Robin Garrison has over 15 years’ experience in the industry, specializing in FinTech, Banking, Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS), RegTech, and cross-border remittances. With a strong focus on risk management and regulatory compliance, Robin has successfully developed and implemented robust compliance programs for both startups and established financial institutions. 

Robin has provided fractional Chief Compliance Officer services for fintechs and regtechs, as well as general compliance advisory and remediation services in AML/BSA/OFAC, Risk Management, program development, scaling and oversight, marketing/UDAP/UDAAP, consumer protection, banking, and product development. Her experience includes management and senior management level roles at companies such as Western Union, Wise, MainStreet Bank, Rize, and FirstBank. 

Robin is an active contributor to the industry, having participated as a speaker and panelist at numerous conferences and served on various advisory councils. She holds an advanced CAMS-Audit certification. 

Kalyani is the CEO and Co-Founder of Kobalt Labs, an AI platform automating manual critical work for risk and compliance teams.

Prior to founding Kobalt Labs, Kalyani was an AI researcher at Stanford, built transaction monitoring and fraud prevention systems at Apple Pay, and developed AI health data analytics tools used by governments in 13 countries at Zenysis Technologies.

Sara Weed is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Co-Chair of the Global Fintech and Digital Assets Practice Group and is a member of the firm’s Global Financial Regulatory and Artificial Intelligence Practices.

 Ms. Weed provides regulatory, transactional, and enforcement to support to a range of clients, including payments companies, non-bank lenders, digital asset providers, and technology companies, as well as banks and trust companies. Prior to working in private practice, Ms. Weed held various roles in the financial services industry, including serving as in-house counsel to IBM’s financial services group and as a policy counsel with a national financial services research organization.  

She also previously served as Director and Counsel for Non-Depository Supervision with the North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks.

Dmitry is a co-founder and CEO of ComplyCo, a compliance monitoring platform for highly regulated environments.

Prior to ComplyCo, he was a co-founder and COO of HMBradley, a consumer fintech targeting savers. Dmitry started his career at Goldman Sachs working in their Investment Banking Division."