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Matt spent the beginning 7 years of his career on Wall street. He worked at Lehman Brothers, CRT Capital and Deutsche Bank in fixed income, sales and trading. He held the title of Vice President at Deutsche Bank before leaving traditional finance behind in 2011. In early 2012, Matt started working on what would later become Datacoup. Datacoup is a personal data marketplace that provides the tools and means for individuals to aggregate and sell their own valuable data, directly to businesses, in exchange for value or compensation. Matt is currently the CEO at Datacoup.He is also the Founding organizer of PDNYC, which is a NYC-based personal data meetup that boasts nearly 900 members.�

Ramesh is the global leader for Financial Services at IBM Research. He took on this role in January 2016 following an exceptional tenure as the Director of IBM Research - India, where he was responsible for strategy and execution of the lab's research agenda, working in close alignment with IBM business units. He led a team developing breakthrough technologies underlying innovation in services, software and systems, with a special focus on service delivery innovations and solutions for emerging markets. Previously, Ramesh was the Director of Cloud Services at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center in New York. He has been with IBM Research since 1994 and over the years led the delivery of differentiated value to IBM products and services in a broad range of areas: speech technologies, collaboration, mobile technologies and most recently cloud. Ramesh graduated from Rice University (Ph.D. 1993, MS 1990) and the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai (B.Tech 1987).�

Nizan Geslevich Packin is an associate professor of law at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York.

Marietta Rodriguez is president and CEO at NeighborWorks America.

John Taylor is the president and chief executive of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.

Julie Stackhouse is the executive vice president and managing officer of Banking Supervision, Credit, Community Development and Learning Innovation for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Arjun Sirrah serves as Chief Technology Officer, and has experience in capital markets, technology, and analytics. At DRB, Arjun focuses on tech product and new platform development. Before working at DRB, he founded and sold social media and data aggregator startup in addition to being a former analyst at Goldman Sachs. Arjun holds a B.S. from New York University’s Stern School of Business. DRB (Darien Rowayton Bank) is a national bank, marketplace lender, and the fastest lender in industry history to reach $1 billion in student loan refinancings. FDIC insured and established in 2006, DRB has helped thousands of professionals with graduate and undergraduate degrees across the country to refinance and consolidate federal and private student loans, saving these borrowers thousands of dollars each.

Elizabeth works as Global Business Development Head for Coinsecure, the lead Indian Bitcoin exchange. She also serves on the Bitcoin Foundation Board of Directors and on the Board of Code to Inspire, the first Girls’ Coding School on Afghanistan. She previously handled non profit and political outreach at BitPay. Elizabeth also served as Director of Operations and Outreach for Bitcoin Magazine, the first international print publication dedicated to all things Bitcoin. Having previously served as the Scheduler and Policy Assistant for a US Member of Congress, she has a background in public policy, grassroots activism, and a keen desire to promote decentralization and individual liberties. Follow Elizabeth on Twitter @etmccauley