Asif Alam is the Chief Executive Officer at Compliance.ai. A leader in shaping disruptive technology, his experience includes building products using AI and natural language processing for GRC, payments, lending, risk, trading, and new solutions, from Fortune 500 companies to startups.

In his most recent role, he served as the Chief Strategy Officer of ThoughtTrace, unlocking new revenue streams and markets, and reignite portfolio growth. ThoughTrace was then acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2021.

He brings more than 20 years of management and business experience; increasing profitability, unlocking new revenue streams and markets, and reignite portfolio growth for companies like Thomson Reuters, Crux Informatics, and Finastra. Asif is a forward-thinking expert driving engagement via client forums, public presentations and white papers.

"With more than 25 years of experience in hi-tech, Kayvan leads operations, strategy, sales, and marketing for Compliance.ai. A pioneer of the RegTech industry, he has interviewed 500+ Chief Compliance Officers at financial services institutions to understand the scope and urgency of the challenges they are facing. He has a practical vision for how technology can be applied to address their most pressing needs within today’s complex and dynamic regulatory environment. Kayvan previously led the Identity Strategy team at RSA, and represented EMC on various industry alliances such as the FIDO board. He was co-founder and CEO of PassBan (acquired by RSA)."

Donna Bales is a seasoned practitioner with 20+ years financial-markets experience in market structure, regulation and product management, gained from time working in Canada, the US, Europe and Asia. Currently, she is a Principal Research Director in the CIO Practice at InfoTech Research group, where she conducts research and provides advisory services in IT Risk, Governance and Compliance.

Donna led her own advisory firm for 11 years where she worked with financial institutions and regulatory bodies on a range of strategic-, regulatory-, business-impact- and transformation initiatives and has led senior product development roles at TD Securities and IHS Markit. Not one to stay still, she founded the Canadian Regulatory Technology Association in 2019 fueled by her belief in the transformation potential of emerging technology and the opportunities it brings to the Canadian financial services ecosystem.

Jo Ann Barefoot is CEO & Cofounder of the Alliance for Innovative Regulation, host of the global podcast show Barefoot Innovation, and Senior Fellow Emerita at the Harvard University Kennedy School Center for Business & Government. She has been Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, partner at KPMG, Co-Chairman of Treliant Risk Advisors, and a staff member at the U.S. Senate Banking Committee. She serves on the board of Oportun; on the fintech advisory committee of FINRA; on the California Blockchain Working Group Advisory Board; and on the Milken Institute U.S. FinTech Advisory Committee. She is Cofounder of Hummingbird RegTech.

Previously, Jo Ann served on the CFPB’s Consumer Advisory Board and chaired the board of the Financial Health Network. She now serves on the boards of FinRegLab and the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. She has published nearly 200 articles and is a popular keynote speaker, addressing thousands of people annually throughout the world.

Jo Ann was named Fintech Woman of the Year in 2021 by Finovate and selected to the Forbes list of 50 Over 50. The prior year she was inducted into the Fintech Hall of Fame by CB Insights. In 2021, AIR was honored in Fast Company's World-Changing Ideas awards.

Dr. Iris Liliana Bleck is the CEO and Co-Founder of a German fintech company with a broad regulatory background. Previously, she was the deputy General Manager of Silicon Valley Bank’s German presence, led one of the Top 10 projects at Deutsche Bank after stationed as financial services consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, and served as banking lawyer with Clifford Chance.

Sebastian is a Senior Content Consultant for Compliance.ai. In this role, he leads the development of Premium Content partnerships, provides guidance to the product and engineering teams on content-related features and issues, and manages the data ingestion quality assurance processes. From 2018 to 2021, Sebastian was Head of Content for Compliance.ai. Prior to joining Compliance.ai, Sebastian graduated from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and worked in securities litigation.

Carla Carriveau is a seasoned securities and regulatory affairs attorney. Currently, she is Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for CoinList. Before joining CoinList, she held roles as Global Head of Legal and Public Policy at Forge, a Fintech company serving the private markets, head of the international regulatory team at crypto company Circle, and Managing Counsel at Wealthfront, a robo-advisor. Prior to that, Carla served as Senior Counsel at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in a number of capacities including as a top government affairs aide to former SEC Chair Mary Jo White. During her tenure with the SEC, she managed the broker-dealer examination program for the Pacific Northwest, drafted SEC rules and interpretations, and directed policymaking teams. Carla began her career at FINRA where she gained a deep understanding of the financial markets and broker-dealer operations.

