Joey Pizzolato is a reporter at American Banker, covering payments. Previously, he’s covered auto and equipment finance, the mortgage and housing industry, and bank technology and marketing. He holds a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from the Naslund-Mann School of Writing at Spalding University, and a Bachelor of Arts in English from DePaul University.
Kim Fitzsimmons is an accomplished payments executive with the vision, drive and passion to help companies grow and achieve sustainable results. She joined Talus in 2020.
At financial services giant J.P. Morgan, Fitzsimmons served as president of global merchant services. She was chief executive officer of Cynergy Data prior to its merger with Priority Payment Systems and held several leadership positions, including North American president of merchant services and community banks, during a long tenure with First Data. A principal and co-founder of EFS Card Services, Fitzsimmons began her 30-year payments career with Concord EFS.
Voted one of the top 100 Global Sales Leaders of 2020 by The Modern Sale, Fitzsimmons has been named as one of the Industry’s Most Influential Women in Payments by American Banker four times and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Midwest Acquirers Association (MWAA). She has also served as president of both the Electronics Transactions Association (ETA) and PayTech Women (formerly Wnet).
Fitzsimmons earned a degree in business administration from the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). She serves on the Ole Miss Business School board of advisors and volunteers for the school in a wide variety of capacities.
Eynat Guez is a leading expert and entrepreneur in global payroll, payments, and global workforce management with over 20 years of experience. As co-founder and CEO of Papaya Global ($3.7B valuation), her focus is on fixing technology gaps in payroll for enterprise companies with growing global workforces. Guez is implementing her vision for modernizing payroll and payments by replacing decades-old methods with a single end-to-end embedded solution that mirrors consumer financial transactions. Fortune recently named Guez as one of the 15 most powerful women in tech, and FinTech Magazine recognized her as a Top 10 founder-CEO.
Mary Ellen Egan is a journalist with more than 25 years of experience in business and investigative journalism. She has been a staff writer and editor at Forbes, The American Lawyer, First Amendment Watch and American Banker. She has freelanced for Bloomberg, Bloomberg Law, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Thomson Reuters. She is currently an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University.
Sabrina is the senior vice president of global fintech programs at Mastercard. She leads the award-winning global startup engagement program, Start Path, which works with select later-stage startups and helps them to scale, leveraging a customized combination of Mastercard’s technology, expertise and channels. These companies cover a diverse set of areas including payments, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, wearables, logistics and financial inclusion.
Prior to Start Path, Sabrina worked in Mastercard’s digital payments organization, where she helped build and commercialize several new payment technologies such as Mastercard’s tokenization platform and Mastercard Send.
Sabrina received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Cornell University with concentrations in technology and entrepreneurship. She has been a volunteer with The Resolution Project since 2014.
Paul has oversight over the next generation of digital platforms to provide best in class Online and Mobile capabilities. As part of the digital strategy, Paul is responsible for TD’s API functionality and ensuring TD delivers an open banking infrastructure to support clients and FinTech partnerships. These new and improved capabilities will maximize value and enhance the Customer experience for TD Bank’s Commercial clients.
Paul has more than 15 years of experience in financial services focused on building and scaling digital products as well as developing comprehensive strategies for global banks. He joins TD from J.P. Morgan Chase (JPM), where he was responsible for fintech partnerships and blockchain-based products for its treasury management business. Previously, Paul spent time at PwC where he led risk and capital projects at several global banks. Additionally, Paul founded PwC’s RegTech practice, which uses technology to manage regulatory processes. As a result, Paul formed several partnerships with emerging RegTechs that deploy emerging technology to reduce fraud.
Pedro Dias is a fintech leader with deep experience in strategy, venture capital, and financial technology. He currently leads U.S. strategy at Simetrik, a Series B fintech backed by Goldman Sachs, Tiger Global, Fintech Collective, and others, helping scale its presence and partnerships in the US market.
Before Simetrik, Pedro co-founded Atman Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on fintech, B2B SaaS, and longevity startups. He also played a key role at Riskified (IPO July 2021), where he launched a new product for financial institutions and card issuers.
Pedro started his career at J.P. Morgan, where he spent seven years in San Francisco and New York, covering technology startups from Brazil and gaining deep expertise in financial services and emerging markets.
Aditya (Adi) is a Principal Value Engineer at Celonis, where he collaborates with major financial institutions to identify inefficiencies in their processes and maximize value through process intelligence and automation. With over 17 years of experience in financial services, he has successfully led large-scale transformation projects, partnering with C-suite executives to uncover improvement opportunities in the banking sector. Before joining Celonis, Adi worked at EY, where he led global treasury assessment and implementation projects, focusing on identifying process inefficiencies and automating solutions to ensure compliance with global regulatory standards.
David is a Lead Value Engineer at Celonis, where he works with some of the largest financial institutions unlocking maximum value through process intelligence and execution management. With a deep background in enterprise technology, digital transformation, and data-driven decision making, David partners with C-suite executives and operational leaders to identify and capitalize on improvement opportunities in the banking and payments sector. Prior to joining Celonis, David worked at EY and Capco specializing in large scale digital transformation and process optimization, with a focus on risk mitigation and regulatory compliance.
Tiffany Patrick is the Director of Global AML Payments and Innovation. She has a broad experience in financial crime leadership and sustainable risk mitigation. Tiffany is well-versed in developing strategic plans while maintaining compliance with global standards and regulations to ensure business growth and development. Her work across her career is focused on being a leader who innovates and shares knowledge so that we raise each other up, recognize our value, and grow.