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 NewsVice President and Actuary Derek Kueker leads the Data Solutions team for RGAx, the company’s new innovation accelerator. He is responsible for driving data strategies and leading strategic partnerships for RGAx initiatives.Previously, Derek was part of RGA’s Global Research and Development department where he led the data strategy efforts for RGA globally. This included setting objectives and strategies for RGA and its clients to optimize the value of data assets. Prior, Derek led RGA’s Experience Studies team, assisted RGA’s U.S. pricing team on assumption setting and client benchmarking, and worked in RGA’s U.S. valuation department.Derek is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA), is a regular presenter at industry events and has contributed to numerous industry publications.
Adam runs Product team at Automatic, the leading automotive cloud platform. Prior to Automatic, Adam led International Growth at Soundcloud, worked in the US and Asia for McKinsey, and was an investor at GGV Capital. He has co-founded two smaller companies: CitieSocial in Taiwan and Moped (acquired by 6WunderKinder) in Germany.
Ram brings over two decades of experience in enterprise software. The frustration with accessing enterprise information and getting work done using his primary device, a smartphone prompted him to found Avaamo. Previously Ram was the President of Social Computing at TIBCO. He founded the division and built the business from scratch into a leader in Social Business Software with 9 Million paid users in just two years. Earlier in his stint at TIBCO, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for eight years, leading the company’s marketing and product strategy efforts to support growth from $200M -$1B. Prior to joining TIBCO, Ram was with Accenture, a global consulting firm, where he specialized in supply chain and e-commerce strategy consulting with Global 500 companies.
Partner and Chief Executive Officer at Sharenjoy. He initiated his professional career at Morgan Stanley and UBS Investment Bank before joining N+1 Equities, where he worked as an advisor selling investment analyses to investors all around Europe. For more than 5 years, he combined his work as sales-trader with the launch of his first entrepreneurial projects: Interiordeck Award, Acoa, Decuclis… After quitting his job in Finance, he devoted himself to the pursuit of his dreams, and started up five initiatives more. All these experiences are documented in his blog and Youtube channels. In 2016 he began to counsel others in writing business plans, organizing crowdfunding campaigns and, definitely, with all the activities related to launching a new business.
Founding Partner and Chief Dreamarketing Officer at Sharenjoy. Storyteller, reputation builder, digital prophet, marketing enthusiast, comms architect, creative experimenter and curious professional, Francisco is PhD in Marketing, Master in Finance, Expert in Communication and Journalist, with +20 years of experience in banking innovation (as digital communication manager at Spanish Saving Banks Federation), CPDEV (as the foundational Product Manager at Monster in Spain), conferences (+100 presentations and seminars on Social Media Marketing, Knowledge Creation, Business Intelligence, Banking Technology and Reputation Assets) and entrepreneurship.
Sarah Johnson is a financial services industry solutions architect for Kofax. She previously spent nearly two decades in the financial industry, working for institutions including Linsco Private Ledger (LPL), Sun America/AIG, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and National Asset Direct Capital Markets. Her experience includes banking, financial advisory, insurance services and mortgage.
�Assaf Wand is the CEO and Co-founder of Hippo, a Mountain View startup that is reinventing home insurance. Prior to founding Hippo, Assaf was the Founder and CEO of Sabi, which designed and produced elegant everyday products for the senior community. Sabi was acquired by Uribo in 2015. Before that, Assf held several executive positions including SVP of Corporate Development and Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer at Foris Telecom and prior to that was a consultant with McKinsey and Company.Mr. Wand holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a BA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from IDC Herzliya.�
Dan has been with StarStone Insurance Co. since 2012 holding both New Product Development and UW Controls positions within the StarStone eCommerce team. Dan's background as an Inland Marine underwriter led to the launch of an Equipment and Miscellaneous Property Floater portal in 2014. As the Director of Underwriting Controls, Dan is responsible for maintaining profitability and reducing underwriting risk for StarStone US Core underwriting businesses as well as their online platforms. Prior to joining StarStone, Dan held underwriting and business development positions at Great American Insurance Co. and Markel.
