Melissa Lanza Alvarez

Melissa Lanza Alvarez is an accomplished program manager with extensive experience in the banking and financial services sector. Currently, at Temenos since November 2019, Melissa leads the first buy now pay later (BNPL) implementation with Transact, managing global rollouts, multiple work streams, contract negotiations, and customer expectations. Prior expertise includes serving as Delivery Manager for Latin America at SOFGEN, focusing on strategic corporate projects and project management. From April 1998 to November 2016, Melissa held multiple roles at Grupo Financiero Ficohsa, including Regional Vice President for Retail Banking and Project Manager for Mergers and Acquisitions, where responsibilities encompassed overseeing core banking system implementations and developing retail banking strategies. Melissa holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Banking and Financial Support Services from Universidad Católica de Honduras and a Bachelor of Science from Elvel School.