The lineup of speakers for Finovate’s FinovateSpring 2025 conference, set to be held May 7-9 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina in San Diego, California, has been announced. One of the speakers on that list is MSU Federal Credit Union’s Chief Research and Digital Experience Officer Ami Iceman Haueter.
This year’s FinovateSpring is set to feature over 100 industry leaders and attract more than 1,200 senior-level attendees. Additionally, more 600 of those attendees will be from credit unions, banks, and other financial institutions. The conference’s speakers and panels will discuss and explore AI’s future in financial services, including its impact in core operations and growing in role in cybersecurity.
Other topics to be covered at the conference will include the growth of embedded finance, the various challenges being faced by credit unions and community banks, real-time payments, financial inclusion, and gender diversity in the world of fintech.
FinovateSpring’s featured speakers also include:
- Jason Henrichs, CEO, Alloy Labs
- Katie Dove, Behavioral Scientist & Managing Director, Irrational Labs
- Pam Kaur, Head of Bank Technology, BankTech Ventures
- Steve Bishop, President & Co-Founder, amBaaSsador
- Lindsay Lehr, Managing Director, Payments & Commerce Market Intelligence
- Catherine Woneis, VP, Product, Fingerprint
- Phil Goldfeder, CEO, American Fintech Council
- Lauren McCollom, SVP, Head of Embedded Finance, Grasshopper Bank
- Michael Rihani, Director of Product, Coinbase
- Alisa Rusanoff, Head of Credit/Trade Finance, Crescendo Asset Management
- Jamie Twiss, CEO, Beforepay
- Tamara Zaichkowsky, Chief Digital Officer, Acrisure
- Jelena Zec, Director, Citi Ventures
- Sean Albertson, Founder & CEO, CX4ROCKS LLC
- Sammy Assefa, Head of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Innovation, U.S. Bank
- Sydney Thomas, Founder & General Partner, Symphonic Capital
- Nirvikar Jain, Managing Director, Woodside Capital Partners
- Jade Mandel, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
- Kyle Mack, CEO & Co-Founder, Middesk