Harvest Builders, in partnership with Product Calgary present an evening of learning, sharing, and networking with founders from Neo Financial and OneVest about the power of collaboration in disrupting the financial industry.

Kris Read, co-founder and CTO of newly minted unicorn company Neo Financial, and Nathan Di Lucca, co-founder and CTO of OneVest, will share what it was like to partner together to join their technology roadmaps in the creation of Neo Invest, the first fully-digital and actively managed investment experience that provides access to sophisticated investment solutions for all. At this event, you’ll learn about the challenges, successes, and failures throughout their journey.

Agenda:

5:45 PM MT: Doors open

6:00 PM MT: Networking & refreshments

6:30 PM MT: Speaker portion followed by Q+A

About the Speakers

Kris Read

Kris Read is the Head Of Engineering and co-founder of Neo Financial. Prior to Neo, Kris spent his early years as a developer in the Canadian startup scene, and was the CTO of the influential crypto-currency startup Vogogo. Kris has led Software Development at San Francisco startup Lottery.com, and traveled the world as a consultant for startups and tech companies. He is a published author and speaker at global conferences, including Agile and O’Reilly OSCON; Kris also holds a Master’s degree in Software Engineering and sits on an Advisory Board with MongoDB.

Nathan Di Lucca

Nathan is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of OneVest. Prior to starting OneVest, Nathan was a member of the engineering leadership team at Kudos. Before joining Kudos, he was Canadian Country Manager and VP of Engineering at SaaS provider Donesafe, and was instrumental in their North American growth and expansion. Nathan began his career at Workible and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of New South Wales.

Attending this Event:

This is a hybrid event, hosted both virtually, and in-person at Neo Financial’s Calgary headquarters located in the historic HBC Building in Downtown Calgary. To access the event, head to 7th Ave (C-Train line), and head to the door marked "Her GYMVMT" across from Brookfield Place which can be found as shown in this map. Event staff will be available at the entrance to show you to the event.

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To join this event in-person, you can register through this event page to receive more information on directions to the venue. To join this event virtually, visit the virtual event page HERE to register.