Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

12 years in the field of financial industry with emphasis in Economic/Financial policy development and implementation, System Architecture/Engineering, Process Automation, Enterprise Risk Management, Quantitative Research and Financial Engineering. Subject areas: Enterprise Risk Management, Key Risk Indicators (KRI), Financial Engineering, Quantitative Research & Analysis, Decision Sciences, Algorithm Development & Deployment, Model Development & Implementation, Data Science Methodologies, Comprehensive Capital Review (CCAR), Dodd Frank Stress Testing (DFAST), Basel I, II, III and Principles for Effective Risk Data Aggregation & Risk Reporting (BCBS 239), and Regulatory Frameworks.��

Preston Byrne is co-founder of Eris Industries, a London-headquartered company that has built an open-source platform allowing software developers and organisations to leverage blockchain and other distributed computing technologies to solve difficult commercial problems.�Preston is also a Fellow of the�Adam�Smith�Institute. Previously, Preston was�a securitisation and derivatives lawyer, as well as lead associate with the cryptocurrency and distributed computing team, with the London office of Norton Rose Fulbright.�Preston often contributes to or is quoted by mainstream news media. In 2013, he was the lead author of�Burning Down the House, a paper opposing the Conservatives’ Help to Buy mortgage subsidy programme, which was covered by hundreds of national and international media outlets including Forbes, the Financial Times, City A.M., Reuters, the Telegraph, the New Statesman, and the BBC.�Preston is considered a world expert on the application of smart contracts and blockchain technology in the enterprise.�He�holds a M.A. in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews and a LL.B. from the College of Law.

Christina Anderson is Vice President and the Mobile & eCommerce Manager for Eagle Bank. In her role, she manages business development and strategy behind the banks� prepaid and eCommerce programs. This includes overseeing the complexities of compliance, risk and most importantly business and relationship management. The division, though in its infancy, is projected to generate several million in deposits by years end.Cybersecurity, including authentication is a real concern and naturally filters outside the bounds of risk and compliance. Individuals as well as businesses are increasingly conscious of the opportunity for fraud and are looking for products with the ability to inhibit those attempts.It is critical that despite Eagle Bank�s status as a community bank, we develop business relationships with the same focus.Prior to joining Eagle Bank 2 years ago, Christina served in the area of corporate recruitment and strategy also in the financial services industry.Christina holds a degree in Business from Fontbonne University�s Eckelkamp College of Global Business and Professional Studies.

Scott Zimmer leads a team that shapes the way every customer interacts with one of the top banks in the United States. In this role, he's assembled all aspects of Design Thinking, UX Design and User Research onto a single, in-house team that can iterate, ship and win customer praise faster than ever. A Disney-bred marketer, Scott is consistently drawn to creating what's next. Scott led Bank Innovation at Ally Bank during its unprecedented launch, and national checking products at BofA. Before he was brave enough to aim at financial services disruption, Scott advised Silicon Valley clients as a consultant in The (Regis) McKenna Group's Mountain View offices and shaped several new resort brands as a brand manager for The Walt Disney Company in Orlando.

Katherine Mears serves as Vice President, Financial Education and Content Strategy Manager for Regions Bank. This role includes managing four online insights centers, creating innovative financial education strategy and content, and developing financial education programs and partnerships to reach consumers from Pre-K through adulthood across Regions� 16-state footprint.Katherine joined Regions in 2007 and has also served as Grand Opening Manager, Advertising Manager and Area Marketing Manager. Prior to joining Regions, Katherine spent many years in a variety of Advertising and Marketing roles. Katherine received her B.A. in Communications and Marketing from the University of Alabama.

Dr. Jing Zhang is a Divisional Managing Director and the Global Head of Moody�s Analytics Quantitative Research Group. Formerly known as Moody�s KMV Research Group, his group is responsible for the quantitative modeling behind the EDF and LGD models for both public and private firms, commercial real estate, and portfolio analytics. Jing joined the research team at the former KMV in 1998, eventually becoming a Director in the Research Group. In that role, besides managing day-to-day research operations, he made major contributions to a number of KMV quantitative models. Since then, Jing has held a number of additional senior roles at Moody�s KMV in Product Management and the Client Solutions Group, and he has many years of experience advising clients on risk management issues. Jing obtained his PhD from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his MA from Tulane University. He was �a lecturer for the Master of Financial Engineering program at the University of California, Berkeley from 2010 to 2012. �He is also the editor of Risk book CCAR and Beyond.

Kevin Kirksey has been with ALM First for 6 years and now serves as Managing Director,Strategic Solutions Group. His responsibilities include overseeing merger valuations, ALM model validations, capital stress testing, many hedging strategy relationships, and he participates in general product development. He also serves as the Chief Compliance Officer for the firm.Previously, Mr. Kirksey worked on Goldman Sachs� mortgage trading desk, where he analyzedwhole loan trades and securitizations and performed mortgage valuations for various capitalraises, mergers, and IPOs.Mr. Kirksey received a bachelor�s degree in economics from Davidson College in Davidson,North Carolina.Mr. Kirksey has shared his expertise at various conferences, regulatory training events, and client education sessions on loan participations and whole loan trading, mortgage servicing rights and merger valuations, as well as the role of assumptions and model calibration techniques and the resulting impact on balance sheet strategies.

Taylor Pool joined Hilltop Holdings in 2015 and serves as Stress Testing Manager for the DFAST group. His responsibilities include overseeing the development and implementation of the holding company�s DFAST submission. He is responsible for managing the entire process of DFAST development as the holding company just recently entered the $10-50 billion range with its most recent acquisition in January of 2015.Previously, Mr. Pool worked at ALM First Financial Advisors, where he served as a Director of Advisory Services, serving credit union and community bank clients in portfolio management and asset liability management needs. Prior to that he worked as an analyst for JP Morgan Chase in the Treasury and Security Services group.Mr. Pool received a bachelor�s degree in Finance and Economics from the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.