January 24, 2020<br>Ralph Dangelmaier<br>CEO, BlueSnap

January 24, 2020
Ralph Dangelmaier
CEO, BlueSnap

A 25 year veteran in the payment industry, and current CEO of BlueSnap, Ralph Dangelmaier has spent his career creating financial products, while growing both public and private companies. Stemming from his years of industry experience, Ralph brings a wealth of knowledge related to leading strategy, marketing, sales, product development and other initiatives to BlueSnap’s global customer base. Most recently, Ralph was named one of the Top 50 SaaS CEOs by the SaaS Report and a finalist in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year program. Prior, Ralph served as the President of ACI Worldwide and CEO of P&H Solutions ...
January 31, 2020<br>Deniz Johnson<br>Founder/Principal | Pera-Partners, LLC

January 31, 2020
Deniz Johnson
Founder/Principal | Pera-Partners, LLC

Deniz Johnson is the founder and principal at Pera-Partners, a management consulting company specializing in FinTech startup advisory, strategy implementation, FinTech adoption, digital transformation, and product/program management in financial services and software.Previously, Johnson was a managing director at State Street Corporation’s Alternative Investment Solutions (AIS) group. She managed transformational data and digitization initiatives, specifically new product/platform development across the Hedge Fund, Real Estate and Private Equity businesses. Johnson served as senior vice president of Shared Services at Acadian Asset Management, where she played an integral role in defining IT strategy for the firm and was responsible for modernizing IT into ...
February 14, 2020<br>Bill Hebert<br>Director of Strategic Business Development at HR2fit, Co -Chair Global Member Services Committee, FIX Trading Community; Advisory Board Member at SRI Infotech.

February 14, 2020
Bill Hebert
Director of Strategic Business Development at HR2fit, Co -Chair Global Member Services Committee, FIX Trading Community; Advisory Board Member at SRI Infotech.

William H. Hebert is a senior industry advisor and director working with various organizations and committees in both financial services and other industries. Throughout his career Mr. Hebert has been responsible for strategic technology, product and business development, electronic trading & trading systems technology, global market structure initiatives, client relationship management and strategic partnerships.  Mr. Hebert most recently served as managing director of the Financial Information Forum (FIF), partner and managing director at Alpha Omega Financial Systems, and as vice president and director of Strategic Development and Trading Solutions for Fidelity Capital Markets and the Institutional Products Group of Fidelity Investments, where he managed the various aspects ...
March 6, 2020<br>Michael Thomas<br>Chief Data Scientist, Ketchbrook Analytics

March 6, 2020
Michael Thomas
Chief Data Scientist, Ketchbrook Analytics

Michael Thomas is the Chief Data Scientist at Ketchbrook Analytics, a software and analytics consulting firm out of Hartford, CT.  He holds a B.S. in Accounting and Mathematics from Stonehill College, and an M.S. in Business Intelligence & Analytics from Saint Joseph’s University.  He has worked across a multitude of industries during his career, including public accounting, marketing, banking, financial services, agriculture, insurance, and information technology. He is passionate about combining data, analytics, and software to help everyday businesses make better decisions and operate more efficiently ...
March 20, 2020<br>Alissa Onofrio<br>Cash Management & Treasury Lead, Americas, Flywire

March 20, 2020
Alissa Onofrio
Cash Management & Treasury Lead, Americas, Flywire

Alissa Onofrio graduated cum laude from Stonehill College in 2017 with a BSBA in finance and a minor in economics.  Upon graduation, she began a position as an Investment Analyst in John Hancock’s Investment Division Rotational Program where she completed four six-month rotations over the course of two years: Law and Compliance, Hancock Natural Resource Group, Risk Analytics and ESG in London and Real Estate.  Alissa graduated from the program and landed a permanent position as an Investment Operations Analyst at Hancock Capital Management.  Alissa now works at a fintech startup in Downtown Boston called Flywire. She works as an Associate ...
April 3, 2020 <br> Ashley Nagle Eknaian <br> Chief Digital Strategist, Eastern Labs

April 3, 2020
Ashley Nagle Eknaian
Chief Digital Strategist, Eastern Labs

Ashley is a senior vice president at Eastern Bank, where she is the chief digital strategist and head of Eastern Labs. She is responsible for driving innovation and connecting Eastern Bank to the broader fintech ecosystem through experimentation, partnership and investment. She also serves as the program development chair for Brandeis University’s Masters in Digital Innovation for FinTech Program – the first program of its kind in the country. She holds a BS in Business Administration from Boston University and a MBA from Northeastern University ...