Financial Technology Panel
Financial technology executives come together to converse about the powerful revolution of Fintech. Join these tech executives as they discuss disruptive start up companies, the accelerating global investment of software based financial services, and what each of their companies has to offer to society.
2:00pm-2:20pm
Speaker: Kristi Ross
2:20pm-2:50pm
Out of the pits, into the future
Speakers: Brian Mehta, Rick Lane, Drew Shields, Katie Burgoon
Trading pits are a thing of the past. With the floors closing in Chicago in early July, traders must adapt to an evolving industry that places more and more focus on technology. Anticipating that change, Trading Technologies has gone through a transformation of its product, culture and talent, drawing inspiration from the local startup scene. In this panel, TT will delve into how its new next-gen SaaS trading platform signifies that the future of fintech has already arrived.
2:50pm-3:20pm
Deep learning, data and the rise of machines
Speakers: Jeanine Swatton, Nigel Young, Randal Cox, Jason Henrichs
Emcee: Jason Henrichs
Access to data is growing exponentially. New data sets are being created through social media and the internet of things as well as unprecedented to previously siloed information through APIs. From trading to consumer insight, the possibilities are endless. Unfortunately so are the challenges of making sense of this rapidly exploring universe. Join this diverse panel’s discussion on data, machine learning and the path to deep learning.
FinTEx Chicago (short for Financial Technology Exchange) is a collaboration between leading players in financial services and technology to expand Chicago’s role as a center of innovation. Participating companies of all sizes take advantage of the power of adjacency, increase productivity and innovate. FinTEx serves as a single point of access for those outside the region to do business with the FinTech community in the Second City.
3:20pm-3:40pm
The Role of Banks in FinTech
Keynote: Scarlett Sieber
Buzz around FinTech is at an all-time high with global investment expected to more than double to $8 billion by 2018. Many wonder what role banks will play as finance continues to evolve toward an increasingly digital future. In this panel, BBVA Open Innovation and Ecosystem Builder Scarlett Sieber will delve into what BBVA is doing to stay ahead.
BBVA is a customer-centric global financial services group founded in 1857. The Group has a solid position in Spain, is the largest financial institution in Mexico and has leading franchises in South America and the Sunbelt region of the United States. Its diversified business is geared toward high-growth markets and relies on technology as a key sustainable competitive advantage. Corporate responsibility is at the core of its business model. BBVA fosters financial education and inclusion, and supports scientific research and culture. It operates with the highest integrity, a long-term vision and applies the best practices. The Group is present in the main sustainability indexes.
As co-CEO and President of dough, Inc., Ms. Ross has been honored as the Illinois Technology Association CityLights’ Prominent Tech Woman, the Moxie Awards’ Woman in Tech, Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young, and has been named to Crain’s Chicago’s Tech 50 and the Techweek 100 list. Ms. Ross has spoken at Chicago Ideas Week, Techweek, Ms. Tech and Woman 2.0, and has been featured by prominent publications such as Fortune, Chicago Tribune, and Crain's Chicago.
Mehta joined TT from Motorola Mobility, where he served as head of North America marketing. At Motorola, he oversaw several major marketing initiatives, including a partnership with the NFL, as well as product launches for the DROID RAZR, DROID MAXX, Moto X and the Moto 360.
He was previously the director of marketing for the Midwest Region at U.S. Cellular and held finance, sales and product management positions at Alcatel and SBC/Ameritech.
Mehta holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Northwestern University and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
Previously, he was the chief technology officer and led TT’s global engineering, support and technology initiatives. He assumed this role in March 2012 after re-joining TT from Google, where he worked as a product manager on their display ad serving technology.
Lane first joined TT in June 2010, when TT acquired the company he co-founded, TickIt Trading Systems. At TickIt, he was the principal architect of ADL, a visual programming platform for automated trading. Using drag-and-drop building blocks, ADL allows traders and programmers alike to rapidly design, test and deploy automated futures and options trading programs without writing a single line of code.
Before cofounding TickIt in October 2009, Lane worked for a proprietary trading firm, where he developed trading algorithms for the Chicago futures markets. Before entering the financial sector, he worked at consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, where he developed defense-analysis software for the U.S. Department of Defense and other government agencies.
Lane graduated with a BS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech.
Burgoon is passionate about cultivating and driving all facets of the talent function with innovation, energy, integrity, strategic vision and seamless team execution. In her first year at TT, she designed and led global engagement sessions with the entire company to re-calibrate culture and reinvigorate TT’s environment amidst major corporate evolutions. The effort served as a crucial part of the company’s comprehensive rebranding that preceded the launch of its new software-as-a-service platform.
Before joining TT, Burgoon served as Head of Human Resources for Infinium Capital Management, where she spent over a decade gaining capital markets experience. She holds a Master’s degree in Sociology from Loyola University Chicago.
Before joining TT, Shields was the VP, Technology Operations, of OptionsHouse where he led production operations, change management, database administration, and risk and compliance solutions.
Prior to OptionsHouse, Shields was CTO of Chicago-based proprietary trading firm Infinium Capital Management. Shields was a partner and the chief product officer at Symphono. Before joining Symphono in 2007, Shields worked at Bank of America in a variety of roles that involved their interest rate and credit derivatives businesses.
Shields graduated from Moody Bible Institute with a Bachelor of Arts in Theology and earned an MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
