Speakers: Guillaume Colley and Rob Cavallo

Title: Banking as a Service (BaaS).

Abstract: In the financial industry, small banks, credit unions, and startups face the challenge of competing against larger institutions that control a significant portion of the market assets, accounting for over 56%. Our distinguished speakers will demonstrate how startups can leverage data science to thrive in diverse markets, particularly in the electronic financial sector.

Bio: Guillaume - I lead a data science team at BC's largest credit union, providing and executing strategic insights at all levels of the organization. I previously led a team of data analysts working on HIV/AIDS research and surveillance; I built customer segmentation for international supermarkets and forecasted mobile phone traffic. Specialties: Python/R/SAS - SQL - PowerBI/Tableau - Azure/AWS

Bio: Rob - Senior Web Developer/Application Architect with 20 years of experience in Web, Database and Application development. Reliable, self-motivated individual with highly effective problem solving and communication skills.

President, Cavallo Technologies Inc. Leading application design and development for web, cloud, database, and mobile with a specialization in the Microsoft technology stack (Serverless, Asp .NET Core, Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, C#, Functions, Logic Apps), Big Data, Databricks, Lakehouse. Modern development using SPAs (React, Angular) and REST Web APIs.