Gonzalo F. Dionis
Vice President of Research
Bank Policy Institute Washington D.C. About GonzaloGonzalo Fernandez Dionis is Vice President of Research for the Bank Policy Institute. His responsibilities include carrying out economic analysis of banking and financial regulation. His research interests include the shadow banking sector, stress testing, climate risks, and capital and liquidity requirements. Prior to joining BPI, Mr. Fernandez Dionis was vice-president at the Royal Bank of Canada in London where he worked as an equity research analyst. Mr. Dionis began his career at Barclays Capital. He has been instructor of various economic and finance courses at Columbia University’s summer program. Mr. Dionis is currently working towards his PhD at George Washington University and has a master’s degree in public administration from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University where he specialized in central banking and financial policy. He holds a B.A. in law and economics from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. He is a CFA® charterholder. |
Gregory Wang
Founding Partner
NewstarWealth LLC Florida About GregoryGregory Wang is the Founding Partner of NewstarWealth LLC. NewstarWealth focuses on providing custom-tailored financial planning advice to global Individuals and to their Family Corporations. With over a decade of experience on Wall Street, Mr. Wang has held the titles of Managing Director of Investment Banking at Collins Stewart Hawkpoint plc, Director of Investment Banking at Cantor Fitzerald & Co., Associate Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Peter J. Solomon Company, and Senior Manager of Corporate Recovery Services at Arthur Andersen LLC. Earlier in his career, he co-founded a startup company in Shanghai, China (RetailCo Inc.) and grew it into the leading national athletic retailer with over 300 employees and 50 retail stores. RetailCo Inc. was successfully sold to a publicly listed Hong Kong company. Mr. Wang received his MBA from Columbia Business School, and holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Georgetown University. He holds the CFP® and CPWA® certifications and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). |
Dr. Lisa Collins
Vice President of Academic Services
Learning Solutions, Stride Inc. California About LisaDr. Lisa Collins is the Former Vice President of Academic Services with Learning Solutions at Stride Inc. (NYSE:LRN). She had been with Stride (previously K12) since Nov 2004. Dr. Collins was the founding High School Director for Arizona Virtual Academy, and has been instrumental in educational program development, starting the education department at the South Texas Family Residential Center. Dr. Collins oversaw a staff of 450+ educators who teach virtually across the nation. She is very proud to support the creative endeavors of our youth. Dr. Collins received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Northern Arizona University and her Doctorate from Lehigh University in Bethlehem PA. |
Brett Hoge
Senior Managing Director
Truist Investment Services, Inc. North Carolina About BrettBrett Hoge is a Senior Managing Director at Truist Investment Services, Inc. and works directly with corporate executive clients, business owners and high-net-worth clientele providing tailored investment and wealth management solutions. He provides clients with a deep understanding of a wide range of investments, including equities, fixed income, funds, outside money managers, options, and alternative investments. Mr. Hoge began his brokerage career in 1999 and joined Truist Wealth in 2008. He is also the founder and board member of the LVH ALS Foundation, which raises money to fund ALS research. The LVH ALS Foundation has raised over $2,000,000 for ALS research since its founding in 2014, making it the largest donor to ALS research in North Carolina, and one of the largest in the Southeast U.S. Funds raised benefit The Duke University ALS Clinic. Mr. Hoge was recognized as a Top 400 Financial Advisor by the Financial Times in 2020 and a Barron’s Top 1200 Financial Advisor in the U.S. for 2021. |
Mike Grandinetti
Professor of Technology & Entrepreneurship
