Keynote
A tailored talk that gives the room a new lens on what is reshaping payments, and one decision they should not postpone.
Keynote inquirySPEAKER · MODERATOR · PAYMENTS OPERATOR
Make the payments conversation useful for the people in the room.
I turn infrastructure, AI, and strategy into a point of view your audience can use the same week. Operator experience. No recycled fintech TED talk.
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33K+ LinkedIn followers · 8K+ Substack subscribers
20+ speaking engagements each year
LIVE FROM THE STAGE
PAYMENTS · PEOPLE · PROGRESS
PAYMENTS · PEOPLE · PROGRESS
CONFERENCE STAGES
01 / THE POINT
Not another generic
fintech talk.
Your audience already knows payments are changing. They need someone who can make sense of the change, and make it matter to the people in the room.
I connect infrastructure and impact, innovation and adoption, strategy and the humans responsible for making it real.
Start a conversation
01
The room changes
when the story lands.
02 / THE FORMAT
One speaker.
Three ways in.
Pick the format that fits the agenda. The job is the same: a sharper conversation and an audience that leaves with something useful.
Panelist
A candid operator voice who makes complex points land without losing nuance, and keeps the panel from drifting into product pitches.
Panelist inquiryModerator
A prepared guide who gets past surface answers, protects the audience's time, and leaves a conversation people still talk about in the hallway.
Moderator inquirySELECTED ROOMS
Payments companies and teams I have worked with.
03 / THE CONVERSATION
What should your audience be thinking about next?
Every talk is shaped around your moment. These are the territories I return to most.
Discuss your brief01
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How intelligent agents are changing discovery, decision-making, and checkout.
02
Stablecoin Infrastructure
What stablecoins mean for rails, risk models, and global payments.
03
Modern Acquiring & Legacy Transformation
The practical path from inherited complexity to a more resilient stack.
04
Payments Strategy for the Future
The choices leaders need to make now to stay relevant.
05
Applying Artificial Intelligence in Payments
Learnings from 20+ years as a Data Scientist in Payments.
THE DIFFERENCE
Smart enough for the experts. Clear enough for everyone.
I work in the space I speak about. That means I can go deep with specialists, then bring the whole room with me.
“Dwayne has a rare ability to make the complicated feel clear, and the important feel urgent.”Event partner
04 / HOW IT WORKS
Easy to book.
Hard to forget.
From first brief to final applause, I make the process simple for the people behind the event.
01
Brief
Align on your audience, objective, format, and the one thing you want people to remember.
02
Build
Shape the talk or conversation around your event, not a recycled deck.
03
Deliver
Deliver a confident, considered session that respects the room and raises the bar.
