Converge

BankSocial CEO, John Wingate sits down with David Chen, entrepreneur, advisor, and leader specializing in scaling businesses, building brands, and driving growth through strategic innovation and collaboration. With expertise across diverse industries—sports, esports, fashion, entertainment, tech, real estate, and finance—David partners with companies to unlock their full potential and achieve meas...

CEO of BankSocial, John Wingate sits down with R. Brad Oates, Chairman of Stone Advisors abd former NFL Player. Brad Oates is Chairman of Stone Advisors, a corporate governance advisory firm. He is a widely-respected presenter, speaker, and author on board/management corporate governance, business ethics, stakeholder capitalism, enterprise risk management, organizational leadership, corporate stra...

BankSocial COO, Becky Reed sits down with Blake Kuhre, Co-Founder and CEO of LAPS ( https://laps-inc.com/. ) Blake Barrett Kuhre is an accomplished tech startup and entertainment executive with a proven track record in monetization, strategic growth, and emerging technologies. Based in Los Angeles but a proud Texan born in San Antonio and raised in Dallas, Blake has led high-growth ventures with m...

John Wingate, CEO of BankSocial sits down with Dr. Lamont Black to talk Empowering Disruption, Wide Open Ventures, AI and the Future of Credit Unions. Dr. Lamont Black is a finance professor at DePaul University in Chicago and a recognized expert on emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and the metaverse. He recently joined Filene Research Institute a...

CEO of BankSocial Becky Reed sits down with Harvey Castro, MD, MBA to talk about healthcare, AI, innovation and the future. Harvey Castro is a physician, health care consultant, and serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in the health care industry. He can be reached on his website, harveycastromd.info, Twitter @HarveycastroMD, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. He is the author of Bing Copi...

John Wingate, CEO of BankSocial sits down with Tommy Shull to discuss Empowering Disruption in the creative production industry, Beyonce, AI and honoring the creative craft while enhancing it with AI. TOMMY SHULL, Creative, Principal of Stuck in Motion Creative first, budget-cruncher second, Tommy leads each project with the brand in mind at every step. He rose through the ranks mastering mixed-me...

BankSocial's CEO, John Wingate sits with Chad Smith, Marketing Director at ShareGain. Chad Smith is the Director of Marketing at Sharegain, bringing over 16 years of expertise in global marketing strategy, brand awareness, and customer engagement. Chad has a proven track record of helping financial professionals master the art of marketing products and services. His impressive career includes pivo...

BankSocial COO, Becky Reed sits with Caroline Willard, President and CEO of Cornerstone League. Cornerstone is a trade association that supports over 600 credit unions in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. She is also the Vice Chair of the National Advisory Board for Credit Unions for Kids.

John Wingate, CEO of BankSocial sits down with Michael Gorton, author of "Calamistunity"- 15x serial entrepreneur, Founder of Teladoc, Recuro Health, Internet Global, Palo Duro Records, Phantom Space, Back To Space, and Principal Solar.

Elizabeth Osborne sits down with Becky Reed, COO of BankSocial to speak about Empowering Disruption. Elizabeth is an experienced operations and information technology leader based in the greater Chicago area, with a solid background in the Credit Union and banking industries. With a track record of success, she has held prominent roles such as Chief Information Officer (CIO) in Community Banking a...

Becky Reed, COO of BankSocial sits down with Anne Legg, Founder and CEO of THRIVE Strategic Services. Anne Legg is a recognized, award-winning industry expert, author, educator, and member-centric data strategist who holds an MBA thesis on the credit union business model. She is the author of  Big Data/Big Climb:  A credit union playbook for leveraging data and talent to achieve rev...

Ken Hersh sits down in our Dallas studio with Lee Bratcher, President of Texas Blockchain Council and John Wingate, CEO of BankSocial. ' Ken Hersh is President and Chief Executive Officer of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, a non-partisan institution which houses the George W. Bush Library and Museum and the George W. Bush Institute. He is also Co-Founder and Advisory Partner of NGP Energy...

Becky Reed, COO of BankSocial sits down with Greg Gallant, President/CEO of WeStreet Credit Union. Greg Gallant is the President/CEO of WeStreet Credit Union ($1 billion, 57,000 members) since 2011. His passion for the Credit Union movement is the result of a 40-year career where he has been employed within trade associations, corporate credit unions, and credit unions.  These experiences hav...

This week Ronaldo Hardy of Nacuso along with Becky Reed and John Wingate of BankSocial, sit down with John Dearing of Capstone, Strategic, Inc. (Capstone). John has played a key role in the success of Capstone, Strategic, Inc. (Capstone) since 1996. The firm focuses on helping organizations grow successfully through proactive strategic growth programs. Capstone has particular expertise in assistin...

This week John Wingate, CEO of BankSocial, sits down with the legendary Jeff Pulver - Internet Pioneer of VoIP, Co-founder of Vonage and responsible for “The Pulver Order” issued by The FCC in 2004. Jeff Pulver is an American Internet entrepreneur and futurist known for his work as an innovator in the field of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Pulver's early work in VoIP with his company Free W...

Lee Bratcher of The Texas Blockchain Council and John Wingate of BankSocial sit down with Mance Harmon, CEO and Co-Founder of Hedera Hashgraph and Swirlds Inc. Mance Harmon is the co-CEO of Swirlds Labs which develops and supports the  Hedera  network, creating community and enterprise solutions. He is the Co-Founder and former CEO of Hedera Hashgraph, a platform that offers a distribute...

In this episode, we sit down with Jack Antonini, Financial Leader, Innovator and former CEO of USAA Federal Savings Bank and President and CEO of NACUSO.

In this episode, we sit down with Keith Gray, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships of The Clearing House.

How it all started. In this episode, the founding members of Converge Institute come together to introduce themselves, discuss the intersection of AI, FinTech and Blockchain plus how we empower disruption. This is how it all started, this is the genesis story. Featuring: John Wingate - CEO, BankSocial A thought leader on transformational technology, financial innovation, regulation and laws, entre...

This is where brilliant minds come together to empower disruption. Each week, we explore topics that delve into Fintech, Blockchain and AI through the lens of guests who are building the future. Brought to you by the Converge Institute - a collective of thought leaders, future thinkers and fintech enthusiasts that are at the top of their industries.