Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Theodora (Theo) Lau is the director of market innovation for AARP and a contributing writer for various digital technology and financial services publications.

Jessica Word is president of Word & Brown General Agency. Established in 1985 and headquartered in Orange, Calif., it is one the state’s largest general agents. For additional information, visit wordandbrown.com.

Ernie Crawford is president, CEO and founder of Crawford Technologies.

Nathaniel Borenstein, chief scientist at Mimecast, is best known as the co-creator of the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) standard and the developer of several widely-used software systems, including the Andrew Message System and metamail. Before joining Mimecast, he was an IBM Distinguished Engineer and previously served as a faculty member at the University of Michigan, Carnegie-Mellon University and Grinnell College. He holds three patents related to Internet payment systems, with other applications pending, and has consulted in numerous cases related to email and Internet payments.

Dirk Denayer is business solutions Manager at VASCO Data Security.

Tony Paine is chief technology officer at Industrial Automation for PTC.

Erika Mayshar is a partner at the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery.

As managing director of Valuation Research Corporation, Larry Van Kirk has extensive experience in providing valuations throughout a variety of major industries, including energy, health care, estate planning, hospitality, lighting, life sciences, pharmaceuticals and amusement parks. Larry also serves as a practice leader for valuations of closely held companies and valuations related to financial reporting at the firm, and he leads VRC’s Mid-Central Region. He also specializes in providing financial opinions of fairness, solvency and capital adequacy.

Noah Carey is founder and CEO of Shield Compliance.