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William Hockey

Title: Co-Founder and CEO Company: Column

William Co-Founded Plaid in 2012 and served as its Chief Technology Officer and President before stepping down in 2019, staying on as a board member. He later bought Northern California National Bank and rebuilt its technology from scratch, launching it with his wife Annie in 2022 as Column – which now counts Brex and Mercury among its customers.

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Erkin Adylov

Title: Founder and CEO Company: Behavox

Serving as Founder and CEO of Behavox, Erkin has redefined compliance technology across the global financial sector. Since launching in 2014, he has pioneered AI-driven communications surveillance, empowering major financial institutions, banks and hedge funds to proactively detect illegal behaviour, mitigate operational risk and meet strict regulatory standards through scalable internal data insights.

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