Greg Palmer has more than a decade of fintech experience working for Finovate, a fast-paced, demo-first showcase of the latest innovations and ideas in financial and banking technology. Greg is Finovate’s resident MC, hosting Finovate’s live events, podcast, and video pieces. He’s also an accomplished public speaking and demo coach. These experiences have given Greg a unique bird’s-eye-view of the fintech industry as it has come to prominence. He’s seen thousands of demos and interviewed countless industry experts, watching not only individual innovations as they gain traction, but also the high-level trends that have shaped the industry. While he sometimes serves as a “fintech translator,” taking ideas and language from inside fintech and making it accessible to those “outside the bubble,” Greg’s true passion lies in pushing financial service providers to do more for the people all over the world who need new technologies to create a brighter financial future for themselves. A more diverse, inclusive, resilient financial ecosystem benefits everyone, and there’s nothing Greg likes more than providing a platform and a spotlight for fintech’s innovators and dreamers.

Tom Baran has been a growth agent and business development leader for some of the most notable companies in the world. Concentrating within the technology and SaaS verticals, he has focused on market expansion, sales leadership, consumer intelligence, and partnership relations. From the Soho House Group to the global marketing & advertising holding company, Omnicom, Baran has leveraged the power of data to “future-proof” these organizations and their top clients, providing strategic foresight and advisement for well-known CxOs. Currently, Baran oversees the product-partnership ecosystem for 9Spokes International Ltd.