In|Vest 2018 Direct

Aaron Harris has more than 25 years of high-tech engineering experience in business applications and software development strategies. From Sage Intacct's earliest days, Aaron has led the company's product vision and technology direction. A pioneer in cloud computing, Aaron helped Intacct build the world's first cloud architecture delivering on-demand financial applications. He regularly contributes to the development of best practices for cloud computing, service-oriented architecture, platform as a service, and accounting and finance technology standards.

As Sage's Global CTO, Aaron is responsible for Sage's technology and product vision. Aaron is hands-on leading investments in AI/ML, blockchain, and other emerging technologies to transform the way people think and work.

Aaron holds a Master's degree in information systems and a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Brigham Young University.

Christopher D. Maher is the chairman and CEO of OceanFirst Bank in Toms River, New Jersey.

Ian Cohen as CEO & Founder of LOKKER, provider of data privacy and compliance solutions for the enterprise, Ian is dedicated to providing solutions that empower companies to take control of their privacy obligations. 

Before founding LOKKER in 2021, Cohen formerly served as CEO for Credit.com, and CPO for Experian, where he focused on consumer-permissioned data.

Early Warning Services is poised to unveil the name of its new bank wallet, hoping to repeat the branding success of its peer-to-peer payments app.

Billions of dollars funneled into the two neobanks after Silicon Valley Bank failed. But fintechs may have to work hard to retain that business.

Brian Portnoy is the co-founder of Shaping Wealth, a Chicago-based firm that educates and trains financial advisors, companies and investors on behavioral finance concepts. He has held senior investment and education roles in the hedge fund and mutual fund industries and earned a Ph.D. in International Political Economy at the University of Chicago. An expert on the psychology of money, he is the author of The Geometry of Wealth.

Chad Witcher is chief operations officer at Synergi Partners.

JPMorgan Chase is planning to test new technology that would let consumers pay with their palms or faces at certain U.S. merchants.

Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser said mobile apps and consumers' ability to move millions of dollars with a few clicks of a button mark a sea change for how bankers manage and regulators respond to the risk of depositor panics.

Regional bank shares slumped, dragging down the broader market, after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's comments and as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he's prepared to keep raising rates until inflation shows signs of cooling.