I had the pleasure of meeting Sanjib Kalita, founding member of Money 2020 at the recent conference in Las Vegas. He is the Editor in Chief and previously Chief Marketing officer and has as expanded the payments community not just in the US but in Europe and Asia too.

He spoke to us about the importance of the Fintech community and what it takes to keep the conference going and enriching the industry.

It is always a pleasure to meet and chat with him. His industry experience and enthusiasm are evident. He is a fintech veteran, a leader with over two decades in the industry. Sanjib has worked for large organizations like Google, Intel and Citi in addition to startups. He has an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management, as well as bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.

Sanjib is not only an excellent technologist but also an amazing marketer. He has helped a few large financial service incumbent players in multiple sub-verticals assess market changes and launch numerous products, delivering to millions of new customers. His expertise is not limited to working with legacy technology providers but extends to working with startups, several of them with 9-figure exits.

Sanjib spoke to us about building Money 2020 from scratch and how the conference keeps ticking and expanding with careful plan, taking risks, and ensuring interesting content.

Sanjib Kalita is the CEO of Guppy, a startup democratizing credit data with blockchain technology. Guppy is his fourth startup, he helped build in the last 10 years, with the prior two having successful exits. Sanjib is a partner at Reason Inc., a marketing strategy and innovation consultancy. He is an Independent Board Member of Hotapp Blockchain, a public technology company, an advisor to MPOWER Financing, an alternative lender providing student loans for international students, and an advisor to the SXSW Accelerator.

He spoke to us about how his nearly a decade at Citibank in the credit business has led to his current startup Guppy. He brings control, quality and convenience to the credit consumers and puts them "in charge” of their data. He has a well-crafted product offering and uses blockchain and distributed ledger technology.

Sanjib is focused on building a product that gives consumers control of their data and benefiting from getting a share of use of data that they own. 

More on this at another time.