Mike Stankovich

Mr. Stankavich is a strategic and innovative international Technical Solutions Leader experienced in managing Complex Data Projects, Cloud Platforms, Database Modeling, Blockchain, Systems Security, Design and Development. He is dedicated to building all-encompassing deliverables that address business requirements and promote brand loyalty. He incorporates cohesive planning, network engineering, and system administration.
Obi Taiwan

Obi Taiwan is a senior technology and strategic leader with over 25 years of experience in business and technologies, digital transformation, strategies, and consultancies together, with global, cross-industry experiences. As a CIO and CTO, Obi has managed all information and communications technology operations, accountable for end-to-end service delivery across the company, including hospital clients, governmental clients, and regulatory agencies. He has served as a Council Member to the International Workforce Development Foundation and has led as an Executive and Officer of Portfolios in Government, Healthcare, Cyber-Security, Advanced Digital Transformation, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence.
John Stone

John Stone has over 30 years of information technology experience in development and management of software platforms, products, and custom applications. He has led development and transitions for on-time delivery, predictable ROI, and measurable business results. Known for leveraging market and technological evolution and change, John is experienced in leading and coaching globally distributed teams. Former Corporate CTO and Andersen Partner, John has consulted at companies ranging from startups to Fortune 100 on projects that include due diligence, Agile transformation, IoT solutions, data analytics, large-scale software development, and project rescue.
Eric Ringle

Mr. Ringle utilizes deep industry expertise to enable global mid-to large-scale organizations to achieve compliance with rigorous rules and regulatory requirements. He fosters productive executive-level and third-party stakeholder relationships to translate diverse requirements into fit-for-purpose, compliant internal controls, processes, and IT systems.
Sabby Ray

Sabyasachi ‘Sabby’ Ray has over 30 years of hands-on experience in the financial services industry. As COO within Life and Retirement insurance he has managed Operations, Third Party Administrators, Real-Estate, Procurement and Vendor Governance, and Regulatory Compliance. As CEO of Consumer Finance business, he oversaw multimillion-dollar Asia business. He has led global organizations and demonstrated success driving business strategies through operational transformations harnessing data insights, and innovative technologies to enhance customer experiences. He has executed large-scale projects including M&A and divestitures in multinational environments, with strong people management skills and a collaborative approach to diverse teams.
Jim Ranton

Jim Ranton is a results driven advisor. He has a successful track record improving sales and profit performance, for both emerging and established companies, in diverse industries. He advises organizations in developing and implementing talent strategies that align with desired outcomes. His areas of expertise include organization performance planning, talent management, compensation design, labor relations strategy and acquisition integration. He is recognized for his ability to partner with the CEO and his or her executive team to support major growth initiatives and develop a high performance, metrics-based system and culture. He has worked for large (PepsiCo, United Technologies), mid-size (Citizens Utilities, New York Racing Association) and small growth companies (Surescripts).
Alan Porto

Mr. Porto possesses experience across Fortune 100 companies to privately held mid-sized companies. He has a clear understanding of audit, tax and advisory related services P&L impact, budgets, realization, utilization and KPI’s across multiple lines of businesses. Alan’s career responsibilities include Sales, Operations, IT Strategies, ERP design and delivery, e-commerce/content management solutions, development & infrastructure buildouts.
Grant Norris

Mr. Norris has 35 years of IT experience and 30 years working with SAP technologies. He has sold, managed and delivered some of the largest global ERP/SAP programs to many Fortune 100 companies. Grant’s deep technical understanding has allowed him to successfully deliver results to his clients and maintain long-term trusting, relationships with them. His global perspective is enhanced from having lived in Canada, Germany, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic and the United States and from working in many other countries.
Albert Mayo

Albert Mayo is a transformation and change leader with over twenty years of experience leading software development, data, enterprise applications, and IT operations teams across the Education, Psychological Science, e-Commerce, Telecommunications, and Manufacturing sectors. He has extensive C-level experience in fast-paced, dynamic and multicultural environments. He excels at bridging the gap between business and technology strategy and building both enterprise and customer-facing technology solutions. Albert has a strong history of servant leadership by building, growing, and retaining highly performing technology teams. He is sought-after for business acumen and deep strategic insight that create a competitive advantage.
Sal A. Magnone

Sal Magnone has 30 years of experience building, reenvisaging, and transforming technology centric products, services, teams, and companies. He’s been a successful cofounder, CEO, turnaround CEO, CTO, and Chief Engineer; is very technical, and is very hands on in the data, machine learning, and the distributed computing & high-performance computing (HPC) spaces. Sal is x-PwC, where he was part of the Financial Services CIO Advisory Practice and x-Army, where he enjoyed 12 years of active and active-reserve duty as a United States Field Artillery Officer in both training and combat units.
Ira Lehrman

