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Sergey Savastiouk, CEO and Founder of Tickeron Aug 04, 2021

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In our latest episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Sergey Savastiouk, the CEO and founder of Tickeron, an artificial and human intelligence platform delivering unparalleled trading insights and analysis for market traders. Sergey is a thought leader in financial technology, specializing in artificial intelligence. Sergey was raised in Russia and entered the AI space when he earned his Ph.D. in applied mathematics, moved to the Silicon Valley area, and began teaching at Santa Clara University. He began working with a few different startups, developed his own trading algorithms, and then founded Tickeron in 2013. He is a very successful entrepreneur and is an expert in all things AI, cryptocurrency, market trends, blockchain technology, and more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan Myint, Co-Founder of Republic Crypto Aug 01, 2021

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In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Bryan Myint, the co-founder of Republic Crypto. Republic Crypto is the first vetted, compliant, and inclusive blockchain financing and investment platform. Bryan is also a Venture Partner at Outliers Fund and Founding Partner of Taureon Capital, a digital asset hedge fund. As an investor, he has seeded early DeFi projects such as 0x Protocol, REN, and Ethlend (now AAVE). Bryan is also an active mentor and advisor to Near Protocol's Open Web Collective, Consensys' Tachyon Accelerator, Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator, and Blockchain Founders Fund.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maryanne M Morrow, CEO 9th Gear Technologies Jul 29, 2021

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In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Maryanne M Morrow, CEO of 9th Gear Technologies. Maryanne brings more than 25 years as a corporate veteran in the financial, marketing and advertising industries to her role as founder and CEO of 9th Gear Technologies where she is responsible for leading corporate strategy, scaling the company and investor relations. She is a mutual funds specialist, launching a family of funds and architecting fee-based asset management platforms for banks, broker dealers and insurance firms. Maryanne previously served as CEO of SurgeXLR, a boutique accelerator she founded that focused on a faster path to monetization. She was involved in two successful exits (to Standard & Poor’s and BNP Paribas), and also consulted on the custom content and advertising efforts of many financial firms while working at The Wall Street Journal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Li, CEO, Akulaku Jul 15, 2021

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In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with William Li, the CEO and co-founder of Akulaku, a leading financial technology company improving the quality of life in Southeast Asia through advancement of digital financial services. Akulaku offers customers a full suite of financial services, including consumer financing, e-commerce, digital investments, digital banking and insurance brokerage. Previously, William served as CEO of Silvrr E-Commerce. William holds a B.A. in Law from Tsinghua University and a M.A. in law from Washington and Lee University.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Cox, COO of Apiture Jun 23, 2021

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In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Chris Cox, the Chief Operating Officer of Apiture. Chris oversees all aspects of business operations. Previously, Chris was the General Manager of First Data’s digital banking business. He also led mobile payment product development efforts at First Data. Prior to joining First Data, Chris was a Principal Consultant at Diamond Management & Technology Consultants and a Staff Consultant at CSC Consulting. Chris has more than 20 years of experience in banking, payments, mobile commerce, product innovation, and technology strategy. Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Miami University in Ohio, and an MBA from Duke University.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean De Clercq, CEO of Kickfurther Jun 21, 2021

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In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Sean De Clercq, Founder Kickfurther. Sean founded Kickfurther when he had to deal with the inventory finance problem with a previous merchandising company. Now he's solving that problem for other entrepreneurs.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arjun Bhuptani, Founder of Connext Jun 20, 2021

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In this episode, Tegan Kline speaks with Arjun Bhuptani, one of the founders of and project lead at Connext.Connext is building a network for fast, frequent interactions between chains that is growing rapidly and is being used by top tier projects like the Graph, Polygon, and Arbitrum.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nigel Walsh, MD, Insurance at Google Cloud Jun 15, 2021

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In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Nigel Walsh, the Managing Director for Insurance at Google Cloud, responsible for leading the firm's approach to Insurance, leveraging the best in market capability from Google's Cloud proposition, addressing mission critical Insurance challenges, from claims and underwriting to leveraging the company's AI and ML know-how - driving better business outcomes. Nigel also works with the broader Alphabet companies to bring their experience and insights to partner with the existing insurance customers. Prior to this, Nigel was a Partner in Deloitte Digital where he led on a number of areas for the firm including Global Future of Insurance and InsurTech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Beecher, Matthew Beecher, CEO of Neocova Jun 13, 2021

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In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Matthew Beecher, CEO of Neocova. Matt is an entrepreneur, business-builder, and investor with a 30-year track record of success in both public and private markets. From founding and driving growth and scale in fintech and financial services to leading companies that have realized returns of $1 billion. Prior to Neocova, Beecher served as CEO of Austin-based fintech, Vault. Before Vault, Beecher was co-founder and President of Redstar Ventures, a venture capital firm that pioneered the venture studio model by taking business ideas from conception through early-stages of funding.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doug Petkanics, Founder, CEO at Livepeer Inc. Jun 10, 2021

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In this episode, Tegan Kline speaks with Doug Petkanics, the Founder and CEO at Livepeer, where he focuses on protocol research and software development. Livepeer is building an open-source video infrastructure platform, which leverages decentralization to drive down costs and meet the needs of developers building video streaming applications at scale. Prior to Livepeer, Doug was the founder and VP of Engineering at Hyperpublic (acquired by Groupon) and Wildcard.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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