Talks and guest lectures

Talks

Guest lectures and sessions on AI, crypto and careers in finance. Slides and handouts go up after each talk.

Next · Wed Oct 14, 2026 · 12:00–1:00 · Bradshaw Library, FGCU

AI: more than a chatbot

Most people meet AI as a chat window. In teaching it does far more when it can read your own material and reach your own tools. I walk through three cases from my own courses: AI as a coach that reviews my lectures, as a teaching assistant, and as a research reader working at scale. Then a live demo of how to get started.

FGCU AI Community of Practice · Dendritic Institute and the Bradshaw Library

SpeakerFGCUSlides after Oct 14Handout · 2 pp

Upcoming

Coming up in class

Oct 20, 2026FinTech roundtableStudent teams present on financial technology, and I respond as a guest panelist with the practitioner and risk-management view.FIN 4443 Financial Policy / Senior Seminar, FGCU · 10:30 AM and noonPanelistFIN 4443FGCU

Oct 29, 2026From analyst to treasurer: a career in financeMy path from analyst to treasurer, what I learned along the way, and advice for graduating seniors starting their careers in finance. Notes will follow here.FIN 4443 Financial Policy / Senior Seminar, FGCU · 3:00 PMSpeakerFIN 4443FGCU

Given

Guest lectures

Jun 18, 2026Careers and crypto, live with graduating seniorsCrypto is new plumbing for finance: where it already beats the old rails, the technology versus the tokens, and how to get hired.FIN 4443 Financial Policy / Senior Seminar, FGCU · virtualNotes · 4 ppSpeakerFIN 4443FGCU

Apr 2026Crypto conversations, springBitcoin as collateral, stablecoins as rails: how crypto behaves under stress, the regulation behind stablecoins, and the cost of a public ledger.FIN 4443 Financial Policy / Senior Seminar, FGCU · two sectionsNotes · 4 ppPanelistFIN 4443FGCU

Feb 26, 2026Blockchain in financeFrom DeFi and TradFi to just finance: settlement, DeFi as a bank written in code, stablecoins, regulation and where it goes.FIN 4443 Financial Policy / Senior Seminar, FGCU · two sectionsNotes · 4 ppModeratorFIN 4443FGCU

Feb 24, 2026From analyst to treasurerRisk is never destroyed, it only moves: swaps, securitization, market making, the buy side, and what a treasurer actually does.FIN 4443 Financial Policy / Senior Seminar, FGCU · two sectionsNotes · 4 ppModeratorFIN 4443FGCU

Fall 2025Crypto conversations, fallWhat a blockchain actually changes: settlement, custody and capital, with Strategy's capital structure as the case.FIN 4443 Financial Policy / Senior Seminar, FGCU · two sectionsNotes · 4 ppPanelistFIN 4443FGCU

Inviting me to speak? I talk about AI in teaching and in finance work, crypto and digital assets for traditional finance audiences, and what careers in markets and treasury look like from the inside.

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