Ankita is a principal product manager at Wise, leading payments infrastructure for Wise in North America. She is responsible for building product strategy to grow the Wise account and scaling payment rails in North America. Ankita is passionate about driving Wise’s mission by helping customers manage their financial lives across borders and solving complex problems at scale.
Ashlyn’s expertise lies in building partnerships between fintech startups and Fortune 100 companies, helping to drive innovation and growth for both parties. Her ability to identify opportunities for collaboration and drive meaningful relationships has made her a valuable asset to her organisations.
She graduated from Princeton University with a degree in anthropology and entrepreneurship. Since then, she has spent five years working in large financial services institutions across life insurance and banking.
Outside of her corporate work, Ashlyn is deeply involved in the fintech community. She serves as a mentor for both Queen City Fintech and Holt Xchange, helping to guide and support early-stage startups. Additionally, she is the community manager for Women in Banking, Finance and Fintech, where she helps to foster connections and promote diversity and inclusion in the industry.
Diljot Mutti is a visionary technologist and entrepreneur with deep expertise in financial services, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cloud computing. As the chief technology officer and co-founder of ForwardAI, he drives the development of cutting-edge technology solutions for SMBs, accountants, and fintechs. With a robust background in enterprise software development, SAAS, and startups, Diljot has successfully built and scaled teams across USA, Canada and India.
Passionate about leveraging data and AI to transform financial services, Diljot focuses on streamlining complex workflows and enhancing customer experiences. His mission is to simplify life for SMBs through innovative, user-centric technology. His dedication to building transformative tech products is evident in his contributions to fintech, edtech, and enterprise solutions, where his expertise continues to shape the future of these industries.
Howard Greenberg serves as the president and co-founder of the American Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Association (ABCA), a membership-driven 501(c)(6) nonprofit in Washington DC which aims to advance a vision for how distributed technologies and cross-border innovations – such as cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies – can lead to sound markets and the more efficient delivery of services. The ABCA focuses primarily on education, networking, and encouraging community development amongst public- and private-sector entities who are exploring various potential applications for distributed ledger tech, digital currencies, decentralized finance (defi), smart contracts, and other emerging use cases. Mr. Greenberg is certified in Blockchain Systems Architecture and is a member of The Advanced Technology Academic Research Center’s (ATARC) Security Blockchain Working Group, a working group of subject matter experts and practitioners who are currently looking at a blockchain solutions to address voting in the United States.
In addition to this executive role leading the ABCA, Mr. Greenberg also serves as director of digital assets & education for Quasar Markets Inc., a fintech and AI platform revolutionizing the way you encounter blockchain, finance and knowledge. He leads the companies blockchain and digital asset initiatives along with overseeing the financial service educational component on the platform. He had previously been the senior cryptocurrency educator for Prosper Trading Academy, a leading educational service for retail traders. Mr. Greenberg has been involved in cryptocurrency investing since 2013 and is a regularly featured cryptocurrency expert for Schwab Network along with Coindesk TV’s all about bitcoin. He is a sought-after speaker on a wide variety of topics, from data center workshops and crypto mining to applications for smart cities and uses of blockchain to encourage the forthcoming “Internet of Things” (IoT). Mr. Greenberg has attended bootcamps sponsored by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and has provided feedback and written opinions to draft papers and guidance from the SEC, Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Kristen Castell, managing director, Center for Accelerating Financial Equity (CAFE), is a fintech and startup accelerator leader and former financial services executive with 20 years of industry experience building investment products, platforms, programs and companies. She currently leads CAFE, a nonprofit organization that supports mission-driven fintech startup companies and connects them with VCs, banks, and other industry experts to accelerate their growth of innovative technology products to improve financial wellness for low- to moderate-income (LMI) people.
Prior experience includes JPMorgan, BlackRock and chief operating officer of Seeds Investor (fintech). Speaker and thought leader, Kristen was named NYC Inspiring Fintech Female 2023, RealList Connector 2024, and main stage speaker at Finovate NYC and Boston Fintech Week.
Patricia (Pat) is the vice president – payment processing for YoungWilliams, a company dedicated to providing government agencies with the tools and technologies needed to modernise their services.
Pat’s career spans multiple disciplines and includes experience in government health and human services delivery, banking, technology, business operations, marketing, and sales. Previous positions and duties include senior vice president, where she led an initiative to create industry-specific payment solutions with a focus on the public sector. She also served as managing director at one of the nation’s largest financial institutions. There, she was responsible for public sector business development, financial services solution development across multiple industries and international cash management solutions.
She is a long-time member of the board of directors of the Electronic Funds Transfer Association (EFTA) and served as chair from 2015 – 2020. She is an active podcaster and conference presenter. Additionally, Pat participated in an executive education symposium: Women and Power: Leadership in a New World facilitated by the Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government. The program focused on effective leadership strategies that include, but are not limited to, the skills necessary to analyse political and strategic management issues, understand women in the workplace, negotiation, coalition-building, communication capabilities, and how to build a diverse network of women leaders. This group convenes annually to continue the educational process augmented by shared experiences of the symposium participants.
Rocio Wu is a principal at F-Prime Capital leading investments in fintech, AI and enterprise software. Previously, she was an investor at Liquid 2 Ventures (founded by NFL hall of fame quarterback Joe Montana) where she invested in companies like Chipper Cash (an African cross-border payments company) and Overjet (artificial intelligence for dentistry). She was also a Sequoia Scout and angel invested in Inworld.ai, Mercury, and others still in stealth.
Before her investing career, she worked at Google and Amazon in a variety of operating roles such as CorpDev, GTM Strategy, Marketing across the U.S., Japan, Spain and China.