Session Presenters
Heather Eastep
Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Jeff Nowicki
Vice President of Banking
Treasury Prime
Patrick Sells
CEO & Co-founder
True Digital
Lexie Garcia
Vice President of Business Development
Bank Director
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Heather Eastep
Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Heather Eastep is a partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. Ms. Eastep’s practice focuses on corporate and regulatory representation of small to large regional and national financial institution franchises. She has counseled institutions on M&A transactions, as well as provided representation on securities offerings, capital planning and corporate restructuring. She also advises financial institutions and financial service providers on emerging regulatory and compliance issues, mostly recently related to high-risk customers and fintech opportunities. Ms. Eastep is a member of Women in Housing and Finance, Inc., Virginia Bankers Association and the American Bar Association, Banking Law committee.
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Jeff Nowicki
Vice President of Banking
Treasury Prime
Jeff Nowicki is vice president of banking at Treasury Prime. He brings over 10 years of experience helping community banks operate and thrive in today’s market while navigating their regulatory relationships and responsibilities.
Mr. Nowicki joined Treasury Prime from BankProv where he was senior vice president of deposit and product development where he built and grew programs in new markets like crypto currency and BaaS partnerships. Prior to joining BankProv, he spent 5 years at Radius Bank (acquired by LendingClub) in various roles including leading the strategic partnership and micro-to-small business lines.
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Patrick Sells
CEO & Co-founder
True Digital
Patrick Sells is CEO and co-founder of True Digital. He is an award-winning entrepreneur and thought leader with a proven track record of driving innovation and transformation in the financial services industry. Mr. Sells is dedicated to serving banks and credit unions in their journey of innovation and transformation.
Before founding True Digital Group, Mr. Sells served as the chief innovation officer at NYDIG and Quontic Bank. During his time at Quontic, he was recognized as American Banker’s Digital Banker of the Year and played a key role in creating the foundation that led to Quontic being named Forbes’ #1 Digital Bank in 2022. At NYDIG, he was responsible for the organization’s partnerships with core provider companies such as Alkami, Fiserv, FIS, Q2, NCR and Jack Henry. By interacting with nearly 1,100 financial institutions throughout his career, Mr. Sells has extensive experience in vendor management, fintech partnerships, digital transformation, banking innovation and risk management.
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Lexie Garcia
Vice President of Business Development
Bank Director
Lexie Garcia is the Vice President of Business Development at Bank Director. In this role, she provides direct assistance to corporate clients in the accounting, consulting, technology and law industries. In addition, Lexie represents Bank Director onstage while speaking at industry events, moderating panel conversations at Bank Director conferences, and hosting internal virtual events and webinars. Prior to Bank Director, Lexie worked at KeyBank as a Licensed Relationship Manager after completing Key’s Retail Management Associate program. Lexie graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor’s degree in Business.
How to Best Partner and Manage Your Tech Stack
During this session, industry leaders dive into how banks can find the right technology partner and how to structure the relationship best so it is a win for both sides. Hear what works, what doesn’t and best practices for vetting a potential partner.