John Sweeney is the CEO of Praxis Solutions, a tech enabled services firm that provides consulting, AI software development and implementation and integration for financial services clients. Praxis’ tagline, Think. Make. Do. Is derived from Aristotle and is rooted in the philosophy of putting theory into action. Artificial Intelligence must have a business benefit, I’ll totally. It’s a tool to achieve business results and deliver return of investment. Prior to joining Praxis, John was the founder and managing partner of Momentum CapitalPartners, LLC, providing consulting and advisory services to global financial services firms, FinTech startups and private equity firms. John’s expertise sits at intersection of investments, payments and technology and he has led the blockchain and digital assets business of a large global bank, where he led development, product and sales teams on three continents, built out Banking as a Service offering for a global investment bank, and worked for FinTechs, asset managers and large wealth management firms. John was previously the Chief Operating Officer of Osprey Funds, an investment manager that built tradable investment products on top of digital assets and NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Before joining Osprey, John was the Head of Wealth and Asset Management at Figure Technologies, a San Francisco-based FinTech unicorn building Business to Consumer (B2C) financial products on top of a Business to Business (B2B) blockchain called Provenance. John led the development of a blockchain based fund administration platform providing client registry, a transaction ledger and a digital exchange for private funds. John spent 18 years at Fidelity Investments as an Executive Vice President and the head of the managed accounts business, the trust bank, the retirement planning and portfolio construction tools and as head of mutual fund product management. He and his team built the firm’s first Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), first retail Separately Managed Account (SMA) and first Unified Managed Account (UMA). John has testified in front of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and the Department of Labor, was elected the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Money Management Institute, and is the co-founder of the Blockchain Finance Forum, a public MMI community bringing together blockchain innovators and the financial services industry. John spent his early career at American Express, is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and received his MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management where he was elected President of his class.