Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.
Latest NewsIn her role as Portfolio Manager with the Co-operators Life Insurance Company, Joan has worked with e-SignLive on the first two projects to introduce e-signatures to the Co-operators. Joan has 25 years’ experience in IT and Telco sectors in NA and Asia and was formerly a VP for Asia Pacific for a major Canadian Telco, which included heading up JV operations in Korea, Philippines, and other locations for over a decade. Joan was awarded the Industrial Service Medal by Kim, Dae-Jung, President of South Korea in 2002, and was the Chair of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Korea for many years. Joan enjoys business development, and working with diverse stakeholder interests to create profitable growth. She is also an experienced Senior Project Manager, PMP certified.
David Bocek works as a business development professional with eSignLive™, responsible for determining the unique requirements of prospects and providing effective support in key phases of the sales process. Working very closely with eSignLive customers, David analyzes, identifies and prioritizes business needs that help drive digital innovation in strategic e-signature plans.�
Ben Seessel represents insurers and other financial services companies in class action and complex litigation matters in federal and state courts across the country and counsels them on regulatory issues.� He has litigated many cases involving insurance products, including defending against allegations of statutory and regulatory infractions, violations of consumer protections laws, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and unjust enrichment, among others.� Mr. Seessel also litigates cases arising under federal and state securities laws and has represented broker-dealers and associated persons in FINRA arbitrations.� In addition, he has� appeared on behalf of leading industry groups as amicus counsel in several appeals involving ERISA.�Mr. Seessel was recently seconded to a major U.S. life insurer where he advised on a wide range of regulatory issues, reporting to the chief counsel for insurance products.� He counsels insurance industry clients on the use of big data and analytics, and has spoken and written frequently on the topic.�Mr. Seessel is an editor of the ABA’s Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee’s Newsletter, and an editor and frequent contributor to Carlton Fields's class action blog, Classified.� He is also co-author of the Preemption chapter in the Handbook on ERISA Litigation published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business/Aspen Publishers.��
Gail Gottehrer is a litigation partner in at the law firm of Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP in New York and Connecticut.� Her practice focuses on class action defense, management-side labor and employment litigation and other complex commercial matters, including privacy and technology related litigation and workplace-related class actions.� She is one of the few defense lawyers to have been involved in the trial of a class action to verdict before a jury.Gail is a frequent speaker on topics relating to the implications of technology on the law, on business operations and on the digital workplace, including litigation cost management, electronic evidence, information governance, telematics, usage based insurance, autonomous vehicles, drones, robots, data ownership and privacy, biometrics, wearable technology and the Internet of Things.�Gail teaches a course in Law for Knowledge Innovation and Practices at a Columbia University Masters Degree program and is a Fellow at the Center for Legal Innovation at Vermont Law School.� She is as a member of the Law 360 Employment Law Editorial Board and a member of the Law Technology News Editorial Board. �She is the co-chair of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance’s eDiscovery and ESI Publications Committee and a member of its Cyber Liability Committee. �Gail is also a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the Executive Women's Forum.�Gail was recently selected as one of the New York Business Journal’s 2016 Women of Influence.� She is the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation, a member of the Board of Directors of The Connecticut Appleseed Center for Law and Justice and a Fellow at the American Bar Foundation.Gail is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a former Law Clerk to the Honorable Murray C. Goldman, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County. She is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
Kaenan specializes in helping companies innovate and leverage the strategic use of information and analytics to drive their relationship acquisition, growth, and retention objectives, and more generally to effectively execute on the overall customer and growth agenda. Kaenan has extensive experience helping clients to shape their customer experience strategy; enhance offerings thru digital, traditional, contact center, and third party/agent channels; and understand the implications of changing market and competitive dynamics on our clients’ customer strategies. He has held leading roles within marketing and decision management functions within top insurance, banking, and finance companies.
Vance Loiselle joined�TrueMotion as Chief Executive Officer in January, 2016. He has overall responsibility for strategic and corporate development, marketing, sales and operations.Vance has more than 20 years of experience building high-tech companies into market leaders. As co-founder of BladeLogic, he helped lead the company from idea and initial funding to IPO and subsequent $880 million acquisition by BMC Software. Throughout BladeLogic's eight-year trajectory from inception to acquisition, Vance held multiple leadership roles in product management, marketing, business development, pre-sales and operations.After BladeLogic was acquired by BMC Software in 2008, he remained with BMC Software for four years serving in various executive positions, including worldwide vice president of global services, sales operations, field marketing and software consulting. Most recently, Vance was president and CEO of Sumo Logic, leading the company from launch through multiple years of hyper growth in employees, customers and revenue. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems/Accounting from Babson College.
