Brad Bava is the Senior Vice President, Marketing Services Group at Arizent, leading the media and conference sales team across the business. He is focused on connecting our marketing services clients with our audiences through valuable experience that build strong relationships.

Brad joined Arizent in 2017, helping industry-leading brands like IBM, OneSpan, Tata Consultancy, and Temenos connect with our banking community. Brad then became the publisher of American Banker and National Mortgage News before being tapped to lead sales across our seven communities. Prior to Arizent, Brad spent 10 years at IKON Office Solutions where his outstanding sales performance was recognized with four straight President’s Circle awards. His successes culminated in his leadership of the NYC market across sales and operations. 

Brad is an accomplished athlete and coach.  He leads several youth athletic programs across a variety of sports and spends much of his free time mentoring the athletes in those programs. He graduated from Montclair State University with a B.A. in History.

Holly Sraeel is Arizent’s Senior Vice President of Strategy and Content, Live Media, leading content creation and innovation for the events portfolio and introducing new multimedia and invitation-only experiences for senior executives that drive critical conversations and action around corporate strategy, innovation and financial performance. She is part of the company’s operational leadership team and is focused on developing cross-platform programming that creates higher levels of engagement for subscribers, community participants and partners across the company’s brands, including American Banker, The Bond Buyer, National Mortgage News, Accounting Today, Digital Insurance, Financial Planning and Employee Benefits News.

Sraeel is an award-winning editorial director, media executive and content strategist with expertise in developing influential content, communities, and events for C-level executives in the banking and financial services, insurance, and technology industries. Prior to joining Arizent, she held several content leadership and strategist roles, including for B2B media consultancy New York Ventures, capital markets management consultancy Opimas, Oxford University-incubated startup Wise Responder, and as cofounder of Genesys Partners’ Agility First Forum.

This new role marks a return to the company for Sraeel. In her previous 12-year run, she was a member of the executive team and was pivotal in driving new cross-platform editorial, events and business innovation as SVP of Brand Management; Group Editorial Director of Banking and Technology magazines; and Founder, President and Editorial Director of The Most Powerful Women in Banking,™ the company’s first-ever, community-based media platform, now part of Arizent’s flagship American Banker.

Sraeel is an early honors graduate of Marist College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and a concentration in journalism.

Jon Moore is Arizent’s Executive Vice President of Events and Live Media, leading the company’s portfolio of world-class events.  The portfolio consists of 20+ events across top brands including American Banker, Bond Buyer, National Mortgage News, Accounting Today, Financial Planning and Employee Benefits News. He is also part of the company’s Executive leadership team.

Previously, Jon served as EVP of Events for Bonnier corp. He has also held leadership roles at Summit Business Media, Family Media and Source Media.  He has had the opportunity to run events of all sizes across a wide spectrum of content and has operated events in North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. 

Jon holds a BA from SUNY Plattsburgh and lives with his wife and two daughters in Long Island NY.

Amy Young is an Industry Advisor in Microsoft’s Worldwide FSI team, where her mandate is to help the firm’s largest Wealth & Asset Management clients realize the benefits of digital transformation. She has a 30-year career spanning equity research, corporate strategy and management consulting across the financial services, retail and energy industries. Amy holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, a BA in English from the University of Toronto and is a CFA Charterholder. She also chairs the Fintech Committee at CFA Society New York.

William Trout serves as Director of the Securities and Investments practice at Datos Insights, focusing on technology strategy and innovation in the capital markets. He has particular expertise in platform automation; data capture, storage and analytics; and portfolio management and optimization. Within the wealth and asset management arena, his interests include investment advisory and wholesaling and distribution services, as well as private banking and trust.

Will’s research and consulting work is informed by more than more than two decades of industry experience. Prior to joining Datos Insights, Will led wealth and asset management in the U.S. and the U.K. at Celent, a division of Oliver Wyman, before launching separate advisor- and investor-focused research practices at Javelin Strategy & Research. Prior to those roles, Will spent many years in product and segment management at BBVA Compass, where he helped guide the introduction of a pioneering managed-accounts platform and the expansion of banking and investments services targeting high-net-worth and institutional investors.

An authority on digital advice delivery, Will has been widely quoted in the trade press as well as in publications such as the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal. He is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences and gatherings. In his spare time, Will is an avid runner and reader of history.

Will holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College.

Susan Theder is the Chief Marketing and Experience Officer at FMG and a member of the company’s Senior Leadership Team. Susan places an emphasis on the importance of customer-focused strategies that use data and technology to deliver personalized and customized experiences that wow.

She has a passion for helping financial professionals grow and market their businesses and is an active supporter of women and diversity initiatives. She was named CMO of the year by WealthManagement.com and a Women to Watch by Investment News.

Before joining FMG, Susan served as Chief Marketing Officer at both Advisor Group and Cetera Financial Group, where she was responsible for all aspects of marketing and advisor marketing. Before that, she was a Managing Director at Pershing/BNY Mellon and held senior positions in marketing, product management, and practice management at Fidelity Investments.

Geoff leads a team of technology experts focused on delivering secure systems that drive operational excellence for Valmark and its member offices. His team was recognized as a finalist for the Northeast Ohio Tech Team of the Year by the Greater Cleveland Partnership. He is a frequent panelist at industry events such as the Barron’s 100 Summit, Financial Services Institute, Industry Roundtables, and Box.com Works. Most recently, he was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Northeast Ohio CIO Forum. Geoff brings a forward-thinking approach to technology leadership in the financial services space.