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.
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Tim Long is a Managing Director in Financial Services. He has deep knowledge of financial services regulation with hands on experience in all bank supervision and policy related matters. He retired from the OCC after a 31 year career in which he oversaw virtually all of the agencys bank supervision and policy units. He has extensive experience in large and complex bank supervision, regional financial institutions and community banking. In his most recent role with the OCC, Tim served as Senior Deputy Comptroller for Bank Supervision Policy and Chief National Bank Examiner. He was a key advisor to the Comptroller and a member of the OCCs Executive Committee. Tim was also a key advisor to the U.S. Department of the Treasury during the recent financial crisis. He served as the Regulatory Council chair of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Capital Purchase Program and was a member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Deputies Committee created under the Dodd-Frank Act. Earlier in his tenure with the OCC, Tim also held the positions of Senior Deputy Comptroller for Midsize/Community Bank Supervision and Deputy Comptroller for Large Bank Supervision, and was the examiner-in-charge of several large, complex national banks.
W. Michael Hsu, CPA, is founder of DeepSky, an outsourced CFO service known as the Accounting Department for Entrepreneurs. After 10 years of building a financial consulting firm and working with entrepreneurs advising their multimillion-dollar businesses through systems and processes, Hsu has taken his experience in entrepreneurship and condensed it into a methodology named Measure x Hack to serve as a guide to building a successful business, life, and relationship.
Sean is a fitness enthusiast and personal trainer by profession, and a freelance writer by passion. Sean writes and shares his knowledge for a range of fitness publications and nutrition brands.
Kevin Abramson is president of Cover Whale, a leading commercial-trucking insurer and fast-growing insurtech.
With more than two decades of underwriting and management experience in the insurance industry, including at Gen Re, Swiss Re and TigerRisk Partners, Abramson prioritizes using technology to address risk and make the world safer. At Cover Whale, his focus is on establishing and executing the company's go-to-market strategy, as well as building internal culture, attracting best-in-class talent and managing relationships with investors, partners, carriers and policyholders.
Abramson holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Villanova University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Rob Whalen is co-founder and CEO of PTO Exchange, a platform that allows employees to self-direct the value of their unused paid time off for other needs and causes.
Bob Gaydos is the founder and CEO of Pendella where he leads a team of innovators in the insurance industry, automating the underwriting process through AI and big data. Over the last 10 years, Bob has founded, invested, advised, and operated innovative companies in the benefit & insurance industry, such as Maxwell Health: an online benefits administration platform acquired by Sun Life in 2018. Connected Benefits: an online insurance agency acquired by GoHealth in 2016. Limelight Health: a group underwriting platform acquired by Fineos in 2020. GoCo: an online platform for HR, benefits, and payroll. Ideon (formerly Vericred): an innovative data services platform powering digital quote-to-card experiences in health insurance and benefits.
Brad S. Karp is chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
Roberto J. Gonzalez is a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and previously served as principal deputy general counsel of the CFPB.
Brooke Wilson is the Head of Resources for Living, a division of CVS Health's Mental Well-being, a leading provider of mental health and employee assistance program (EAP) solutions to members around the globe. In her current role, Brooke oversees Resources for Living's strategic direction and product fidelity while also developing solutions to engage and improve the mental well-being of members, caregivers, employers and communities.
