Bank Innovation is pleased to announce that Michael Demissie, head of advanced digital solutions at BNY Mellon, will speak at the Banking Automation Summit, a virtual conference on Nov. 9-10 that is designed to provide industry professionals with insights and best practices to automate bank functions.  

Register for the event here.

Demissie joined the bank last year and leads its efforts in machine learning, artificial intelligence and automation. Before joining BNY Mellon, Demissie spent more than seven years at State Street, where he rose to senior vice president of business transformation for lean, robotics and AI. Prior to State Street, he worked at Booz & Company as an engagement manager for almost four years.

Demissie is speaking on the conference’s opening panel, “The state of banking automation in the wake of COVID-19.” The session will dive into trends in automation investment and assessing the level of automation in banks today.

The BAS agenda highlights crucial industry topics, such as best practices for project implementation, automation successes and failures, and new developments in robotic process automation. BAS speakers come from Truist, PNC, Wells Fargo and Discover, among others.