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Eileen Kane is a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley’s Wealth Management Technology division, where she currently leads the RIA and Contact Center Technology platform development.

She joined Morgan Stanley through the 2020 acquisition of E*TRADE, where she ran the Institutional Technology division, having previously led the Quality Engineering and Project Management functions at E*TRADE. Eileen has spent over 20 years overseeing technology engineering teams in the Financial Services sector and believes a deep partnership with business stakeholders is the essential element in ensuring Technology delivery runs in lockstep with business development.

Eileen is passionate about developing talented, engaged technology teams that are fully invested in the company mission, and is committed to promoting diversity in the workplace, and empowering individuals to grow and succeed within the field.

Eileen holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from University College Dublin, Ireland.

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Bridget Choi is the Global Director of Incident Response. Choi is an attorney, cyber insurance subject matter expert, and consultant with extensive experience in guiding clients through immediate and comprehensive responses to cyber incidents.

Before joining Booz Allen, Choi worked as General Counsel and Managing Director of Strategy for an incident response firm and money service business, where she managed legal, risk and compliance, including the team that negotiated with attackers and assisted clients in the facilitation of ransom payments. Additionally, Choi served as Assistant Vice President and cyber claims counsel at various insurance companies where she handled complex cyber and privacy matters. She also practiced as an attorney in New York. Choi earned a Juris Doctor from New York Law School and is admitted to the New York State Bar.

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Pramod Gadilkar heads the Data Strategy and Architecture team at EquiLend, where he has worked for the past 16 years supporting the firm’s trading and post-trade services as well as MIS/analytics and AI/ML. He has more than 25 years of experience in data and systems management, with a focus on analytics and big data in the last 9 years. Prior to EquiLend, he was consulting as head of data systems for New York City’s Human Resources Administration. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and an MBA.

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John O’Carroll is a transformative chief data officer with over twenty years of experience across various aspects of the financial services industry. John’s roles have been equally split between IT and ‘the business’ which has given him an interesting perspective on how to maximize the strategic value of data and analytics.

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BNY Mellon’s Data & Analytics Solutions, a bank sponsored fintech, supports a large number of external investment management firms. Backed by the Asset Servicing and Digital division, they treat data as an asset and help their clients optimize their investment data value.

As CDO, David provides intellectual and commercial leadership. Identifies critical operational capabilities and resource requirements. Drives “hands on” execution to upscale data operations and engineering. Partners with tech teams to enable a robust data supply chain. Works with product managers regarding the availability of data within D&A and BNY Mellon. Collaborates with key stakeholders to manage commercial data suppliers. Provides a seamless client experience. Strengthens D&A data governance capability – while working with the firm wide CDO.

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Keith Zielenski is a Managing Director with Protiviti, leading their Security and Privacy Services offering across their Financial Services portfolio. He is a senior cybersecurity leader and adjunct professor with a proven record of excellence in developing and implementing comprehensive cyber security programs for global clients in financial services, healthcare, life sciences, automotive, and entertainment industries.  He has been responsible for building and leading a cyber security practice focused on data security and secure application development with over 100 global security professionals.  He has over 25 years of professional experience in data governance, risk management, secure application development, practice leadership, security assessments, security tool evaluations and integrations, and reporting and dashboard development for effectively communicating KPIs/KRIs to executive leadership.  In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, which may include running, biking, and skiing.