Brown University Boston About MikeProfessor Mike Grandinetti teaches entrepreneurship, innovation, design & marketing at Harvard, Brown, and Rutgers Universities. He is on the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley executive course, Engineering Leadership Professional Program. In addition, he is the Program Development Fellow for the UC Berkeley Innovation X- Labs and has been on the faculty of the MIT Founder's Program on Entrepreneurship for over a decade, and was previously a Senior Lecturer in the MIT Sloan School of Management for 10 years. He is currently teaching Leading & Marketing Social Change, Marketing Management, Corporate Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and Introduction to Entrepreneurship at Harvard. Professor Grandinetti is an innovation consultant to such clients as Microsoft, Accenture, Capital One, Dell, Samsung, Nike, and Nestle. He is a popular keynote speaker (TEDx, Global Startup festival), panel moderator ( MIT CIO Symposium, Berkeley Innovation X Roundtable Series ), columnist (Forbes), author (Berkeley California Management Review), and pitch competition judge (MIT $100K prize, Global Venture Capital Investment Competition). He was previously an early team member of 8 VC-backed tech startups and co-led two successful NASDAQ IPOs. Professor Grandinetti earned his MBA degree from Yale, where he was a Teaching Fellow and named the annual Jess Morrow Johns Memorial Scholar. |
Lin Zhao
Founding Partner
Beijing Lindao Capital Management Beijing About LinLin Zhao is a founding partner of Beijing Lindao Capital Management, a Beijing based hedge fund focused on volatility trading. Lin began his career as a volatility trader at the New York based hedge fund, Capstone Investment Advisors in 2004. In early 2015, Lin joined Citic Securities in Beijing to cultivate the newly established Chinese options market. In 2019, with a team of 5, he founded Lindao Capital, continuing to trade volatility as an asset class and generate non-correlated returns for sophisticated investors. During his 18 years of trading career, Lin has not experienced a single losing year. Lin holds a Bachelor degree from Boston University School of Management and a Master degree from Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management. In spring of 2022, Lin started teaching the course “Option Volatility and Hedge Funds” at Peking University Guanghua School of Management. |
Jeannice Tse
Partner & Portfolio Lead
Centrifuge New York About JeanniceJeannice Tse is Partner and Portfolio Lead at Centrifuge, a decentralized asset finance platform using blockchain technology. Jeannice has worked in financial institutions (Citi, Santander, ABN Amro) for much of her career, including as an investment banker and foreign exchange trader, and is a former management consultant with McKinsey and Co in their Corporate Finance practice. She teaches finance courses at Columbia University's high school summer program. Jeannice holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Kyle Hahn
Director of Product
Next Gen & Affiliate Leagues, National Basketball Association (NBA) New York About KyleKyle Hahn currently serves as the Product Director at the NBA, launching new experiences with Google, Microsoft and others. Prior to this, he was the head of product and production at Utility NYC a digital agency serving Airbnb, Bleacher Report, Samsung, Mount Sinai and others. He also served as an investment advisor for start ups including having publications in Bloomberg Business, Fox Business, AdWeek, and Forbes. He attended Parsons School of Design. |
Jacques Fu
Co-Founder & Executive Vice President
Stax Payments Florida About JacquesJacques is the co-founder of Stax, recognized in the Inc 500 as one of the fastest growing companies and the first Orlando startup to reach "Unicorn" status, as well as host of the "Taking Your Time" podcast and author of "Time Hacks". He also co-founded Orlando Devs, the largest developer meetup in Orlando, and The Assistance Fund, the second largest charity in the city according to Guidestar. He has a passion for building products that solve problems, bringing them to market, and scaling them. Jacques has co-founded several successful startups that have each gone on to create hundreds of jobs across the Greater Orlando region and beyond. As the founding Chief Technology Officer at Stax, his teams have built an integrated payments platform that processes $23B in payments annually for 22,000 businesses while scaling from 1 to 300 employees through organic growth and M&A. Stax has been recognized by Forbes, US News, Inc, Entrepreneur, and Money as a leading Fintech with offices in Orlando, Chicago, LA, and Ottawa while reaching No. 217 on the 2019 Inc. 5000 fastest growing companies and has raised over $500M in capital since inception to fuel growth. Stax is the 7th Unicorn in the state of Florida and the first from Orlando. As a community advocate, Jacques speaks at events hosted by Orlando Devs, UCF, Rollins, Orlando Economic Partnership, Downtown Orlando Partnership, Orlando Chamber of Commerce, BarCamp, Starter Studio Tech Accelerator, and various meetups. He invests directly into local startups as an angel investor and is also an advisor for various startups and technology boards in the Orlando area. |
