Mario Jimenez
Head of Risk Analytics, Nasdaq
Mario Jimenez is the Head of Risk Analytics at Nasdaq, where he is responsible for Credit and Counterparty Risk. Mario focuses on financial risk and capital management for Nasdaq's fixed income trading. He led the team that developed a credit risk data management platform for Nasdaq, which is currently used to monitor corporate credit risk. Previously, Mario worked as a Market Risk Manager at Deutsche Bank, and as a Quantitative Associate at Radian Asset Assurance. In his previous career as an Astrophysicist, Mario was a Postdoctoral researcher at M.I.T., where he worked on understanding the x-ray emissions around neutron stars and black holes, using data from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. He earned a Ph.D. in Physics at Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Physics at M.I.T.
Lauren Seiler
Co-Founder & CEO, We4C
Lauren Seiler is the Co-Founder & CEO of We4C, a sentiment-driven predictive analytics technology company focused on extracting, aggregating, and analyzing fractal language from the unstructured cloud to create actionable, sentiment-driven investment and trading decisions. Lauren brings 17 years of diversified financial services experience, having held executive-level roles in private equity, private debt, alternative investments, sell-side fixed income sales, and trading and sell-side equity research. She was a Casino & Gaming industry equity specialist for Telsey Advisory Group, Union Gaming group, and Buckingham Research. For the past two years, Lauren has been Managing Director and Head of Global Corporate Development, Strategy and Investor Relations for Four Wood Capital Partners, focusing on private debt origination, sourcing and servicing in the shipping vertical, oil & gas pipeline construction and varied hospitality and infrastructure investments. Lauren earned her BA in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University, her law certificate in Sports and Wagering Integrity from the University of New Hampshire School of Law and is pursuing her Master of Business Administration in Casino & Hospitality Management with a focus on Organizational Strategy at Louisiana State University Shreveport.
Alexandra Valentin
Vice President, J.P. Morgan
Alexandra Valentin is a Vice President and Client Advisor in the Miami, Florida, office of J.P. Morgan Private Bank. She helps individuals, families, and organizations manage wealth to achieve their ultimate objectives. Alexandra has more than 15 years of financial services experience, expertise in investments, banking, strategic borrowing, tax management, and estate and philanthropic planning. She has a particular skill in assisting business owners, executives, and entertainers with the issues most pertinent to them. Having worked with international clients since 2006, Alexandra is also extremely adept at helping Latin Americans transition to the United States. Before joining J.P. Morgan, Alexandra was a Financial Advisor with UBS International, where she created custom investment portfolios for domestic and international clients while building strong and ongoing relationships with them. She began her financial services career with United Capital Markets in Key Biscayne, Florida. Alexandra holds an M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from ESADE in Barcelona, Spain, and earned her B.S. in Psychology and Advertising from the University of Miami.