Jennifer Rothstein is a director with Kroll’s Cyber Security practice. She joins Kroll after a distinguished career in professional liability program management, e-discovery product development and intellectual property ownership rights management. At Kroll, Jennifer will maintain and broaden the strategic partnerships established with insurance companies, brokers and insureds. She will lead cross-functional activity to facilitate new business opportunities and targeted product development as it relates to cyberliability.Previously, Jennifer directed the development and growth of professional lines programs for business segments including lawyers, broker dealers, accountants, real estate agents and architects & engineers. She also was co-creator of the insurance market’s first e-Discovery services endorsement for over 10 lines of business for a major international carrier. She co-developed an exclusive patent liability defense program with a national broker for the tech sector’s top industry leaders. Jennifer began her career in the insurance industry at AIG. In that role, she facilitated the underwriting of electronic and intangible risks into corporate insurance policies. Her role also included the enforcement of the Litigation Management Guidelines and the review and approval of panel counsel invoices.Professional Experience � Contracts. Previously, Jennifer’s work with an e-business consulting company included negotiation of Master Services Agreements, equipment leases, and software licensing contracts with a variety of vendors from different market sectors. She managed subcontrator relationships and developed forms including Code of Business Conduct, Non-Disclosure Agreement Guidelines, and Trademark and Copyright Use Guidelines.� Intellectual Property. Jennifer implemented and managed an on-line inquiry mailbox, where she responded to inquiries on topics relevant to dispute resolution, use of trademarks and copyrights, and ownership of intellectual property. In her work at a national network television station, she was responsible for intellectual property clearances and worked with studio producers to ensure compliance with broadcast standards.� Thought Leadership. Ms. Rothstein is a published author and frequent speaker on professional liability. She shares her insights at PLUS events, the CLM Litigation Management Institute at Columbia University and through various webinars. She has been published in the “New Jersey Law Journal,” “Sue Magazine” and the “CLM Litigation Management Magazine.”Education, Certifications & Recognitions� J.D., Cardozo School of Law; B.A., Columbia UniversityProfessional Affiliations� Risk and Insurance Management Society, member� Professional Liability Underwriting Society, member� Council on Litigation Management, fellow� Association of Professional Insurance Women, member�
CJ Przybyl is the co-founder and President of Snapsheet, the auto insurance industry’s largest provider of virtual claims settlement solutions.CJ began working in mobile claims technology startups in 2011 where he led the pivot of BodyShopBids into Snapsheet, a pivot that was featured in Forbes as an example for future entrepreneurs.As a serial entrepreneur, CJ has co-founded multiple startups including a mobile platform for fast food restaurants, a Bluetooth Low Energy software company for personal body networks and a municipal biofuels cooperative. He began his career at Freescale Semiconductor as a global account manager responsible for the sales and business development of cellular phone chipsets and software IP negotiations.CJ holds a BS in Optical Engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.�
Steve Kopelic is the Global Banking Industry Business Development Executive for the IBM Cognitive Solutions Team.� He is a Financial Services industry veteran, with 34 years of experience in the Banking Industry, and 17 years with IBM.�As the Business Development Executive, Steve works with our Banking and Wealth Management customers to provide them with industry-focused business solutions across the spectrum of analytics and cognitive computing, as Banks digitize their businesses, with an emphasis on solutions that will enable cognitive transformation for the Banking industry.� This includes solutions for Customer Insight/Customer Experience, Risk & Compliance, Sales and Marketing Optimization, Payments and Financial Transaction Management, Consumer/Commercial Payments and AML/Counter Fraud Management/Financial Crimes.Prior to his current role, Steve served as the Global Banking Industry Leader for IBM Analytics Consultative Sales (2015), the Worldwide Banking Industry Leader for IBM Software Group (2013-14), Banking and Financial Markets Leader on the Smarter Commerce Software team for IBM North America (2012-13) and as the Business Unit Executive for Banking & Financial Markets on the North America Financial Services Sector Software Industry Team (2005-11).� Steve originally joined IBM as an Associate Partner for GBS Americas, covering Financial Services solutions including Corebanking and Customer Care & Insight (1999-2004).Steve has deep experience in Retail Banking, Card Services, Central Banking, Credit Unions, Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Investment Banking and Financial Markets.� He is currently working on developing Cognitive Solutions for Banking, leveraging IBM Watson. Steve is a member of the Banking & Financial Markets Industry Solutions Board, and participated in the development of the Banking Industry Framework Customer Care & Insight (CC&I) Domain.� Steve has also participated on the Industry Models Customer Advisory Board as an IBM representative. Steve is Six Sigma certified.Steve’s experience includes selling software solutions and consulting services to FSS senior executives, and delivering engagements involving management consulting, custom software development, modification of IBM middleware and third party application software to meet customer’s requirements, as well as development of IBM strategy inputs to enable our customer’s business strategies.Steve regularly meets with customers and speaks at Banking events and IBM conferences in Europe, China, Australia, Japan, Southeast Asia, Africa, North America and South America, on a wide range of topics including the Cognitive Solutions for Banking and Financial Markets, the Banking Industry Framework, IBM’s Industry Models for Banking, and the Customer Insight solution.Prior to joining IBM, Steve served in technical and management positions at Mellon Bank (now Citizens Bank) and First Union (now Wells Fargo).� He was a Senior Manager in the Management Consulting practice of Ernst & Young LLP, and was the Director of the Charlotte office for MCI Systemhouse.Steve earned his BS degree in Business Administration at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.�

