Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.

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  • Vance Loiselle joined�TrueMotion as Chief Executive Officer in January, 2016. He has overall responsibility for strategic and corporate development, marketing, sales and operations.Vance has more than 20 years of experience building high-tech companies into market leaders. As co-founder of BladeLogic, he helped lead the company from idea and initial funding to IPO and subsequent $880 million acquisition by BMC Software. Throughout BladeLogic's eight-year trajectory from inception to acquisition, Vance held multiple leadership roles in product management, marketing, business development, pre-sales and operations.After BladeLogic was acquired by BMC Software in 2008, he remained with BMC Software for four years serving in various executive positions, including worldwide vice president of global services, sales operations, field marketing and software consulting. Most recently, Vance was president and CEO of Sumo Logic, leading the company from launch through multiple years of hyper growth in employees, customers and revenue. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems/Accounting from Babson College.

  • Eric W. Neely is currently responsible for Stillwater Insurance Group’s emerging Commercial Lines Business. With Stillwater, initial product development is focused on rolling out their leading-edge Business Owner’s Policy (general liability and property protection).Eric is an executive with extensive senior general management and product management leadership experience across a spectrum of businesses and products with revenue responsibilities upwards of $5B. His product breadth and depth spans Personal and Commercial insurance lines. He has strategically led start-ups, turnarounds, market expansions, acquisitions, and rapid growth for companies such as Progressive, Travelers, Safeco, Liberty Mutual, and now, Stillwater Insurance.

  • Matt Miller is the founder and CEO of Embroker, the first modern way to buy and manage business insurance.Prior to founding Embroker, he was a Principal at the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, where he led investments in the insurance and software space.� While at H&F, he served on the board of directors of HUB International, Applied Systems, and Renaissance Learning. �Prior to joining Hellman & Friedman, Matt was a Vice President for Bain Capital in Boston and Hong Kong and a consultant for Bain & Company in New York.Matt graduated summa cum laude from Duke University, and earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar and co-president of the Private Equity club.�

  • Akbar Poonawala has more than 25 years of experience in transaction processing, banking, and related financial services at Deutsche Bank and Bankers Trust Company. He has held a variety of leadership roles including building discrete businesses globally, driving client origination and client management organizations and developing innovative business strategies.Prior to co-founding Pivot Investment Partners, Akbar was Managing Director and the Head of Deutsche Bank's Global Transaction Banking for the Americas. �In this capacity, Akbar led the growth of this business to over $1 billion of revenues in Cash Management, Trade Finance, and Trust & Securities Services targeting both Corporate and Financial Institutions clients throughout the Americas.In addition, he built the Global Equity Services business, which included Depositary Receipts, Registrar and Post-IPO Services, into a market leading business across ten international locations with a more than five-fold increase in revenues and over 900 Corporate and Financial Institutions clients. Akbar was also a member of the Deutsche Bank Americas Regional Executive Committee, the Global Transaction Banking ExecutiveCommittee, and the DB Americas Diversity Committee. Akbar also served on the Board of Directors of Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation.Previously, Akbar had served as the Head of Global Sales and Marketing for Corporate Trust & Agency Services where he was responsible for sales, marketing and relationship management across sixteen locations in Asia, Europe and the Americas.Earlier in his career, Akbar was Head of Asian Business Development for the Corporate Trust business of Bankers Trust and held management positions in the Global Securities Lending Division and the Management Consulting Group.Akbar is a Chartered Financial Analyst and graduated Beta Gamma Sigma with a Master of Business Administration in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and top 1% of his class with a Master of Business Administration in Marketing and an undergraduate degree in Advanced Accounting from Poona University in India.

  • Rashmi has over 10 years of experience in the technology & media sector.� Prior to founding CoverWallet, Rashmi was a strategy consultant in the Technology, Media and Telecom sector at the largest North American TMT consulting group (AltmanVilandrie & Co.).� In that position, Rashmi advised companies on go to market strategy, new product development and M&A transaction.� Rashmi has also worked a number of start-ups including Visible Measures and portfolio companies within Comcast Interactive Media.Rashmi has a bachelors degree from MIT and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

  • A member of the SessionCam Board, Huw has a proven track record in building and nurturing client relationships.� Heading up the Account Management team, Huw has responsibility for growing SessionCam’s client base and ensuring maximum satisfaction for existing clients. With an in-depth knowledge of the digital space, Huw thrives on working collaboratively with clients from all sectors to help them achieve the greatest value from SessionCam.

