business. �

As the Chief Information Officer of Synchrony Financial, Carol is committed to driving our overall Information Technology�strategy and vision, with a continuous focus on payments innovation. As CIO of GE Capital Retail Finance for the�last three years, she has led growth for clients, dealers and providers by developing strong technology partnerships,�delivering innovative solutions and driving the company’s digital transformation.�During her ten years with GE, Carol has held various senior leadership roles, focused on IT Governance, Security,Business Development, Digital and Marketing. Before joining GE, Carol spent nearly a decade in technology consulting�at Accenture. She focused on the financial services sector, delivering strategic and complex technology initiatives to�drive growth and operational excellence for clients.Throughout her more than 20 years in Information Technology, Carol has leveraged her deep technology and financial�services background to develop creative technology solutions to meet the needs of customers and clients.Highlights:• Earned a Bachelor’s degree from College of the Holy Cross.• Mentor to Women in Technology.