As an FBI Special Agent for 27+ years, John Caruthers held many roles and responsibilities, including: supported the Whitewater investigation; investigated the Arellano-Felix Mexican drug cartel; led the Crimes Against Children program; served as San Diego’s Innocent Images coordinator; served as the FBI’s primary ICS/SCADA Threat Coordinator; and was assigned to Russia, Ukraine and The Netherlands. John’s last role in the FBI was as Supervisory Special Agent of FBI San Diego’s Cyber National Security Squad, as well as Partnership/Engagement Coordinator. At the conclusion of his FBI career, John founded HAK-iQ, which raises awareness and highlights current events in the cybersecurity space.

Upon retirement, John assumed the title of Cybersecurity Director for a large biotechnology company in Southern California and now serves as a BISO (Business Information Security Officer) for EVOTEK, providing executive advisement to a wide variety of clients and industries. This allows John to spend equal time evangelizing and operationalizing security throughout industry. John has been recognized for his leadership abilities on multiple occasions (FBI Director - Leadership Award(s)) and currently maintains two GIAC certifications (GSIF and GSLC). John resides with his family in Charleston, South Carolina.

Carliss Chatman is an Assistant Professor of Law teaching Contracts, Agency and Unincorporated Entities, Corporations, and Transactional Skills. Her work is influenced by over two decades of service on non-profit boards and involvement with community organizations. Through leadership positions, she has developed expertise in corporate governance and non-profit regulation and has been instrumental in strategic planning and fundraising efforts.
Prior to law teaching, Professor Chatman was a commercial litigation attorney in Houston, Texas. In practice, she focused on trial law, appeals and arbitration in pharmaceutical, health care, mass torts, product liability, as well as oil, gas, and mineral law. In addition to negotiating settlements and obtaining successful verdicts, Professor Chatman has also analyzed and drafted position statements regarding the constitutionality of statutes and the impact of statutory revisions for presentation to the Texas Legislature.

"Brent Crider, Doctor of Executive Leadership, is an Executive Director and the Bank Secrecy Act Officer at Synovus Bank. He previously served in C-suite roles and has 35 years’ experience in public and private institutions leading program enhancements. Brent’s experiences range from creating organizations to improving and strengthening existing corporations to exceed performance standards.

Dr. Crider retired from active duty in the U.S. Air Force after serving 20 years. He was a senior intelligence officer and served as the Director of the National Security Agency group at the U.S. Special Operations Command and spanning four continents. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, holds advanced degrees in Economics and National Security & Strategic Studies. "

Michael is a seasoned legal and risk advisor to financial services companies, and a law professor in the field of financial institutions law. A champion of innovative legal, compliance and risk strategies, Michael’s expertise ranges from regulatory compliance to data privacy, contract management, commercial and consumer finance, governance, and enterprise risk management. Prior to his current role as bank General Counsel, he was outside counsel for over 130 banks, credit unions, finance lenders and FinTech companies, and a regular instructor for Bankers’ Compliance Group. He also served in the equipment finance division of Boeing, specializing in the financing of commercial, aerospace and military equipment.

Maria Devassy is the Executive Vice President of Business Development and Partnerships at Compliance.ai. She is a GRC, RegTech, Content, and Technology leader with over 20 years of experience helping companies bridge the gap between technology, product, and business. Maria has held leadership positions with MetricStream, KPMG, Oracle Corporation, and other technology companies prior to joining the Compliance.ai team. In these roles, she has launched several successful RegTech products, established business partnerships, and advised Fortune 100 clients on risk management, audit, advisory, and compliance business across Industries.

Richard (“Rick”) Dupree is a risk, compliance, and operations leader who contributed expertise at regional, national, and global financial services firms and fintechs, including Wells Fargo, Silicon Valley Bank, Bank of the West, and BNP Paribas and is currently engaged in risk management efforts in the startup, fintech space.

In addition to his work in the incumbent bank and neobank spaces, Rick advises regtechs and financial services technology solution providers, is a recurring, contributing editor at Finextra.com, and sits on industry panels in the US and the UK speaking on risk and compliance challenges faced by banks and fintechs.

