Our fintech_devcon speaker lineup – Part 1 | Moov
We’re in the home stretch! With just a month left, the excitement is palpable as we eagerly await the fintech festivities to commence (by the way, if you haven’t joined the fun yet, there’s still time to register). While the event promises lots of opportunities for networking and fun (including an exciting after-party at Electric Shuffle with free drinks, food, and Killer Mike), we couldn’t be more thrilled about our fintech_devcon speaker lineup.
These remarkable fintech builders all raised their hands at the chance to speak at fintech_devcon because they believe in dismantling knowledge barriers. Together, we’re united in our mission to share the type of knowledge that will pave the way for a brighter and more prosperous future in fintech.
Given the number of speakers this year, we’ve compiled several speaker roundups to better introduce our brilliant fintech builders. Keep a lookout for our upcoming roundups, where we’ll delve into more speakers and sessions, allowing you to learn even more about the incredible minds shaping this conference.
Keynote
Creating financial inclusion from the ground up: An interview with Killer Mike
💪 Killer Mike - Musician, Actor, and Co-founder of Greenwood
You might know Killer Mike as half of the hip-hop super duo, Run The Jewels, or from his decades-long solo career, or from his collaborations with other artists like Outkast and Jay-Z. You might also know him from his work as an actor in films like Baby Driver, Idlewild, and ATL, or as a host for PBS’ Love & Respect or Netflix’s Trigger Warning with Killer Mike.
But what you might not know is that Killer Mike is an outspoken advocate for the disenfranchised, a business owner, and a frequent public speaker on politics, race, and inequality. His extensive work as a social justice activist earned him the first-ever Billboard Change Maker Award in 2020. His passion and advocacy for inclusion and equity have not only led him to grace our stage at this year’s fintech_devcon, but to co-found Greenwood, a financial services firm focused on supporting Black and Latino communities.
Not only did Greenwood have 500,000 prospective members within three months of announcing their plan to open, but their services were delayed by immensely high demand. Since their general public availability in early 2022, Greenwood has acquired three additional businesses designed to support employment, leadership, events, and financial education for communities of color.
You won’t want to miss Killer Mike discussing his journey as an activist and founder, and the importance of financial inclusion.
Workshop sessions
Build a cloud-native fintech app that connects to any banking core in minutes
💪 Kent Brown - Chief Technology Officer at PortX
💪 Juan Correa - Staff Software Engineer at PortX
Kent Brown, Co-founder and CTO of PortX, brings lots of experience in architecture, development, and product management to fintech_devcon. Juan Correa has extensive expertise developing and integrating enterprise solutions across various platforms and frameworks. Together, they’ll lead participants in developing an API with open source tools and allow everyone to test their applications against core banking systems like Mambu, Thought Machine, and Fiserv Premier. They’ll also cover how to build and deploy a UI app with single sign-on (SSO) capabilities. Participants will even get to showcase their projects during a demo session.
Leveraging real-time data in financial services institutions (FSIs)
💪 Tim Faulkes - Chief Developer Advocate at Aerospike
Tim Faulkes has 30+ years of experience in IT, primarily as a developer and architect for distributed mission-critical enterprise applications. He’s passionate about using technology to solve complex business problems and educating people on how to best use technology to achieve their goals. To that end, he’s offering this workshop on models and technology that can help make the most of data. He’ll be bringing his experience working on multiple custom fraud solutions to bear on data modeling as it relates to fraud detection in financial services institutions—but also showing how similar techniques can be applied to other business needs that require access to large quantities of data.
Encrypt to protect: Safeguarding customer PII in fintechs
💪 Harmony Richman - Platform Engineer at Alloy
💪 Jeremiah Harlan - Senior Software Engineer at Alloy
Harmony Richman and Jeremiah Harlan are teaming up to lead a workshop on encryption. Harmony brings a passion for building scalable and sustainable solutions to the mix. Much of her experience has been at the intersection of social impact and technology, helping to drive positive change in the fintech space. Jeremiah’s passion is all about building technical tools that empower developers to deliver their own tech solutions. Jeremiah brings 8+ years of experience developing e-commerce platforms and PaaS to the mix. Join these amazing engineers to learn how to safeguard customer information through AWS KMS key generation—including how to encrypt, hash, and view data.