Gonzalo F. Dionis
Vice President of Research
Bank Policy Institute Washington D.C. About GonzaloGonzalo Fernandez Dionis is Vice President of Research for the Bank Policy Institute. His responsibilities include carrying out economic analysis of banking and financial regulation. His research interests include the shadow banking sector, stress testing, climate risks, and capital and liquidity requirements. Prior to joining BPI, Mr. Fernandez Dionis was vice-president at the Royal Bank of Canada in London where he worked as an equity research analyst. Mr. Dionis began his career at Barclays Capital. He has been instructor of various economic and finance courses at Columbia University’s summer program. Mr. Dionis is currently working towards his PhD at George Washington University and has a master’s degree in public administration from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University where he specialized in central banking and financial policy. He holds a B.A. in law and economics from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. He is a CFA® charterholder. |
Gregory Wang
Founding Partner
NewstarWealth LLC Florida About GregoryGregory Wang is the founding partner of NewstarWealth LLC. NewstarWealth focuses on providing custom-tailored financial planning advice to global Individuals and to their Family Corporations. With over a decade of experience on Wall Street, Mr. Wang has held the titles of Managing Director of Investment Banking at Collins Stewart Hawkpoint plc, Director of Investment Banking at Cantor Fitzerald & Co., Associate Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Peter J. Solomon Company, and Senior Manager of Corporate Recovery Services at Arthur Andersen LLC. Earlier in his career, he co-founded a startup company in Shanghai, China (RetailCo Inc.) and grew it into the leading national athletic retailer with over 300 employees and 50 retail stores. RetailCo Inc. was successfully sold to a publicly listed Hong Kong company. Mr. Wang received his MBA from Columbia Business School, and holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Georgetown University. He holds the CFP® and CPWA® certifications and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). |
Dr. Lisa Collins
Vice President of Academic Services
Learning Solutions, Stride Inc. California About LisaDr. Lisa Collins is the Former Vice President of Academic Services with Learning Solutions at Stride Inc. (NYSE:LRN). She had been with Stride (previously K12) since Nov 2004. Dr. Collins was the founding High School Director for Arizona Virtual Academy, and has been instrumental in educational program development, starting the education department at the South Texas Family Residential Center. Dr. Collins oversaw a staff of 450+ educators who teach virtually across the nation. She is very proud to support the creative endeavors of our youth. Dr. Collins received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Northern Arizona University and her Doctorate from Lehigh University in Bethlehem PA. |
Brett Hoge
Senior Managing Director
Truist Investment Services, Inc. North Carolina About BrettBrett Hoge is a Senior Managing Director at Truist Investment Services, Inc. and works directly with corporate executive clients, business owners and high-net-worth clientele providing tailored investment and wealth management solutions. He provides clients with a deep understanding of a wide range of investments, including equities, fixed income, funds, outside money managers, options, and alternative investments. Mr. Hoge began his brokerage career in 1999 and joined Truist Wealth in 2008. He is also the founder and board member of the LVH ALS Foundation, which raises money to fund ALS research. The LVH ALS Foundation has raised over $2,000,000 for ALS research since its founding in 2014, making it the largest donor to ALS research in North Carolina, and one of the largest in the Southeast U.S. Funds raised benefit The Duke University ALS Clinic. Mr. Hoge was recognized as a Top 400 Financial Advisor by the Financial Times in 2020 and a Barron’s Top 1200 Financial Advisor in the U.S. for 2021. |
Lin Zhao
Founding Partner
Beijing Lindao Capital Management Beijing About LinLin Zhao is a founding partner of Beijing Lindao Capital Management, a Beijing based hedge fund focused on volatility trading. Lin began his career as a volatility trader at the New York based hedge fund, Capstone Investment Advisors in 2004. In early 2015, Lin joined Citic Securities in Beijing to cultivate the newly established Chinese options market. In 2019, with a team of 5, he founded Lindao Capital, continuing to trade volatility as an asset class and generate non-correlated returns for sophisticated investors. During his 18 years of trading career, Lin has not experienced a single losing year. Lin holds a Bachelor degree from Boston University School of Management and a Master degree from Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management. In spring of 2022, Lin started teaching the course “Option Volatility and Hedge Funds” at Peking University Guanghua School of Management. |
