Marria Rhodriquez

Marria Rhodriquez

VP, Innovation and Concept Collaboration Leader Wells Fargo

For over 20 years Marria has focused on developing customer centric financial services solutions to help individuals and companies reach their goals. Marria serves as Executive Director and focuses on patent strategy at Wells Fargo Bank. She has held leadership roles in product management, R&D, and strategy using principles of agile and design thinking to simplify and enhance the lives of customers. In 2018, Marria was inducted into the inaugural class of the Wells Fargo Inventor Hall of Fame. She holds a BS in Technical Communication (Human Centered Design and Engineering) from the University of Washington and an MBA in Marketing from Golden Gate University.

Elevating And Personalizing the Customer Journey

12:45 PM Digital Deep Dive Tables

Grab a seat at a roundtable and deep dive with your peers on a topic of interest. This is the perfect opportunity to learn how your banking peers are working through challenges and implementing strategies to support their digital efforts.

Table 1: Getting Your Innovation Ideas Across The Finish Line

Host : Marria Rhodriquez, VP Innovation and Concept Collaboration Leader, Wells Fargo

Table 2: Restructuring The Project Management Office To Accelerate Your Digital Transformation

Co-Host : Treva Oliphant, VP of Digital Banking, Allegacy Federal Credit Union

Co-Host : Beth Buffington, SVP, Director of Operations, Community West Bank

Table 3 : AI Governance: Building A Governance Strategy To Better Implement Emerging Tech And AI

Host : Diego de Aragão, SVP, Balance Sheet Management & Analytics, CitiGroup

3:20 PM Innovation Panel: Implementing Effective Innovation: Elevating the Employee Experience and Anticipating What’s Next For Customers

An agile innovation team is critical to any bank’s digital transformation. While traditional departments focus on immediate goals, a forward-looking innovation team helps identify and solve challenges five to ten years ahead.

Join a panel of innovation leaders as they share how to embed innovation into the fabric of your organization in a way that’s strategic and sustainable. Topics include:

  • Aligning the innovation roadmap with short- and long-term organizational goals.
  • Forming a team with cross-functional expertise, to help identify opportunities across the organization.
  • Working with business units to commit the relevant internal resources and time to innovation initiatives.
  • Maximizing your resources by using your current vendors as external R&D innovation partners- What have they seen and how can it work for you?

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Marria.

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