Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Ben Malka joined Cota in 2019 as a Partner on the investment team, where he is focused on sourcing, evaluating, executing, and governance of venture investments. Prior to Cota, Ben was a General Partner at F-Prime Capital, a San Francisco-based financial technology and enterprise IT-focused venture capital fund. At F-Prime, he served as lead partner for a number of investments.

Since 1999, Ben has also served as a General Partner at North Hill Ventures, a financial technology focused venture capital fund. Previously, Ben was with The Boston Consulting Group, where he was the Project Lead for a number of clients across strategy development, acquisition strategy, new product evaluation, and operations improvement. He began his career at Bank of America as a Statistical Analyst.

Ben received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from Stanford University and a MBA from the University of Chicago.

Jim Davis is vice president of insurance at Geotab, where he leads insurance, risk management, insurtech programs and business development. His 30-year career includes commercial P&C insurance company, brokerage and captive program management. At the forefront of video telematics, his experience and wide range of knowledge also includes driver safety, scoring and learning management systems.

Angela Streba is the director of advisor brands at Commonwealth Financial Network.

With the firm since 2019, she partners strategically with advisors and external marketing experts and focuses on overall strategic brand marketing and mentoring efforts. Her goal is to help develop stronger and more cohesive advisor brands that lead to better marketing.

Kristen A. Gray is EY Americas sustainability tax leader. She has nearly 20 years of experience helping multinational companies address complex tax issues, including transactions and strategic planning, controversy and global compliance and reporting matters. She provides strategic counsel to clients around the intersection of tax and environmental, social and governance matters. Prior to her current role, she served as a partner in the national tax accounting and risk advisory services practice, focusing on life sciences, technology and media clients.

Aruna Kalyanam is a principal in the sustainability tax practice at Ernst & Young. As Americas sustainability and ESG tax leader, she leads teams and works with colleagues around the globe to help clients identify and evaluate sustainability funding opportunities and ESG reporting requirements. 

Jessica Ruggles is the corporate vice president of financial wellness at life insurance company New York Life.

Tim Collins is the president of Carbon Fund Advisors, the fund sponsor of the Carbon Strategy ETF, an actively managed ETF that provides exposure to global compliance carbon markets.

He has more than 20 years of experience working in the ETF space and broader financial markets, having established and managed numerous trading and market-making operations in the U.S. and Europe. 

Victor Kuznetsov is a Founder of Imperial Fund, with over 15 years of financial and investment management experience. Mr. Kuznetsov is responsible for the management of all fund activities, including operations, capital markets, and investor relations. Previously, Mr. Kuznetsov spearheaded investment efforts at a private equity firm focused on the commodities sector. Over the course of 8 years at the firm, he managed corporate assets and financial and real estate investments.

Jey Purushotham is practice group leader of risk & compliance at Intapp.

Dillon Clair is the director of state advocacy and litigation at the ERISA Industry Committee.