Mike Grandinetti
Professor of Technology & Entrepreneurship
Brown University Boston About MikeProfessor Mike Grandinetti teaches entrepreneurship, innovation, design & marketing at Harvard, Brown, and Rutgers Universities. He is on the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley executive course, Engineering Leadership Professional Program. In addition, he is the Program Development Fellow for the UC Berkeley Innovation X- Labs and has been on the faculty of the MIT Founder's Program on Entrepreneurship for over a decade, and was previously a Senior Lecturer in the MIT Sloan School of Management for 10 years. He is currently teaching Leading & Marketing Social Change, Marketing Management, Corporate Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and Introduction to Entrepreneurship at Harvard. Professor Grandinetti is an innovation consultant to such clients as Microsoft, Accenture, Capital One, Dell, Samsung, Nike, and Nestle. He is a popular keynote speaker (TEDx, Global Startup festival), panel moderator ( MIT CIO Symposium, Berkeley Innovation X Roundtable Series ), columnist (Forbes), author (Berkeley California Management Review), and pitch competition judge (MIT $100K prize, Global Venture Capital Investment Competition). He was previously an early team member of 8 VC-backed tech startups and co-led two successful NASDAQ IPOs. Professor Grandinetti earned his MBA degree from Yale, where he was a Teaching Fellow and named the annual Jess Morrow Johns Memorial Scholar. |
Jeannice Tse
Partner & Portfolio Lead
Centrifuge New York About JeanniceJeannice Tse is Partner and Portfolio Lead at Centrifuge, a decentralized asset finance platform using blockchain technology. Jeannice has worked in financial institutions (Citi, Santander, ABN Amro) for much of her career, including as an investment banker and foreign exchange trader, and is a former management consultant with McKinsey and Co in their Corporate Finance practice. She teaches finance courses at Columbia University's high school summer program. Jeannice holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. |
Jacques Fu
Co-Founder & Executive VP
Stax Payments Florida About JacquesJacques is the co-founder of Stax, recognized in the Inc 500 as one of the fastest growing companies and the first Orlando startup to reach "Unicorn" status, as well as host of the "Taking Your Time" podcast and author of "Time Hacks". He also co-founded Orlando Devs, the largest developer meetup in Orlando, and The Assistance Fund, the second largest charity in the city according to Guidestar. He has a passion for building products that solve problems, bringing them to market, and scaling them. Jacques has co-founded several successful startups that have each gone on to create hundreds of jobs across the Greater Orlando region and beyond. As the founding Chief Technology Officer at Stax, his teams have built an integrated payments platform that processes $23B in payments annually for 22,000 businesses while scaling from 1 to 300 employees through organic growth and M&A. Stax has been recognized by Forbes, US News, Inc, Entrepreneur, and Money as a leading Fintech with offices in Orlando, Chicago, LA, and Ottawa while reaching No. 217 on the 2019 Inc. 5000 fastest growing companies and has raised over $500M in capital since inception to fuel growth. Stax is the 7th Unicorn in the state of Florida and the first from Orlando. As a community advocate, Jacques speaks at events hosted by Orlando Devs, UCF, Rollins, Orlando Economic Partnership, Downtown Orlando Partnership, Orlando Chamber of Commerce, BarCamp, Starter Studio Tech Accelerator, and various meetups. He invests directly into local startups as an angel investor and is also an advisor for various startups and technology boards in the Orlando area. Kyle Hahn
Director of Product
Next Gen & Affiliate Leagues, National Basketball Association (NBA) New York About KyleKyle Hahn currently serves as the Product Director at the NBA, launching new experiences with Google, Microsoft and others. Prior to this, he was the head of product and production at Utility NYC a digital agency serving Airbnb, Bleacher Report, Samsung, Mount Sinai and others. He also served as an investment advisor for start ups including having publications in Bloomberg Business, Fox Business, AdWeek, and Forbes. He attended Parsons School of Design. |