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With Yasmin Omrani (Innovation Specialist, Deutsche Bank Innovation Labs), Lukas Hohl (Partner, Synpulse), Jorge Vidal (Head of Sales & Channels Mgmt, Appway), Oliver Haugen (Head, Swissnex NY).
Thu, Sep 20, 2018 @ 06:15 PM   FREE   WeWork Soho, 154 Grand St
 
     
 
 
              

      
 
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Swiss Fintech Pitch Night is presented by:

Join us for an expert panel on Innovation in Financial Services featuring experts from Synpulse & Appway. Then, watch & vote during our pitch competition featuring Switzerland's top ten fintech startups.
Our class of 10 Swiss entrepreneurs from the Venture Leaders program are on their way to global expansion - & ready to pitch to the New York Fintech scene!
Each entrepreneur will have two minutes to pitch their company to the audience. You will choose the three best pitches of the night. Then, our jury will pick the overall winner.

Event Schedule:



6:15 Doors Open


6:45 Welcome Remarks


6:50 Panel Conversation:The death of banks: How disruptive is FinTech to traditional finance?


7:20:Swiss Fintech Demo


8:15: Networking Reception


9:15Doors Close



Panel Discussion:
The death of banks: How disruptive is FinTech to traditional finance?
Once the dust settles, will innovation in finance spell the disappearance of banks? Or will Fintech startups simply enrich the financial sector's offering? Will Blockchain, smart contracts, ICOs, & cryptocurrencies make the traditional model of a financial institutions obsolete? This panel conversation will bring together experts from some the most banking-intensive economies in the world, where financial innovation is already changing the industry from within, causing upheaval in the profession & whetting appetites for new ventures.

Yasmin Omrani, Engagement Lead & Innovation SpecialistDeutsche Bank Innovation Labs
Yasmin is an Engagement Lead & Innovation Specialist at DB Labs in New York. She helps run key innovation initiatives in Research, Regulatory, & Legal. She engages with tech startups to evaluate their cutting edge technology focusing on AI, Regulatory Technology, & Alternative Data solutions. She also manages key stakeholder relationships & engagements internally & externally to encourage new ways of thinking at the Bank & educate the Bank about important FinTech trends & technologies. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank Innovation Labs, Yasmin did Quality Assurance & Testing for Trading Algorithms in Equities Technology at Deutsche Bank. She earned her BS in Data Science at the University of Michigan.


Lukas Hohl,Associate PartnerSynpulse
Lukas is an Associate Partner at SynpulseMCwith over a decade of project management, governance & consulting services related to the digitization of the finance industry. Constantly aware of new trends, Lukas stays ahead of the curve to create the most innovate, efficient, & forward thinking solutions for his clients.
Lukas also has vast experience in leading a wide range of projects in the realm of core banking system evaluations, implementations & upgrades for clients both in Europe & Asia. Prior to joining Synpulse, Lukas successfully completed the Program for Leadership Development (PLD) from Harvard Business School. He also holds a master's degree in Electrical Engineering & Information Technology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH).

Jorge Vidal, Head of Sales & Channels Management, AmericasAppway
With over25 years of experience,JorgeisAppway'sHead ofSalesandChannelManagementfortheAmericasand is in charge of helping deliver strategic growthto companiesthroughits technology solutions.Jorge has expertise in BPM,bigdataanalytics,CRM,marketdata,orderrouting,artificialintelligence,naturallanguageprocessing,onboarding, KYC,andalgorithmictrading.
Born in Cuba & raised in Costa Rica, Jorgearrived in the US at 18 to conduct his studies in Mechanical Engineering at the NY Institute of Technology.After his studies, he went on tobecomethe SeniorVice Presidentfor Technology Salesinthe Americas at TIBCO Finance & Reuters,had two international assignments with IBM representing low latency trading solutionsas well asmanaging theconsumergoods industry in Latin America, & was appointed as the Sales Director at Pegasystems, building the Capital Markets sales team & developing some ofitslargest financial industry customers.
In hismost recentjob before joiningAppway, he served asVice President at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,where hemanaged a$20 million solution development budget for several of the business areas under his portfolio.


Moderator: Oliver Haugen, Head of swissnex in New York

This event is presented by:
swissnex in New York, Synpulse, & Appway
 
 
 
 
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