CXO Catalyst

HOD L.

AUTHOR, SPEAKER, PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING & DATA SCIENCE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Hod Lipson is a Columbia University professor who works in the areas of robotics and artificial intelligence. He and his students love designing and building robots that do what you'd least expect robots to do: Self replicate, self-reflect, ask questions, and even be creative. Hod's research asks questions such as: Can robots ultimately design and make other robots? Can machines be curious and creative? Will robots ever be truly self-aware? Answers to these questions can help illuminate life's big mysteries. Hod is a professor of Mechanical Engineering and Data Sciences at Columbia University, where he directs the "Creative Machines Lab". He is an award-winning researcher, teacher, and communicator. He received both DARPA and NSF faculty awards, aw well as Esquire magazine's "Best & Brightest", Popular Science's "25 most Awesome labs in the US" and Forbes "Top 7 Data scientists in the world", to name a few. His TED talk is one of the most viewed on AI, and just recently he was centrally featured by the New York Times in their piece "What's ahead for AI". He will be telling us today about the future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.

MALCOLM D.

GLOBAL VP, NVIDIA

Malcolm deMayo is global vice president at NVIDIA for the financial services industry. Before joining NVIDIA, he managed strategic financial service industry customers at Oracle. Prior to this he held various leadership roles at Teradata, EMC, Veritas and TCS. DeMayo began his career at NCR as an applications sales representative. He lives in New Canaan, Conn.

Matt Lesle

Managing Director | Global Head of Digital Product, J. P. Morgan Asset Management

In this role, Matt is responsible for the development, planning, and execution of a large-scale digital strategy and then development of cross-functional digital assets focusing on growing revenue through next-gen distribution, sales enablement, and automation. Matt joined J.P. Morgan as head of UK Digital in 2011 and held multiple leadership roles in EMEA before relocating to New York in 2016.

Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Matt spent four years at Fidelity International in London and Paris where he led the European and Institutional digital teams. Before Fidelity, Matt worked as a consultant for a number of companies and government agencies in the United Kingdom and Canada. Matt holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Western Carolina University and a MBA from McGill University.

Eric Muench

CIO at City National Bank

Eric Muench, the CIO of City National Bank, has more than 25 years' experience as an IT professional with strong expertise in IT management, IT security management and IT strategic transformation. He has demonstrated experience in establishing and implementing large scale information security programs, establishing strong business partnerships, and reducing operational / reputational risk. He has previously worked with Fifth Third Bank, and Citigroup. He is based in Los Angeles, California.

Ric Okun

CTO at Western Asset Management

Ric Okun is Global Head of Information Technology at Western Asset, where he also over sees the Investment Operations function. He works in the Pasadena office and has over 27 years of technology, operations, risk management and strategic planning experience. Ric came to the firm in 2021 from Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO), where he led Application Development & Strategic Initiatives. Previously, he spent a decade working in a variety of capacities within asset management, sales & trading and hedge funds.

Ric holds a MBA from Darden Business School at the University of Virginia, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Rutgers University's School of Business.

Michael Ruttledge

CIO at Citizens Financial Group

Michael Ruttledge is the Chief Information Officer and Head of Technology Services for Citizens Financial Group. He oversees all aspects of the bank's technology environment, from customer and client-facing applications to the people, processes and infrastructure supporting Citizens' day-to-day business operations. He spearheaded our Next Generation Technology transformation to modernize the bank and deliver personalized, digital solutions for customers and delivered a major up-skilling initiative and strong culture of learning through immersive Engineering and Architecture Academies, digital credentialing and building of critical skills for the future such as AI, Blockchain, Modern API's and Cloud.

Before joining Citizens in 2019, he previously held the position of Unit Chief Information Officer of American Express Co. He has more than 20 years of experience in infrastructure and engineering roles within the financial services industry including payments, merchant services, customer service, risk, fraud, banking and finance. He has been recognized for developing the vision, strategy and innovative culture to execute new digital capabilities, big data, payments, and next generation analytics platforms that advanced business strategies. He received a graduate degree in Information Systems from the University of Brighton in the United Kingdom.

Tao Cheng

HEAD OF ADVANCED ANALYTICS AND AI, ALLY FINANCIAL

Tao Cheng is based out of New York and works at Ally Financial as Head of Advanced Analytics and AI.

Megan Walling

Partner & CSO Americas at ISG (Austin, US)