Ira Lehrman, most recently, served as global head of Nuveen Technology. In this role, he had responsibility for Nuveen’s overall technology strategy, systems design and development, production environments and emerging technologies.
Alex Kramer

Alex Kramer has over 35 years of experience serving clients through a range of positions in consulting and IT management. Recent engagements have ranged from IT strategy to global sales force systems deployment to Cybersecurity and large-scale data analytics. Previously, as a Partner at PwC and IBM’s Global Business Services, Mr. Kramer focused on CRM, sales and service systems and the customer experience – helping CIO’s and senior IT management cope with the accelerating demands of value creation in this era of connected, mobile and social computing.
Olivia Knight

Olivia Knight has 20 years of experience managing third party relationships from a commercial, contractual and risk mitigation standpoint. She has led and developed global Strategic Sourcing/ Procurement and Third Party/ Vendor Risk Management functions in both the First and Second Line of Defense. Her expertise includes building a Vendor Risk Management function from the ground up as well as transforming a global Third-Party Risk Management function in the Financial Services industry. She has led multiple Supply Chain functions with an emphasis on Procurement and Sourcing in Germany, China and the US in the Manufacturing, Technology and Financial Services industries. Her experience allows her to make strategic third-party decisions taking the entire lifecycle and risk exposure into consideration.
Kathy Kalstrup

Ms. Kalstrup is a dynamic executive with broad experience as a strategic general manager and results-oriented operations leader in global professional service organizations. She excels in solving complex problems, aligning varied perspectives to a common vision, and raising client satisfaction.
Dorothy Hill

Dorothy Hill has over 25 years of expertise and program leadership in global financial services as well as the technology and governmental sectors. She has designed and supported the implementation of technology from Marketing Technology to US Department of Treasury FATCA solutions and futures trading interfaces with the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges in Japan. She has worked in the US, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Japan and Hong Kong with Goldman Sachs and McKinsey. She has led teams on Wall Street for ISDA contract negotiation across derivatives & futures trading desks/prime brokerage/funds management, compliance change management, controls frameworks and FINRA registration tracking and reporting. She is a subject matter expert in AML/KYC, OFAC, risk management & reporting (including CCAR, and counterparty due diligence), cybersecurity, data privacy, public company governance, investor activism, client services, and data management (including BCBS 239). Hill has held senior roles and served as a Board member for start-ups in technology (including SaaS) and leadership training.
Aviva Halpert

Aviva Halpert is a Healthcare Compliance Professional with over 35 years of hands-on success in health information management and Healthcare compliance . She has broad knowledge of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, HITECH, the 21st Century Cures Act, and related state regulations in both the Acute Care, Ambulatory and IT Support settings and has extensive experience in creating and presenting training modules, conducting HIPAA security risk assessments, creating and maintaining policies and procedures and conducting Notification of Breach investigations, including interrogation, mandatory reporting and implementing corrective action.
Dessa Glasser

Dr. Glasser is a business leader with broad experience initiating and building organizations, driving strategic change, delivering solutions and advising in the areas of data, analytics and risk. She possesses deep experience across products and multiple disciplines, including financial (buy and sell side), corporate, government and consulting.
Christienne Genaro

Christienne Genaro is a Payments subject matter expert with over 20 years’ experience. She has in-depth understanding of business models and stakeholder needs in the credit and debit card industry, encompassing the network, bank and merchant perspectives. Ms. Genaro brings a consultative approach to meeting client needs across a wide range of functions, including strategy, product development, marketing, risk management, collections, customer service, and processing.
Caroline Frawley

Ms. Frawley is a Financial supervision and regulation leader with broad capital markets experience and deep expertise in assessing board governance and risk management. During her career, she built and led new programs and functions critical to advancing supervisory and regulatory abilities. Caroline played a key-person role as part of the crisis response during the global financial crisis and COVID 19-crisis. She contributed to domestic and international policy development and global collaboration through efforts with Basel Committees.
Brian Francis

Mr. Francis has over 35 years of consulting experience delivering significant business results and value through technology. He is adept in building sales and delivery organizations and capabilities, developing go-to-market business strategies, and cultivating high performing teams. He has led and managed a broad range of multi-million-dollar engagements focusing on business and workforce transformation, operations improvement and digital strategy with a proven track record growing business value through the design and implementation of complex change and business transformation programs. He has diverse industry experience including media and entertainment, retail, consumer and industrial products, electronics and high tech, aerospace and defense, oil and gas, and state and federal government. He has designed, led and managed diverse organizations including multiple global account teams, service lines and North American divisions. Brian’s skills and experience include: