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Tariq Bokhari
Executive Director

Tariq has spent his career at the intersection of financial and technology industries, and is a passionate evangelist for rising tide of FinTech disruption. Prior to serving as the Executive Director of the Carolina Fintech Hub and launching his own startup, Tariq served as the Head of Innovation and Investment for FIS Global, a $9B+ fintech company. Tariq has built profitable businesses from scratch, designed and implemented global risk and cybersecurity programs, launched FinTech Accelerator programs, and completed over a dozen acquisitions. He has also held executive positions in Fortune 500 companies such as GE Capital, Wells Fargo and Wachovia.

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John Stoutenger
Senior Director

20 years of experience in financial services across consumer and small business banking. Currently – Senior Director of Corporate Strategy at Ally since 2018 with focus on scaling existing consumer product businesses, partnerships & new opportunities. Former Head of Small Business Deposits & Payments at Capital One in DC & Product & Analytics Executive at Bank of America here in Charlotte. Queens MBA.

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Vas Kodali
EVP

Vas Kodali is head of Advanced Technology and Partnerships at Wells Fargo. His team is responsible for driving strategic relationships with IT industry leaders, and top private investors and their portfolio companies to evaluate emerging technologies, influence technology investments, provide a technology business development platform and develop an emerging technology outlook. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Vas held several senior executive positions in strategy, technology and risk at Bank of America. Vas was previously a partner at A.T. Kearney, a global management consulting firm. Vas started his career developing expert systems at IBM.

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Dave Matthews
CIO

Dave Matthews is the Technology Executive for Enterprise Technology Architecture & Shared Capabilities (ETASC) organization. He also leads the execution of the Solutions Delivery Management (SDM) program. Previously, he was the CTO/CIO for Travelocity.com. Prior to his time at Travelocity.com, Dave served as Head of American Express BSDC technology group, based in Canada. Before joining American Express, he spent 18 years at JP Morgan (now JPMorgan Chase & Co.) in London and the U.S. in various technology positions including Senior Technology Managing Director and Head of Technology.

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Brad Wallace
Principal

Brad is a Principal in EY’s Financial Services Digital practice where he oversees a team of user experience designers, visual designers, product managers, and digital strategists. Brad has over twenty years of experience, split between consulting, technical product development, business development, innovation, and business and technology leadership. Brad focuses primarily on consumer banking channels and is a big proponent of combining the best of what Banks and Fintechs have to offer in order to elevate the ease and effectiveness of banking.

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Steve Boehm
Chief Operating Officer

Steve Boehm is Chief Operating Officer, Barings, and is a member of Barings Executive Leadership Team. With more than 20 years of experience in technology, financial services, operations and merger integration, Steve leads Barings technology and operations focused on end-to-end customer experience and growth. Previously, he was a Senior Vice President, Customer Delivery Group & Chief Operating Officer of AvidXchange, where he led the company’s transformation through a period of hyper-growth and drove their end-to-end customer experience. Before joining AvidXchange, Steve served as Senior Vice President, Global Customer Experience of eBay. Earlier in his career he worked as a Senior Vice President, Global Product Management and Innovation at First Data Corp. from 2010-2011 and Executive Vice President, Merger Integration Team at Wells Fargo during the merger with Wachovia. He held other leadership roles at Wachovia and started his career at Visa. Steve holds a B.B.A. from James Madison University and an M.B.A. from George Mason University. He is a frequent speaker on team-based success and leadership effectiveness. He lives with his wife in Matthews, N.C.

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CFH Operating Committee Lead
Nadeem Khan
President
Aubrey Hawes
Senior Director
Daniel Sanford
Innovation Operating Committee Lead
Jake Beaulieu
Innovation Operating Committee Lead
Bray Jones
Innovation Operating Committee Lead
Philip Sprague
Payments Operating Committee Lead
Dean Nolan
Payments Operating Committee Lead
Scott Harkey
Payments Operating Committee Lead
Christina Zikeli
Payments Operating Committee Lead
Alexandra Villarreal O'Rourke
SVP, AGC
Chris Hart
CEO
Dan Ward
Managing Director
Matt Choiniere
VP
Rick Scot
VP
Patrick Rivenbark