Rita Waite

Rita C. Waite (@ritacwaite) is the Head of Payments BD & Innovation at Millennium bcp, focused on the development and adoption of payments 2.0 technologies and business models. Prior, Rita was a venture investor with Juniper Networks’ Corporate Venture team, investing in AI/ Machine Learning, Cloud Services and emerging networking technologies. Rita is also the VP of West-to-West, an organization that promotes and supports Portuguese entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, and a mentor at the Founder Institute and the Alchemist Accelerator.