Fintech Growth Summit

James Amps believes in the power of persistence and determination, he is known for helping organizations, small groups and individuals learn how to turn obstacles into opportunities. Although his primary focus is to deliver clear, action-centered messages when speaking, James is known for his ability to provide customized speeches tailored to the audience and organizational needs, while delivering an engaging talk. Throughout his life, Amps, with persistence and determination, has undergone a process of endless self education resulting in his expertise on issues of accountability and entrepreneurship. He is impelled by a desire to assist others in facing obstacles head on, moving out of comfort zones and solving issues. Amps served in the United States Navy (1980-1986) where he toured Grenada, Lebanon and Bahrain. There he worked as a communications officer. This exposure has leveraged his ability to attract large audiences comprised mostly of military personnel, government agencies and fortune 500 corporations. James is the author of the Business Bestseller 'Speaking to Excel' and co-author of 'Speak for Yourself - America's resource to stop bullying'

Joining Reddit in 2018, Ryan Angerami is a founding member of the Growth Partnerships team where he launched Reddit's Performance Sales solution. Today, Ryan is the Director of Disruptors - focusing on creating solutions for brands in the DTC, FinTech, Mobile 1st, & Mobile Gaming space on the platform. During the last 4 years at Reddit, these solutions have resulted in growing the business of emerging brands, connecting passionate communities with advertiser's goals, and engaging Redditors in fulfilling ways.

Prior to joining Reddit, Ryan led Performance Sales teams at Pandora where he married solutions for user acquisition & direct response advertising with technical consultation. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Ryan now lives in San Francisco, CA with his wife, 6 year old son, and overly attached dog.

3x crypto entrepreneur working in the industry for the last 10 years. Passionate about how this technology can help us solve the endemic problems we have in the region by giving people control of their future. Food lover and cooker, married with a beautiful human being and artist. Father of one unique princess and friend of two loving dogs. Love music, play, dj and listen. Asado Jedi

Alberto Casado has a 360-degree knowledge of the App-Digital Industry. Diverse experience in the development of business from the scratch (0 to 1) in the Digital arena, achieving Millions of Downloads and Marketing Buzz in the Latam Region. His main experience was developed as Marketing Manager & PR/ Head of Content in companies such as LINE Corporation, GLOUD (Warner Media), and Kuaishou (KWAI) in their early-stage working with several cross international stakeholders (Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Manila, London, Toronto, Los Angeles, DF, and Buenos Aires)
Diverse experience in the development of onboarding OGCs, PUGCs, and influencers in the short video industry; Business Development with Key Partners with projected sales +$1M USD/year (Fintech, Ridesharing, Gaming as main verticals) in the Affiliate industry

Enthusiastic and pioneer to launch new D2C services as cloud gaming services in the Latam Region (GLOUD- Warner Media)

Experience managing international teams, and agencies and developing go to market and branding strategies (from brand conceptualization to the delivery)

Experience as Spokesperson for tech brands such as LINE Corporation, KALO App, among others, achieving seven figures in media value.

Main Skills:
☛ User Growth (growth hacking techniques)
☛ Brand Management & Marketing
☛ Content Growth (Focus on OGCs: News & Media Argentina, Mexico, Colombia)
☛ B2B Sales

Rishi Dutta is the Head of Insights & Ads, Americas & Performance - Latam, at Pixis, a California-based tech startup that provides codeless AI infrastructure for brands to scale accurate data-driven marketing. At Pixis, he is leading initiatives in the LatAm region for brands looking to integrate Pixis’ codeless AI infrastructure to achieve better campaign performance across platforms. He is an economics graduate from Penn State University and has an MBA from Rutgers Business School. Dutta is a seasoned professional who has been working in marketing analytics, consumer insights, and performance marketing for the last 15 years across the globe.

Entrepreneur with more than six years of experience in the electronic payments industry, having worked in cross-border projects with companies such as Ingenico ePayments and WorldPay. He is co-founder and CEO of PayCaddy, a fintech company that provides simplified banking as a service for companies in Latam. He currently leads his startup, being in charge of operations, business, strategic alliances, and raising capital with investors. He attended primary and secondary school in Panama and obtained a degree in entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation at New York University, graduating with high academic honors in 2017.