  • Rahim Rajpar is Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, for John Hancock Financial Services.� Rahim is responsible for developing, analyzing, and recommending profitable growth strategies and opportunities for the US Insurance business with a strong focus on market expansion.� Prior to this role, Rahim oversaw a retirement education team that provides individual retirement solutions for 401(k) participants.� Rahim was instrumental in getting the group off the ground and managed all aspects of the business which brings in over $1 Billion in assets a year.�Rahim has 17 years of experience in financial services and has been with Manulife Financial, John Hancock’s parent company, since 2001.� His past roles with Manulife include both product and brand management in both the US and Canadian Markets, senior channel (advisor, consumer), and investment marketing roles.� As the Brand Manager for Manulife Investments, Rahim was also Editor of Solutions Magazine – a consumer investment magazine dedicated to enrich the financial lives of Canadians.In 2008, Rahim was recognized with the prestigious Manulife Star of Excellence – awarded for outstanding achievement and contribution to the company.� In addition, Rahim and the various marketing teams he has led have received a number of awards for outstanding marketing programs from organizations like IFCA (Insurance and Financial Communicators Association), LACP (League of American Communications Professionals), and the CMIA (Canadian Marketing Investment Awards).Prior to Manulife Financial, Rahim worked for Morningstar Canada and CI Investments – a leading Canadian provider of investment related products.Rahim holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) from the University of Western Ontario and has participated in a number of leadership and marketing continuing education programs, including The Partnership’s Next Generation Executive program. �A Native Torontonian, Rahim now lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife Jennifer and two daughters, Ana Lucia and Leila Sofia. In his spare time, he enjoys music, food, and traveling the world experiencing new cultures.��

  • Frederick J. Pomerantz, who co-chairs Goldberg Segalla LLP’s rapidly-growing insurance regulatory practice team, has more than 30 years of experience handling complex insurance transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and related state regulatory hearings coast-to-coast for foreign and domestic insurance companies. A New York licensed attorney, Fred’s practice addresses changes in global and U.S. reinsurance collateralization rules, corporate compliance, financial service integration issues, and proposed federal regulation of the insurance industry. Since joining Goldberg Segalla LLP, the firm has been retained by two large cross border law firms to assist in transactions involving clients in Japan, Germany and Canada.Mr. Pomerantz is a frequent author and lecturer. He recently co-authored a commentary titled “Auto Insurance Telematics: Data Privacy and Ownership” for Mealey’s Litigation Reports-Data Privacy and Mealey’s Litigation Reports-Emerging Insurance Disputes. His other articles have appeared in Best’s Review, Law 360, Insurance Day, ReActions, Mealey’s Data Privacy Law Report, AIRROC Matters and the FORC Journal.Mr. Pomerantz is also a frequent panelist at meetings of the Surplus Lines Law Group and the Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals (AICP) and has spoken on the subjects of federal and state laws and/or proposed laws on privacy and data ownership and other regulatory issues arising from Usage Based Insurance and Vehicle Telematics� and on Price Optimization in Insurance Rate Setting, at programs sponsored by the Federation of Regulatory Counsel (FORC), the CPCU Society and the Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Runoff Companies. Mr. Pomerantz is currently a Director of FORC and holds leadership positions with the Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Runoff Companies and AICP.� Fred is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is recognized in Super Lawyers (Mergers and Acquisition).

  • Aaron E. Lunt is Assistant General Counsel, Head of Regulatory Affairs for The Warranty Group (“TWG”) located in Chicago, Illinois.� Aaron manages the North American department responsible for rate and form filings, producer and adjuster licensing, market conduct exams & inquiries, commercial policy issuance, new law and regulation intake and analysis, government affairs support, compliance testing, marketing/advertising materials review and regulatory legal guidance.�� In addition, Aaron is involved in a variety of strategic and operational initiatives that span across the organization, globally.�Prior to joining TWG, Aaron spent over 5 years with Zurich, North America, based in Schaumburg, Illinois, most recently serving as their Vice President of Laws, Regulations and Public Policy Support.� In that capacity, Aaron led a department responsible for a spectrum of insurance regulatory issues relating to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, large commercial deregulation, regulatory requirements review and new law and regulation analysis and implementation support.�Aaron is an Illinois licensed attorney and also holds the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (“CPCU”) and Associate in Reinsurance (“ARe”) designations.� Aaron is a member of the CPCU Society’s Leadership Council (2016-2019) and recently concluded a three-year term as the Chairman of the Regulatory & Legislative Interest Group.� Also, Aaron previously served as a Director for the Chicago Northwest Suburban Chapter and is a current member of the Chicago Chapter.� Aaron has also been recently elected to serve a three-year term on the Board for the Global Warranty & Service Contract Association.� In addition to Aaron’s passion for politics, reading and music (favorite band is Dave Matthews Band!), his fondest moments are spending time with his wife, Nadia, and three young boys.

  • John J. Jablonski devotes his practice to solving complex, high-risk problems that arise from the intersection of law and technology. With more than 20 years of litigation experience (including trials to verdict and appeals), he leverages courtroom experiences to provide corporate clients with practical risk-avoidance advice, strategies, and solutions. He has significant experience in matters involving security, technology, information governance, transportation, environmental law, and product liability.John has a rare ability to translate complex legal, technology, security, and information governance issues into plain English and workable counsel. He guides clients through every aspect of data loss response and related litigation, regulatory compliance, risk analysis, and classification; large loss portfolio analysis in support of due diligence for mergers and acquisitions and creation of alternative fee structures for legal services; and data preservation and e-discovery issues.A widely recognized authority on the protection and preservation of data, John is a frequent presenter and author on privacy and data security, electronic discovery, electronic evidence investigation and preservation, best practices for corporate legal hold guidelines, and implementation of legal holds. He is a member of the editorial advisory board of Law Technology News, a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, a past President of his local ARMA International chapter, and co-author of the book Seven Steps for Legal Holds of ESI and Other Documents. John is recognized in The Best Lawyers of America and Super Lawyers, among other honors.