Lauren Crossett, is a Enterprise Account Executive Plaid, leading their efforts within the Wealth Vertical. Prior to her current role she was Head of Fintech at Quovo, which was acquired by Plaid. Lauren began her career in Financial Services at MassMutual and later Rebellion Research. Throughout she’s had a passion for making investing and saving more accessible and feels lucky to be a part of the Fintech community.

Hayden Pirkle is a product marketing manager at Plaid, a data network that powers the fintech tools millions of consumers rely on to live healthier financial lives. In his role, Hayden focuses on driving product adoption in the consumer payments and wealth verticals.

Previously, Hayden led the marketing efforts at Quovo, a fintech infrastructure company that was acquired by Plaid in 2019. Hayden began working in fintech on the marketing team of a Dubai-headquartered equity crowdfunding platform called Eureeca.

Prior to entering fintech, Hayden worked as a journalist in the Middle East covering politics, economics, and entrepreneurship. He is interested in open banking, the unbundling and rebundling of financial services, and payments.