Adam is the VP of Marketing at Bits of Stock, the technology that transforms everyday consumer transactions into wealth-building opportunities.

Adam entered the mobile marketing world as the 3rd hire at Roomi, growing the Roommate finding app from beta to millions of users as its Head of Growth. As the Head of Mobile Growth for Marcus by Goldman Sachs, Adam oversaw the go to market launches for the Marcus App and Marcus Invest. Today, at Bits of Stock, he is helping to transform the multi-billion loyalty market with fractional rewards that help consumers build wealth and brand loyalty.

Adam lives in Brooklyn, NY where he enjoys park walks with his daughter and cheering on the Mets.

Helen HAI is the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Goodwill Ambassador for industrialization in Africa. She is heading the world’s largest Binance Blockchain Charity Foundation with the mandate to use Blockchain for Social Good. She is also the CEO of Binance Fiat exchange business, NFT and Fan token, she is responsible for Binance in Europe, UK and Africa region.

She was the Founder of the Made in Africa Initiative which advised African head of states for industrialization and investment promotion. Ambassador Hai was Co-Founder of C&H Garments, which was a pioneer Pan-Africa export-oriented garments manufacturer. Ambassador Hai was trained as an actuary in the United Kingdom with near 20 years of international experience in FTSE100 companies. She holds a BA in actuarial science and MSc in actuarial management from CASS Business School in London and EMBA from INSEAD and Tsinghua University. She had executive education at both Harvard University and UC Berkeley.

Ambassador Hai was named a 2015 Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum, and she is co-chair of the Global Future Council on the Future of Consumption for World Economics Forum. She received the 2015 African Business Icon Award, and awarded as Officer of the National Order of Lion of Senegal in 2016. Ambassador Hai was named 2017 Wu Fellow by UC Berkeley, Global Visionary by UBS and 2018 Aspen Fellow by Aspen Institute. She was also on “Ones to Watch” list for Bloomberg’s 50 people who shaped 2018 in unexpected ways. She received the 'INSEAD Alumni Force for Good Award' in 2019. She was selected as top 100 most important and influential people in crypto currency and blockchain in year 2019 by Cointelegraph, and she was on the name as “11 influential women in NFT space” in year 2022.

Derek Jones is the founder and CEO of UnitedCoin Inc., a
cryptocurrency bank and exchange connected to a blockchain
operating system empowering individuals, businesses and
communities to access banking, blockchain technology and
cryptocurrencies in a secured and insured environment.

Philanthropically, he maintains the position of Treasurer, Program
Director, Presenter and Grant writer for My Perfect Image, Inc. a
501(c)(3) organization assisting students in business and social
etiquette, life skills, and empowering businesses and community
organizations to fulfill their financial goals and objectives.

As an active community member and businessman, Mr. Jones has
been instrumental in sharing his knowledge of finances, technology
and life skills with students and individuals throughout the world.
He is a Tedx speaker and has spoken at events in New York,
Guadalajara, Los Angeles, Casablanca, and Athens. On September
14th, 2019, Derek was recognized by Legacy Magazine as one of
South Florida’s 40 Under 40 Leaders of Today and Tomorrow.
Derek is a graduate of the University of Miami, in Miami Florida
with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance. Mr. Jones speaks
English and Spanish.

Derek is married to the lovely Megan Jones who recently gave birth
to a beautiful baby boy, Davi Jones.

Paul is a 15 year gaming executive veteran having served companies such as GoPets (Microsoft Messenger), ZAM Network (Itemmania and Itembay), and Gazillion Entertainment (Marvel Super Hero Squad, Marvel Universe, Jumpgate Evolution) focusing on digital assets, virtual
currencies, virtual economies and user adoption.

He then served as CEO of Xfire, the worlds largest gaming community site with over 24 million registered users which he pivoted to a token based online tournament platform. He transitioned into eSports and competitive gaming as the COO of OOmba (acquired GameWorks), a cutting edge SaaS-based Tournament Management platform.

