Bentley Bootcamp — Day-Of Cheat Sheet

Schedule

12:00 Registration & Networking Lunch

1:00 Keynote #1 — Patrick O'Meara (Inveniam)

1:30 Panel 1 — Stablecoins, Tokenized Assets (Beck moderates)

2:30 Keynote #2 — Guillermo Fernandes (LedgerLink)

3:00 Panel 2 — Tokenizing Finance (Nic Saliou moderates)

4:00 Roundtable Sessions (20 tables)

5:30 Research Competition Awards ($1,500)

6:00 Closing Networking Reception

Fresh Intel (Gemini Deep Research, Mar 30)

O'Meara: Inveniam+MEASA merged Feb 12. MANTRA L1. Agentic summit Abu Dhabi.

Geller/Allium: $16.5M Series A (Mar 2026). Lazarus Group $400M forensics.

Catalini: Forbes "Babysitting the Internet" (Mar 18). UMA for AI agent payments.

Vigneault: Web3 Security 2026 report. "Red Queen Effect." Mempool simulation detection.

Fernandes: Now VP AI at LedgerLink. 2B+ blockchain transactions screened via graph DBs.

Ian Cain #1 Priority

QUBIC Labs Chairman • Quincy Council President • BBW 2026 (Sep 8–10) • Dealroom July

"Ian, the 'Digital Infrastructure Stack' theme for BBW 2026 maps directly to what we're building. And I want in on Dealroom."

Dealroom app (opens July, 25 founders) BBW Sep 8–10 speaking slot Quincy blockchain bond status

Patrick O'Meara #2 Keynote

CEO, Inveniam Capital (MEASA merger Feb 12, $700B) • MANTRA L1 chain • Keynote #1

"Patrick, the Inveniam + MEASA merger and launching on MANTRA L1 — that's the full stack for private asset provenance. We're building the cognitive equivalent."

UCW = cognitive provenance like his Proof of Origin Agentic summit Abu Dhabi — express interest Ask about agentic asset surveillance

Christian Catalini #3 Canadian

CSO, Lightspark • Forbes “Babysitting the Internet” (Mar 18) • UMA for AI agents • Canadian

"Christian, your Forbes piece arguing verification — not intelligence — is the binding constraint completely resonates. How does UMA fit when AI agents need autonomous cross-border settlement?"

Forbes Mar 18 + MIT paper (Measurability Gap) UMA + UCW convergence Canadian connection (Windsor) Cross River + Revolut partnerships

Xiao-Yang Liu #4 Tech Match

SecureFinAI Lab, Columbia • FinRL/FinGPT/FinAgents • Mar 2026: LLM+RL crypto paper

"Your March paper using LLM sentiment embeddings with Alpha101 for crypto trading — that's the exact agent class that needs sovereign data provenance."

FinAgents production + UCW provenance FinRpt multi-agent benchmark IEEE IDS 2026 SecureFinAI track MCP tooling collab

Jason Gurandiano #5 Banker

US Head Tech IB & Global FinTech IB, RBC • McGill • “Reformation year” thesis • Canadian

"Jason, your podcast framing 2026 as a reformation year driven by AI's deflationary power — how does that reshape fintech M&A from RBC's vantage?"

AI agent infra as M&A category Father Jay — Canadian entrepreneurship Intro for Muskan (IB path)

Your 10-Sec Intro

"I'm Dico Angelo, from Windsor, Ontario — 3+ years in the blockchain space across Detroit, Toronto, and Miami. I build sovereign AI systems with blockchain forensics and ZKP — 900K+ lines of code. Previously $0→$30M+ cloud marketplace at Contentsquare. I mentor 3 MFTH students and I'm looking for my next role at the intersection of AI and blockchain."

Career Positioning

"I operate between technology, processes, and people."

I build the systems (900K LOC, 58 AI tools, CRM architecture across 6 platforms), design the processes (deal registration, multi-agent orchestration, stage gating), and coordinate the people (global teams across 3 regions, cloud provider reps, devs, stakeholders, customers). Most BD people can't write code. Most engineers can't work a room. I do both.

When someone asks "what are you looking for"

"Technical partnerships, solutions architecture, or developer relations at a company in this ecosystem. I know how to build the partner machine from scratch — $0 to $30M at enterprise scale. I also write Python every day. I want to do both in blockchain/fintech."

Target role types

Technical Partnerships Solutions Architect Technical BD Developer Relations Partner Ops + Automation

Who to ask about roles tomorrow

• Ian Cain — "Which portfolio companies need someone who builds ops from zero?"

• Aaron Geller — Peer conversation. He scaled QuickNode/DigitalOcean same way you scaled Contentsquare

• Cristina Palladino (Wolf) — "What skill gap does your team have that you can't find on LinkedIn?"

• Claire Verville (M&T) — "What does the Innovation office need that isn't a director-level hire?"

• Lucas Timberlake — "Do Sandbox companies need ops leads who also write code?"

• Rob / Sarah Biller — "Who in this ecosystem needs someone who builds partner ops from scratch?"