Ileana Falticeni is a Global Legal and Compliance executive with over 15 years of success in the SaaS technology and financial services industries. Her previous experience involved close partnership with the CEO and executive team in corporate transactions, business development, product expansion, and regulatory navigation during periods of intense growth and organizational change. She is an advocate of effective risk management that starts with sound business practices and putting the customer first.

Nirvana Farhadi is a thought leader, pioneer and a recognized global influencer in the RegTech sector, with more than 20 years of experience in financial services. She has developed, built, and advised on multiple RegTech solutions. She was most recently with Hitachi as their Global Head of Financial Services, RegTech Risk and Regulatory Compliance Affairs; and she worked with KPMG as their Head of Regulatory Reporting. She has covered areas such as GDPR, CCPA, and multiple global data privacy regulations, regulatory reporting, record keeping, AML, and data governance.

In addition to her RegTech expertise, Nirvana is an author, keynote speaker, and industry collaborator.

Doreen Ghusar recently began her new journey and serves as a Head of Compliance at Onbo; Onbo by Stilt represents a new path for any company to launch a credit product with speed, scale, and confidence. During the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and challenges, Doreen received one of the housing industry’s highest honors: the 2020 Housing Wire Women of Influence award.

Previously, Doreen worked on a groundbreaking artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotic process automation project where she paired with one of the big 4 tech companies and collaborated with her team to build a document intelligence process. This process was used to analyze data instances which later was used for complete automation, with a focus to prevent fraud, adherence with relevant compliance requirements, and other regulatory issues within the digital lending space.

Doreen is a veteran in the regulatory compliance space with an established understanding of consumer and mortgage-related inception to completion lending processes and life cycles. Doreen is a huge advocate for Americans with Disability Act and has continuously dedicated herself to support her organization to meet accessibility requirements and support consumers financial need despite their accessibility requirements.

Doreen graduated from American Heritage University School of Law and obtained her Juris Doctor degree. Doreen continues to dedicate her efforts in the digital regulatory space and fulfill her desire of innovation as well as empower others to act upon their creative digital mind.

Gagan is Product Manager at Compliance.ai and comes from a regulatory compliance background in banking and brokerage where he developed and implemented processes. Recently, he worked at the intersection of Product and Compliance in multiple FinTech companies like PayPal and FundPaaS, an investment crowdfunding platform.

Dr. Marsha Ershaghi Hames is a partner with Tapestry Networks and a leader of their corporate governance practice. She is a global adviser to non-executive directors, C-suite executives, and in-house counsel on issues related to corporate governance, culture transformation, board leadership, and stakeholder engagement. As a certified compliance and ethics professional, she’s invested over two decades in building and leading effective corporate governance programs that unlock long-term value. Today she leads peer networks for corporate directors that explore the board’s role in oversight of strategy, innovation, risk, talent and culture. Her purpose is to bridge diverse cross stakeholder dialogue for enhanced governance.

Peter brings over 25 years of experience supporting customers with business enterprise software to his role as Chief Customer Officer at Compliance.ai. As CCO, Peter leads all customer activities including support, services and customer success. His teams seamlessly integrate across the organization delivering optimal experiences and success to internal and external stakeholders.

Peter has a consistent track record in creating and scaling customer facing teams for Client Success, Professional Services, Renewals, and Support. For the past eleven years, his experience has concentrated in RCM and Third Party Risk, supporting clients from small firms to Fortune 500 enterprises across the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance industries.

Ruth is Vice President of Product Management at Compliance.ai, a modern regulatory intelligence and change solution. In her role, she leads product development initiatives for building and adopting new technologies within the Compliance.ai platform.

Ruth is a financial services product leader with over 20 years of experience in multiple areas of the FinTech and Financial Services industry including: Brokerage & Wealth Management, Trading, Retail Banking, Mortgage and Insurance. With an extensive background consisting of product and strategy positions with large and small financial services, technology and consulting companies, Ruth has launched multiple successful new products within the FinTech and RegTech spaces, including innovations at Compliance.ai.

Martin (Marty) T. Mitchell, CRCM, is a Managing Director and serves on the Board of Directors of ProBank Austin. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Online Lending Policy Institute. Marty has over 20 years of experience in the consumer compliance field.

After retiring from a successful career as a U.S. Army officer, he served as a commissioned federal compliance examiner with the FDIC. As an examiner, Marty was responsible for determining financial institution compliance with consumer protection laws and regulations, as well as conducting CRA and fair lending examinations for large and small banks. During his tenure with Capital One, he led the design and implementation of their corporate level mortgage compliance program through a period of business closures, multiple acquisitions, and intense regulatory scrutiny. He frequently speaks on a wide range of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) topics.

