Capital Markets & PropTech
Josh Stech
Sundae
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-founder and CEO of Sundae, an off-market residential marketplace serving 250,000+ investors across 40+ markets. Previously Founding Partner and VP of Business Development at Kiavi, where he helped scale the platform to one of the nation's leading private lenders before departing to launch Sundae.
AI in Real Estate
Josh Panknin
Columbia University
Director, Real Estate AI Research & Innovation
Leads Columbia's Center for AI in Business Analytics & FinTech, with research partnerships spanning JPMorgan, Deloitte, and RXR. Former Head of Credit Modeling at Deutsche Bank's CMBS desk. A leading voice on how AI is reshaping real estate underwriting, valuation, and capital markets.
PropTech & Venture
Zach Aarons
MetaProp
Co-Founder & General Partner
Co-founded MetaProp in 2015, now one of the world's leading PropTech venture funds with 175+ portfolio companies. Co-author of PropTech 101 and Adjunct Professor at Columbia GSAPP. Named PropTech Investor of the Year in 2017.
Private Lending Intelligence
Sean Morgan
Forecasa
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-founder of Forecasa, the leading data and analytics platform for the private lending industry — tracking origination volume, lender market share, and borrower relationships at the county and MSA level. Former CPA at PwC. Works with the top 50 private lenders nationally.
Macro & Portfolio Strategy
Amit Bortz
Goldman Sachs
Investment Strategy Group
Member of Goldman Sachs' Investment Strategy Group, focusing on strategic and tactical asset allocation and portfolio construction for high-net-worth families, family offices, pensions, and endowments. Previously Senior Portfolio Manager at Bessemer Trust overseeing a multi-billion dollar unconstrained cross-asset strategy. Earlier career at BlackRock, Protea Partners, and JPMorgan.