Speakers

Silviu Parau, Principal Product Owner, ACI Worldwide

Silviu Parau is a Principal Product Owner at ACI Worldwide, leading Payments Optimization for eCommerce. He works with merchants and PSPs to improve authorization rates and checkout performance through multi‑acquiring, intelligent retries, network tokens, merchant advice code (MAC) controls, and AI‑driven routing. Silviu focuses on turning payment analytics and behavior insights into practical, scalable actions that increase conversion and revenue.

Wesley Almeida, Product Leader, Mobile Experience Platforms at Empire Company Limited

Wesley Almeida is a senior retail product leader with more than 20 years of experience leading ecommerce, mobile commerce, loyalty, digital payments, fraud prevention, and customer experience across major Canadian retail organizations. He is currently leading mobile experience platforms for one of Canada’s major grocery retailers. His previous roles include leading ecommerce for a national Canadian consumer electronics retailer and overseeing digital payments within a major Canadian retail fuel organization.

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