James Phillips is an expert on regulatory reporting issues and monitoring them on a global, jurisdictional and sectoral basis. James’s extensive client-facing experience with VERMEG - a market-leading solution provider for banking, capital markets and insurance - provides context for strategic input, empowering insight about how market changes drive demand for regulatory reporting solutions, and ensures his recommendations always have client operational realities in mind. James has been a close participant throughout the ongoing Digital Regulatory Reporting agenda with UK and other regulators internationally, and across the wider RegTech field, as the paradigm of how reporting is done is reinvented. As a frequent industry speaker and business provider, James is active in thought-leadership and industry collaboration.

Brian Shaw has worked in business process automation targeting risk and compliance for over 25 years, supporting hundreds of fortune 500 and mid-market firms across all industries. Since 2011 Brian has focused on Third-Party Risk, Compliance and Performance Management for the Financial Services Industry, as well as Master Data Management and Know Your Customer (KYC) challenges.

At Mirato, Brian serves as Director of Financial Services Sales responsible for sales to Financial Services firms in North America and Europe.

Jeffrey Smith is a seasoned GC, CCO, CRO, and securities, business, tax and M&A attorney with over 23 years of experience strengthening the legal and compliance functions of financial services firms, investment funds, digital asset businesses, and businesses raising capital or seeking strategic combinations or exits. He is the founding and managing attorney for LawVisory, an international law firm, co-founder and CEO of RIA Compliance Firm LLC, and a successful serial entrepreneur of several successful companies. He has previously served as head of legal and compliance for several large registered investment advisers, as Investigative Counsel for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and worked in the Director of Enforcement Office at the SEC. In addition to being a J.D. and having a LL.M. in Securities & Financial Regulation from Georgetown Law, Mr. Smith holds the certifications of IACCP, CRCP, and CRM.

David Van Bruwaene is a purpose-driven serial entrepreneur, philosopher, and educator; a leader in consumer and business strategy for ethical technologies. As CEO and lead data scientist at VISR (sold to SafeToNet), he developed mission critical cyber- bullying detection software and sits on the company’s board. FAIRLY is an extension of his mandate; a timely and important toolkit to promote and protect human rights in the growing concern of AI model development.

Florian Wimber is a regulatory affairs and advocacy expert in the insurance industry with more than a decade experience in EU financial services and insurance regulation. Florian is the Director of Advocacy, Communications and Public Affairs of the representative body of the Irish insurance association, Insurance Ireland. He joined the organization in 2018 as Head of European Affairs and International Insurance and established the association’s representation in Brussels, Belgium.

Prior to his assignment with Insurance Ireland, Florian was Advisor to the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Royal Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia where he was working on the establishment of social protection and the regulation of the insurance market. From 2010-2016, Florian was with the German Insurance Association (Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V., GDV) where he held different positions in Brussels and Berlin. The focus of his engagement was insurance prudential regulation and financial supervision in the European Union.

Florian is a German national and holds a degree in economics from University of Cologne and Trinity College, Dublin.

Karol Wojtczak is a graduate of Law at Warsaw University and a Head of Transaction Monitoring Operations in ING Hubs. He is also an adjunct professor at Kozminski University in Warsaw, where he leads Compliance and AML Postgraduate Studies.
In the past 15 years, Karol served global banks in building shared services functions for AML investigations at the regional and global level. His experience includes building and managing functions and sites, global processes standardization, change management and change control as well as process optimization and delivery of automations in AML investigations processes. Karol also holds a diploma in AML of International Compliance Association and is a Co-Chair of ACAMS Poland Chapter since 2018.

Gene Yoshida is a risk management and compliance professional with a proven record in developing innovative solutions to meet business needs within risk tolerances and regulatory requirements. He is a seasoned practitioner of operational, credit, new product risk, AML/fraud, and compliance at the line and in an oversight capacity. Gene has a diverse background in FinTech, asset management, insurance, real estate, and consumer finance, and he is currently the Global Head of Risk and Compliance at Ponto, a crypto-infrastructure firm. Previously, Gene was the US Chief Risk & Compliance Officer at Revolut, a financial services technology company that offers banking services based in London, England.