Ipsheeta Furtado CEO/CoFounder Fluid Financial, a financial platform enabling sustainable financing options for small businesses. Prior, she founded a software consultancy and began her career in broker-dealer financial operations. Ipsheeta holds a B.S. in Engineering Physics from UC Berkeley.
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Ron Suber, President Prosper Marketplace #creditinnovation
Ron Suber President Prosper Marketplace, is responsible for developing and executing the business development strategy to attract borrowers to the site, as well as ensure a balance between institutional and retail investors on the Prosper platform. He brings more than 20 years experience in sales, marketing and business development across the hedge fund, broker dealer and registered investment advisor industries. Before Prosper, Ron was Managing Director at Wells Fargo Securities. Prior to Wells Fargo, Ron served as the Head of Global Sales and Marketing and Senior Partner for Merlin Securities. Ron also served as President of Spectrum Global Fund Administration, and spent 14 years at Bear Stearns where he served as Senior Managing Director and Manager of Global Clearing Sales.
Danielle Deibler, CEO Jurispect #futurepayments
Danielle Deibler, CEO Jurispect is an exceptional technology and leadership veteran with over 25 years’ experience in internet infrastructure, networking, real-time communications, video games, and interactive technology. Her primary focus is on building scalable, real-time interactive platforms that solve challenging problems in a shifting environment. She has led development. engineering and operations teams at a number of high-growth companies, and drove large-scale technology initiatives at Adobe Systems. In 2013, Danielle was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Trinity Ventures. Currently she is the CEO of Jurispect which in the early stages of launching their Compliance.ai platform.
Jelena Ewart, EIR 500Startups #futurepayments
Jelena Ewart, Entrepreneur-in-Residence 500 Startups, advises financial services and technology companies on growth strategy. Her clients range from seed-stage pre-product startups to well-established corporations, such as American Express. Previously, she was a General Manager at NerdWallet, initially as Head of Credit and Banking, and later as Head of Marketplace. She is a Director on the Board of San Francisco Federal Credit Union. Jelena holds an A.B. from Princeton University, and a Master of Architecture from UC Berkeley.