Speaker List
 | Colin is a Digital Identity and related disciplines standards specialist of 17 years amassing a treasure-trove of knowledge on comparative digital identity policy and practice across the globe. From humble beginnings in the SSC's Authentication programme in 2005 to leading the globally acclaimed digital identity assurance and standards organisation Kantara Initiative for 5 years, in 2021 he stepped back to reclaim his New Zealand residency and give some time and energy to helping New Zealand regain its leadership in the digital identity space. Well connected and highly respected in international industry and standards consortia over many years, Colin was named in One World Identity's Top 100 Influencers in Identity in 2018. | Colin Wallis | Executive Director. DINZ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-w-7921274/ | 2024-02-22 01:32:37 UTC | 2024-01-22 02:04:15 UTC | ||||||||||
 | McGregor is a partner at Altered Capital | McGergor Fea | Partner | https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcgregor-fea/ | Roundtable |  Altered Capital | 2024-02-21 20:27:46 UTC | 2024-02-21 20:27:45 UTC | ||||||||
 | I like to think that I'm an insightful business and technology leader focused on delivering change to deliver real business outcomes. Particularly enjoy developing concepts and turning them into a commercial reality. Have lead a number of complex transformational changes in my career but are particularly interested in partnership opportunities to deepen customer value. Complementing my current interests in banking and financial services, I also have a passion for advancing and promoting the blue economy (particularly renewable energy from the sea). This stems from my original environmental and coastal science background. | Richard Copus | Head of Digital Innovation & Partnerships, ANZ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardcopus/ | Sustainable Finance |  ANZ bank | 2024-02-15 03:20:00 UTC | 2024-01-22 02:35:37 UTC | ||||||||
 | Alan Crofts | Technical Specialist, FinTech & Innovation, Financial Markets Authority | https://www.linkedin.com/in/alancrofts/ | Panel discussion: Meet the government - key priorities | 2024-02-02 01:22:03 UTC | 2024-01-30 20:22:32 UTC | ||||||||||
 | Matt Leibowitz | Before Stake, Matt worked at the Chicago office of Optiver, a high-frequency trading firm, and saw how US retail investors had enjoyed lower fees and much better customer experience than those back at home. He launched Stake with co-founder Dan Silver in 2017, before expanding to New Zealand customers three years later. Stake serves over 65,000 Kiwi investors with seamless access to US markets. |  HelloStake | 2024-02-01 23:47:04 UTC | 2024-02-01 23:47:04 UTC | |||||||||||
 | Nicole leads the Small Business team at Amazon Web Services, and also sits on a number of small business related boards including The Icehouse, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners, Callaghan Innovation and Mosaic Business Solutions. She formerly sat on MBIE's Small Business Council. Her corporate background combines a mix of high-growth tech leadership (Xero, Open Insurance), venture capital and private equity (3i and Ernst & Young's Venture Capital Advisory Group), and corporate innovation (Vodafone, HK CSL). Nicole holds an MBA from Columbia University and London Business School and is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors. | Nicole Buisson | Leads the Small Business team at Amazon Web Services | https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolesbuisson/ | Pitch BreakFast Judge |  AWS | 2024-01-31 23:01:25 UTC | 2024-01-21 23:50:23 UTC | ||||||||
 | Tiffany is an experienced international leader, focused on driving customer business outcomes, transformation, innovative strategy and leveraging partnerships to drive growth. Currently the country manager for AWS in New Zealand, leading the commercial sales team across large enterprise, Software as a Service providers, small to medium businesses and start-ups, Tiffany coordinates 150+ employees to deliver assistance across thousands of customers and partners as they leverage cloud-based operating models to transform their overall architecture with AWS services. Her teams work hand-in-hand with customers and AWS partners to provide deep expertise in the architecture, design, development and implementation of cloud computing initiatives that result in real business outcomes. Over the last 10 years AWS has been helping New Zealand organizations to innovate, succeed, and grow globally. Our focus in Aotearoa is to help unleash further innovation, drive greater productivity, increase our skilled workforce, and truly position New Zealand at the forefront of digital commerce for generations of Kiwis to come. Tiffany has 25+ years’ experience in Services and Technology businesses with international roles in the US, Europe and Asia. Passionate customer advocate, with career spanning management of worldwide deployments of internal business applications, design and launch of start-up organizations and programs, sales strategy and business development, orchestration of worldwide and time zone level strategy and leadership of large people organizations. Her key strengths are in building trusted customer relationships, energizing organizations, working collaboratively across cultures, solving complex problems creatively, driving sustainable business operations and delivering technical innovation to accelerate customer success. | Tiffany Bloomquist | Country Manager, Commercial Sales, Head of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in New Zealand | https://nz.linkedin.com/in/tianypa | Keynote - afternoon | AWS | 2024-01-31 22:59:35 UTC | 2024-01-31 22:59:35 UTC | ||||||||
 | Andrew is a technology lawyer and partner at Hudson Gavin Martin. His key focus areas are fintech, data, platforms and “as a Service” business models. Andrew has established himself as a leading New Zealand expert in fintech, working with banks and fintech providers on a range of projects at the intersection of technology law and financial services regulation. Andrew is Co-Chair of Fintech NZ and has been on the Executive Council since its inception. | Andrew Dentice | Partner, Hudson Gavin Martin | https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-dentice/ | Pitch Breakfast, Start up FinTech of the year |  Hudson Gavin Martin | 2024-01-31 22:19:37 UTC | 2024-01-30 20:04:17 UTC | ||||||||
 | Maria Mingallon leads the Knowledge and Information team for Mott MacDonald in the Asia-Pacific and Australasia region which specialises in AI solutions and Data Management. Having dedicated part of her career to structural engineering and architecture, she has worked in UK, Canada and New Zealand, applying digital technology to improve quality and productivity in the construction industry. She has received several awards and recognitions for her work, including the 2015 Visionary Prize from the Québec Association of Consulting Engineers, the 2020 Autodesk’s 40 Under 40: Champions of Construction, and the certification on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Animation and CGI Motion from ColumbiaX. She is also a co-founder of New Zealand’s Digital Users Group, a former columnist for Architecture Now NZ, and a former member of the Executive Council of the Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand. Maria is passionate about technology and its role in advancing the fields of architecture, engineering, and design. | Maria Mingallon | Technical Director - Automation & Computational Design Global Lead | http://https//www.linkedin.com/in/mariamingallon/ | Sustainable Finance | 2024-01-31 22:18:24 UTC | 2024-01-31 22:15:49 UTC | |||||||||
 | David Greenslade | Executive Director Strategy | https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-greenslade-015a348/ | Wednesday 1.45 - 2.45pm | 2024-01-31 03:57:57 UTC | 2024-01-16 09:50:20 UTC |