He started his gaming career in Seoul, Korea, which led the industry in
micro-transaction, virtual economy based MMO’s and secured significant investment from companies such as Tencent Technologies, Nexon, and Liberty Media. Further, he was head of publisher relations at Generation Esports, the largest scholastic Esports platform in the U.S.
with over 6000 partner schools across high school and college.

He negotiated and procured all the operating licenses from major publishers including Ubisoft, EA, Nintendo of America, Microsoft and others.

He has spent the over three years in the blockchain/cryptocurrency industry. He was a founding member and first advisor to DNA.fund, a blockchain and cryptocurrency Advisory business which led to advising on multiple ICO’s with raises totaling over $100 million then became the Managing Director at Blockchain Industries, a publicly traded company in the blockchain space (ticker: BCII) leading all blockchain initiatives, ICO’s and investments.

He currently is consulting for Verses.io, the creator of the spatial web built on blockchain, AR and VR technology. He manages all the security token operations, including tokenomics, exchange listing and distribution. He also is consulting for the Kingdom of Kush, a soon to be
sovereign nation, on a full digital economy and tokenomics strategy for the city state’s new digital currency.

Matt Kopko is DailyPay's Vice President of Public Policy, where he manages DailyPay's interactions with regulators, legislators, other government officials and stakeholders. Matt was drawn to DailyPay because he has a passion for focusing on emerging technologies that help improve the lives of millions of working individuals. Prior to his role at DailyPay, Matt served in a similar role at Bird, the micromobility company. Matt was also a senior government official and member of the Senior Executive Service, as well as an attorney in private practice. Matt holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton University, and a JD/MBA from the University of Chicago. Matt advises other technology companies and was selected as a founder in Y Combinator's s2011 batch.

He is a Computer Systems Engineer from Monterrey Tech and MBA from INCAE Business School, with
specialization programs from Harvard Business School, University of California at Berkeley and Babson
College. He is an expert in venture capital, fintech, IT, company valuations, mergers and acquisitions,
among other fields.
He was the founder of the first venture capital angel group in Panama. He raised over 2 million dollars in
funding for the angel fund, and operated the whole process having analyzed more than 300 startups and
established companies and invested in 7 high potential startups. As of today the angel group has become
a business angel network, the first of its class in Panama

I am a product designer, researcher, and user advocate whose work spans across industries and mediums. As a product designer, I draw from nearly 10 years of experience in media, e-commerce, fintech, and mobile tools to create delightful, responsible experiences that solve real user problems. In my current work at Stash, my focus is on identity verification and fraud prevention.

Christina leads dynamic companies as Managing Director of Innovate Grow Scale as they continue to innovate and evolve with the technologies of today and tomorrow. She hosts the Fintech Growth Talk, recognized as one of the Top 20 Fintech Podcasts You Must Follow and Best Payments and Fintech Podcasts in 2021 and Top Tech Podcasts in 2022. Christina has a passion for new solutions and brings years of experience, including global enterprises such as Meta and Visa and entrepreneurial startups in the fintech and web3 space.

Daniel Truque is an investment specialist and blockchain technologist with a background in management consulting, banking and quantitative asset management. He is a founding partner of Satoshi Capital, a New York-based global FinTech advisory firm that works with governments, banks, and digital asset exchanges to build and implement digital growth strategies.

Rodney Williams is the Co-founder of SoLo Funds, the largest community fintech platform for everyday Americans accessing and growing capital, where he assists SoLo’s leadership in growth, finance, and innovation. Prior to co-founding SoLo, Rodney founded LISNR (Visa Backed Fintech) and led the company to over $40M in funding, numerous awards and partnerships across retail and financial services. He currently serves as the company’s Chairman. Rodney was recognized by Ad Age’s 40 Under 40 in 2012;Cannes Gold Lion award in 2015;and CNBC Disruptor 50 List in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019. Rodney Is a graduate of West Virginia University and Howard University. He is a member of the 2019 Class of Henry Crown Fellows within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute.