Dr. Jordan Brandt
Dr. Jordan Brandt is the cofounder and CEO at Inpher, a Secret Computing® company pioneering privacy-preserving analytics and AI. As a Technology Futurist, Jordan’s research and insight on cybersecurity, AI, and robotics have been featured in print and live broadcast internationally on Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes, Financial Times, Wired and other business and technology press. Jordan is the former CEO and cofounder of Horizontal Systems, acquired by Autodesk (Nasdaq: ADSK) in 2011. He went on to serve as the director of Autodesk’s $100m investment fund, while also teaching and conducting research as a Consulting Professor of Engineering at Stanford University. Jordan completed his undergraduate work at the University of Kansas and his Ph.D. in Building Technology at Harvard. In 2014 he was selected as one of Forbes ‘Next-Gen Innovators’.
Shahidul Mannan
Shahidul Mannan is the Head of Data Engineering and Innovation at Mass General Brigham (Partners Healthcare) – largest healthcare organization in New England. He is also founder of Bridge Innovation Institute – an organization focused on education and innovation connecting global talents and entrepreneurs, and founder Principal of MBS Analytics. Shahidul served as the Chief Analytics Officer at Human Health Project. Most recently he commercialized data and AI products at TTEC Digital as Vice President and GM of AI Platform products. Shahidul also led at Dell EMC as Global Head of Big data and Analytics – leading all data assets and building next generation Data Lake and AI driven Analytics across enterprise, and at Altisource, where he served as Vice President of Technology - responsible for all data management, big data, business intelligence and advanced analytics, developing Fintech analytics products and services.
A 20 years veteran in Data Analytics and Technology, Innovation management, Shahidul has a B.Sc. in Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and an MBA in Finance from Baruch College, New York. Shahidul obtained Executive Certifications in Strategy, Innovation and Data Analytics at Sloan Management School in MIT and Tuck School of Business in Dartmouth College.
Withold Henisz
Witold J. Henisz is the Deloitte & Touche Professor of Management at The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania. He is also Director of the Wharton Political Risk Lab and the founder of the Wharton ESG Analytics Lab. His research examines the impact of political hazards as well as environmental, social and governance factors more broadly on the strategy and valuation of global corporations. This work analyzes best practices in corporate diplomacy to win the hearts and minds of external stakeholders as well as the measurement thereof. It has been published in top-ranked journals in international business, management, international studies and sociology. Witold is also the author of the book “Corporate Diplomacy: Building Reputations and Relationships with External Stakeholders”. He has won multiple teaching awards and teaches extensively on the topic of Corporate Diplomacy as well as ESG integration in executive education programs. He served as the academic co-Director for the KEROVKA stakeholder engagement in a crisis simulation. He has authored numerous teaching cases highlighting the importance of managing stakeholder risks together with their financial and operational counterparts and is developing a new suite of cases on ESG integration practices among asset managers. He is currently a principal in the consultancy PRIMA LLC whose clients span multinational firms, asset managers, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations.
Pushpak Pujari
Pushpak leads Product Management at Verkada where he runs their Cloud Connected Security Camera product lines. He is responsible for using AI and Computer Vision on the camera to improve video and analytics capabilities and reduce incidence response time by surfacing only meaningful events in real-time, with minimal impact on bandwidth.
Before Verkada, Pushpak led Product Management at Amazon where he built the end-to-end privacy-preserving ML platform at Amazon Alexa, and launched a no-code platform to design and deploy IoT automation workflows on edge devices at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Previous to Amazon, he spent 4 years at Sony in Japan building Sony’s flagship mirrorless cameras.
