Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Alvito Vaz, with more than 30 years of experience in leading insurance digital transformation, is business manager of SignOn Once by ID Federation, the nonprofit coalition of insurance industry leaders committed to improving the security and efficiency of insurance transactions. He can be reached at alvito@idfederation.com.

Chase Huey is Vice President, Innovation Pipeline for RGAX.  As a key member of the RGAX Global Accelerator team,  Chase is responsible for leading concept validation and  executing business concepts as they progress through the  pipeline. 

Chase has worked in a variety of industries, beginning his  career in the non-profit sector managing mobile clinics  throughout the state of Iowa focused on serving migrant  farm workers. He then moved to St. Louis after being  accepted into the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs,  during which time he led a number of initiatives for  corporate and political organizations. 

After completing the fellowship, Chase started a small  project management consulting practice before taking  a role as a director in clinical outreach and public health/ at-risk population research with the Saint Louis University sponsored clinic, Casa de Salud. 

Chase has a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from Carleton  College, and later received his MBA from Washington  University in St. Louis, studying Marketing and  Entrepreneurship. During his graduate studies, he  completed consulting practicums for start-ups in the U.S.  and Israel. After graduating, he worked in technology  business development and early-concept validation  consulting before joining RGAX as an Entrepreneur in  Residence and then becoming a full-time employee in 2016.

Delice Tom, Chairwoman of the Cedar Band of Paiute Indians

Ben Zatlin serves as Vice President and General Manager of Agero's Accident Management business, a role he began in September 2021. Prior to leading the Accident Management line of business, Ben spent the previous two and a half years leading Agero's digital transformation to Swoop, its next-generation dispatching platform. He is passionate about leveraging technology to drive claims innovation and deliver consistent, high-quality service. Prior to Agero, Ben was a management consultant at professional services firm Deloitte and an operations engineer at life sciences company Abbott Laboratories. He holds a BA in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Ellen Graper, CPA, is a partner at StoneTurn. She has almost 20 years of experience assisting accounting firms navigate regulatory and industry requirements. Her expertise draws from her tenure as both an accounting regulator and a financial statement auditor.

Linda McCormack is the VP of client engagement at Clarity Benefit Solutions.

As Vice President, Decision Science and AI at RGA, Petr Vaclav leads data analytics, machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives for business units, clients, ventures, and acquisitions across RGA's Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.

An expert in data science, he specializes in digital distribution, bancassurance, predictive underwriting, and other topics and serves as a bridge between the reinsurer's Global Data and Analytics team, its internal and external clients, and partners.

Beth Bafford is vice president, syndications and strategy, at Calvert Impact Capital.

Jose Morin is vice president of servicing at Brace

Kenneth Byrd serves as Vice President and Head of Protection New Business Operations for Protective Life Corporation, where he is responsible for leading telelife, submit, case management, policy issue, 1035 exchange, new business accounting, exception handling, compliance, customer guides, and policy revisions. Byrd, a 20-year financial industry veteran, oversees more than 250 teammates as well as third-party vendor relationships. With a budget of over $20 million, he develops and authors strategic plans, works to improve customer and distributor experiences, and delivers significant cost savings. Byrd achieved a bachelor's degree in accounting and management information systems as well as his MBA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.