Randall E. Duran is a senior lecturer at Singapore Management University and also teaches courses in NYU Stern's MS in Fintech program. Randall was formerly CEO of Catena Technologies, an Asia-based Fintech company that he founded and which was acquired by S&P Global. He also served as Chief Information Officer at 1st Financial Bank USA. For over three decades, Randall has worked with financial institutions in the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. He is the author of the textbook "Financial Services Technology: TradFi, Fintech, and DeFi" and co-author of "Regulation of Fintech in Asia-Pacific". Randall holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.).