Biography
Chris Montaño, CFA, is an investment and technology professional. Most recently he was a product strategist at a custom software consultancy, and before that a director of product management in an online equity analysis start-up. Prior investment roles include practice leader for Internet infrastructure investments in a $335M technology venture capital fund, and sell-side equity research in Internet and telecom infrastructure, applied technology, and MEMs and genomics. Montaño earned a master's degree in international management from Thunderbird School of Global Management, an MBA from Arizona State University, and a BS in electrical and computer engineering from the University of New Mexico.
We stand at the threshold of an era of pervasive artificial intelligence (AI) in financial services. While it’s tempting to say, “Again?” — this time really is different. Why? Because AI/machine intelligence will be rapidly deployed across financial institutions. And though this evolution is inevitable, we need to be mindful about the ethics of the undertaking. As an industry, we must work together to ensure careful and thoughtful AI integration.