Alex Atencio, PhD, is Senior Vice President and Head of the Enterprise Project Management Office at Axos Bank, where she leads enterprise strategy execution for the bank’s most complex business and technology priorities and helps translate emerging technologies—including AI—into governed, scalable capabilities that deliver measurable business value.

With more than 20 years of leadership experience across financial services, automotive, healthcare, and life sciences, Alex has helped Fortune 500 and other complex organizations translate business strategy and emerging technology into scalable transformation, stronger execution, and measurable enterprise value. Her Doctor of Philosophy specializing in Project Management complements this cross-industry experience with a research-informed understanding of how organizations align leaders, investments, people, and technology to execute complex change.

At Axos, Alex leads the execution of complex business and technology priorities, including the bank’s efforts to move AI from experimentation toward responsible, scalable adoption. She is known for turning ambiguity into action—aligning leaders, investment decisions, operating models, and execution around measurable outcomes. Her perspective is pragmatic and business-first: innovation matters only when it improves how an organization operates, makes decisions, and creates value.