Pay It Forward as a Mentor or Expert
Amazing things happen when you share your expertise, whether it’s as a mentor, subject matter expert, or event speaker.
Meet our FinTech Changemakers
Champion innovation as a speaker or mentor.
From Banking & Small Business to Gaming & FinTech

Our mentors and experts love FinTech! They like to hang out with entrepreneurs and industry veterans who want to work together to improve the financial lives of consumers and small businesses. They are passionate and love to give back to the community.

Sarah Biller

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Sarah Biller

Vantage Ventures, FinTech Sandbox Co-founder

Sarah Biller is an Entrepreneur, Investor, and Educator in the FinTech sector. She is the Executive Director of Vantage Ventures, a collaboration of West Virginia University (a Research 1 University), global Technology leaders, Fortune Class companies and Venture Capital firms, focused on providing entrepreneurs in the center of the country a systematic...

Dara Tarkowski

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Dara Tarkowski

Actuate Law

Managing Partner at Actuate Law

Dara Tarkowski is a renowned legal expert shaping the future of law, technology and highly regulated industry. As a published author, keynote speaker, and the co-founder of the RegTech start-up quointec, she is an outspoken voice on how technology is impacting the future of delivering legal and compliance advice to...

Jeff Cain

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Jeff Cain

Envestnet | Yodlee

VP Strategic Partnerships

Jeff Cain has extensive technology and startup experience, having been a business development and M&A executive at companies such as Common Sense Media, Cadence Design Systems and Red Herring. He built an ecosystem of wireless startups for Rutberg & Company and ran a consultancy that provided M&A, partnership...

Jason W. Henrichs

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Jason W. Henrichs

FinTech Forge

Managing Partner

Jason is an entrepreneur and builder with a focus on turning opportunities into scaleable organizations. He’s founded companies, advised growing companies, built a venture capital firm and headed innovation (including strategic investment and corporate development) for a public company. He’s previously helped found PerkStreet...

William C. Kragie

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William C. Kragie

Doppio Group

CEO

Doppio Group William is the CEO of Doppio Group, a global consulting firm and Infor Alliance Partner serving manufacturing, distribution and equipment service companies. He is responsible for leading customer acquisition, strategic...

Jack Crabtree

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Jack Crabtree

Envestnet | Yodlee

FinTech Manager EMEA

Jack manages Fintech sales for Envestnet | Yodlee in EMEA engaging with both B2B and B2C companies varying from 2 people startups to some of the biggest tech enterprises globally. He has extensive experience working with FinTech startups, is educated and trained in executive leadership, employee engagement, and sales...

Dorrian Porter

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Dorrian Porter

Vestaboard

Founder and CEO

Dorrian Porter is an entrepreneur living in Menlo Park, California. He recently founded Vestaboard, which has reimagined and modernized the split-flap message board you might see at a train station. In February 2013 he started Northern Imagination, a company named in tribute to his Canadian roots and dedicated to the pursuit...

Sonny Singh

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Sonny Singh

Bitpay

Chief Commerical Officer

Sonny Singh is the Chief Commercial Officer at BitPay which is the largest processor of bitcoin in the world. BitPay has raised over $30M in funding from top investors like Founders Fund, Richard Brandson, and Index Ventures. Previously, Sonny was part of the founding sales team at Jumio where he was the first Vice...

Joe Lynam

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Joe Lynam

Verrency

President

xPressTap Joe Lynam is an accomplished entrepreneur and executive with extensive Global fin-tech startup and operating experience.  He is currently the co-founder and CEO of xPressTap leading a team of entrepreneurs and engineers building a...

Peggy Burke

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Peggy Burke

1185 Design

CEO

Peggy Burke is the founder and CEO of 1185 Design, an award-winning digital branding agency specializing in brand development through positioning and design. Since November of ’85 she has done extensive work in Silicon Valley for Fortune 100 companies such as Adobe Systems, Cisco Systems, IBM and SAP, as well as numerous startup and venture...

Ron Stewart

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Ron Stewart

Transunion

VP of Sales

With more than 20 years experience in the credit industry, Ron is currently Vice President of Sales and Business Development for TransUnion Interactive, TransUnion’s direct-to-consumer business unit.  Prior to that, he was Sales Manager for TransUnion’s local business unit handling Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San...

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