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Guizhou Hu is Vice President, VP, Head of Risk Analytics at RGA, where he supports global RGA underwriting initiatives and produces internal and external thought leadership pieces based on RGA's in-depth risk analytics. Before joining RGA in 2018, Guizhou served as Vice President, Chief Decision Analytics, for Gen Re and as a Senior Vice President for BioSignia Inc. Guizhou holds a medical degree from Beijing Medical University and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Cornell University. 

Taylor Pickett is a Vice President and Actuary at RGA. Taylor currently works as part of the pricing team supporting RGA's US Mortality business, serving as the actuarial subject matter expert for Underwriting Modernization. Taylor assists clients in understanding, incorporating, and evaluating the impacts of emerging underwriting programs and new sources of evidence. His responsibilities include supporting newer underwriting paradigms through program monitoring, data analysis and assumption development. Taylor has over 10 years of life reinsurance experience including roles in valuation, experience studies, research, and pricing. Taylor holds a Master of Science degree in Actuarial Science from Maryville University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Nic Puckrin is an investment expert and passionate advocate of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. He began his career in a quantitative role at Goldman Sachs, but was attracted by decentralized and permissionless finance. Nic founded Coin Bureau in 2017, which publishes independent crypto-educational content. Today, Coin Bureau operates several media assets, including the largest crypto-focused YouTube channel in the industry, with over 2.6 million subscribers.

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Ryan Hildebrand is the chief innovation officer of Bankwell.

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Vinicius Alves de Melo is a Brazilian accountant with over 14 years of experience helping small and midsized businesses improve their tax compliance, financial structure and operational efficiency. He is the CEO of Carlos Contábil, where he leads consulting projects focused on identifying fiscal risks, correcting accounting inconsistencies and strengthening internal controls. His work is especially focused on small businesses operating in high-risk environments.

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Former chief HR officer at Aflac reflects on how much — and little — the workplace has changed in the last five years.