Hot lead: Circle Senior Associate, Partner Marketing ($172-222K) — on MFTH Job Board. Apply + mention MFTH mentor status.

Mentee Quick Cards

Chelsie Santos

FinSight Intelligence CEO • URI Finance + Biz Analytics • Arrives ~4:30 PM from Providence

Built AI Bloomberg alternative ($30/mo, 50+ users). Coded it herself. Pitch winner. Live demo: finsight-intelligence.streamlit.app

Intro her to: Liu (FinAgents), Catalini (verification), Cain (Dealroom), Timberlake (data residency)

Personal: Mother blind from medication → AI glasses moonshot. Husband autism → VR finance education. SEG Accelerator.

Osama Thara

MSc Business Analytics @ WNEU • ex-BAT ($3.5M territory) • ex-Salesflo CS Lead • Driving from Springfield

3,000+ retail accounts, 18% MoM growth, first 100% digitized area nationally. NLP coursework. Python/R/SQL/Power BI.

Intro him to: Geller (Allium data roles), Fernandes (CS in fintech), Fidelity roundtable (Boston analyst roles)

Night owl like you. Business/sales depth + NLP = strong combo. Cross-play: help Chelsie with GTM, she gives him GitHub projects.

Muskan Ansari NOT ATTENDING

Babson • Answer AI investor • ex-Morgan Stanley, JLL • M&A Analyst at RoadOne • Private pilot

Most commercially sophisticated mentee. Bloomberg/CapIQ trainer. $8M endowment analyst. VC ecosystem fluent.

Proxy: collect contacts for post-event intros → Timberlake (VC), Fogel (crypto VC), Gurandiano (RBC IB)

Needs visa sponsorship. Goal: 2 yrs fintech then founder. Can advise Chelsie on VC pitching & Osama on Boston roles.

Roundtables (4:00–5:30 PM)

Tier 1 — Enterprise

M&T Bank

Claire Verville (SVP Ventures) • Layer-2 ZK-rollup + Amperity AI • Open Innovation Advisor role

“How are you bridging on-chain tokenized deposits with off-chain behavioral profiles?”

Wolf & Company

Cristina Palladino • Blockchain assurance & SOC reporting • Hiring Dir. Blockchain Tech ($165-190K, TN eligible)

“How are you resolving data ingestion bottlenecks auditing high-frequency L2 tokenized assets?”

Tier 2 — Funding & Validation

MA>AI / MassTech

Pat Larkin • $100M AI Grand Challenge • Non-dilutive grants • Your MFTH mentor status = credibility

“How is the AI Hub supporting sovereign infrastructure that prevents IP leakage to hyperscalers?”

Visible Hands VC

Yasmin Cruz Ferrine (GP, Babson) • Pre-seed $25K-$150K • Your profile fits their thesis exactly

Go for DIRECT equity, not fellowship. Lead with $0→$30M scaling + 900K LOC + TN eligible.

Reading Cooperative Bank

Julieann Thurlow (CEO, MFTH Co-Chair) • CHUCK payment rail • Gateway to Alloy Labs Alliance

“How is Reading Cooperative leveraging open-loop payment data without overwhelming core infra?”

Tier 3 — Channel & Community

BBA Lynne Marlor • 3,500 members • Validator

Payments Advisory Anthony Serio • ISO 20022 • Channel partner

Fintech Women Jagathi Gururajan • Intro Muskan post-event

Strategic Connections at Roundtables

1. Wolf & Co → Cristina Palladino → Dir. Blockchain Assurance ($165-190K). “I saw the posting — 900K LOC in blockchain forensics.”

2. M&T Bank → Claire Verville → Innovation Advisor. “$0→$30M cloud partnerships + AI agent infra.” They sponsor (111 H-1B, 100% approved).

3. State Street → Digital Assets PM Lead ($170-268K). Ask anyone from State Street.

4. Circle (76 roles) • Flywire Dir. Product ($190-250K+eq) • Fidelity FCAT digital assets

TN visa = immediate start, no lottery, no wait. Employer just files a letter.

Remember

✓ Lead with THEIR work, not yours. Ask about what they just shipped.

✓ UCW pitch: "Same integrity problem O'Meara solves for assets, we solve for AI." Blockchain background if relevant.

✓ Contentsquare proof: "$0 → $30M, $800M+ TCV, 2x Microsoft POTY, 2,500 deals at 97%"

✓ You're a MENTOR — your mentees' success reflects on you. Walk the floor WITH them.

✓ Chelsie arrives ~4:30 PM. Osama driving from Springfield (~1.5 hrs).

✓ Muskan can't attend — collect contacts for her. She wants Timberlake + Fogel + Gurandiano.

✓ You're also looking for work — mention it naturally. TN visa eligible, based in TX. Wolf & Co hiring Dir. Blockchain ($165-190K). M&T has Innovation Advisor role.

✓ KEY DATES: Dealroom July 27 (Cain) • Demo Day Apr 28 (Timberlake) • BBW Sept 8-10 (Cain)

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