Pushpak has extensive experience of starting, running and growing multi-million dollar products used by millions of users at the fastest growing companies in the US and the world. He holds an MBA from Wharton and Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi, India
Rhea Rajwani
Rhea Rajwani heads the Model Risk Governance and Controls portfolio for TD Bank in the US. She has worked with the Bank since 2006 on both sides of the border – Canada and the US, in Finance & Risk Management. In addition to her work past few years in model risk governance, her areas of expertise include financial modeling, efficiency planning, resolution and recovery planning primarily focused on strategy and liquidity management, model validations, management and regulatory reporting and investor relations. Prior to joining TD, Rhea has worked at the Bank of India in Planning and Forecasting and ICICI Bank where she was responsible for Capital Planning and Regulatory filings including her work on filings with the SEC in the US and as a representative from the Bank to the working committee for Basel supervision and reporting at the Reserve Bank of India. Rhea has a Masters degree in Business, Bachelors degree in Financial Accounting & Auditing, completed the Canadian Securities Course, is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers, passed the CFA level II exams and has several technology certifications to her credit.
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Alex Taylor
Alex is the Global Head of Emerging Technology of QBE Ventures, the venture investment and development arm of QBE Insurance. Alex and the team invest in, build alongside and partner with early-stage technology companies that have the potential to reshape the insurance industry.
Alex is an innovation and disruption specialist and futurist, helping established companies to see where the threats lie, and how they can play in the same field and with the same tools as the disrupters – and has spoken before a wide range of audiences on the Horizon 1 to Horizon 3 innovation and disruption journey, and how to navigate the bridge between.
As the technology lead on a number of AI/ML investments in VC and CVC environments, Alex has lived the challenge of applying machine learning and related technologies in highly regulated environments - from visual and voice analytics, customer sentiment platforms and IoT to the challenges of vehicular automation.
Before joining QBE, Alex was the Director of Emerging and Innovation Technology and also Entrepreneur in Residence at IAG. In his role at IAG, Alex led an insurance industry forum to enable the use of privacy-preserving technologies to reduce the opportunity for insurance fraud whilst retaining individual’s privacy and data rights.
About QBE
Olga Puntus
As Head of Environmental and Social Risk Management (ESRM) team, I lead Wells Fargo’s efforts to understand customers’ E&S impact and performance, and manage E&S risks across the enterprise. ESRM team also engages with key external stakeholders to understand their perspectives about the industries Wells Fargo supports, and identify solutions to pressing and emerging E&S issues.
The ESRM function provides lines-of-business the clarity and tools they need to make informed decisions when growing relationships in sensitive industries. The ESRM approach also helps the corporation more effectively manage business and credit, strategic and reputational risks to Wells Fargo, while at the same time allow it to deeper understand customers’ operations and long-term viability. We help the company protect people, communities and the environment.
Prior to joining Wells Fargo, I spent 14 years at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) conducting global E&S risk management, due diligence, supervision, and audit in the infrastructure, apparel, manufacturing, oil and gas, mining, and health and education sectors. At IFC, I worked in a number of regions, including Europe, Central Asia, Northern Africa, Middle East, Central and Southern Americas. I hold an MS in Environmental Science and Sustainability Management from Columbia University in New York; Masters of Law from Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany; and the equivalent of a JD from Belarusian State University in the Republic of Belarus. I am fluent in English, Russian, German, and Spanish. I am a certified yoga teacher and mindfulness practitioner. For fun I travel the world and practice circus arts. I have a daughter who is a joy and light of my life.
Lourenco Miranda
Dr. Lourenco Miranda is the Regional Head of Environmental & Social Risks, and Model Risk at the Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Bank. He joined the Bank in New York in February 2016 as Managing Director Head of Capital Planning, Assessment and Review (CCAR). Prior to SocGen, within his 24 years of financial industry experience, Dr. Miranda has held multiple leadership positions in Risk Management and Finance at internationally active Financial Institutions in multiple regions and in more than 50 countries and regulatory jurisdictions. In the academic world, for the past 30 years, Dr. Miranda has held faculty positions in multiple academic centers worldwide in the fields of Risk Management and Quantitative Finance; has been in the board of international academic and professional institutions and a regular speaker at major international conferences. Currently, Dr. Miranda has been an Adjunct Professor and has lectured risk management, stress testing, machine learning and data science at Fordham Gabelli School of Business in NYC. Besides that, Dr. Miranda is a published author of academic and professional articles, and book chapters. Lourenco holds a PhD in Statistical Physics applied to Quantitative Financial Risk Modeling.