Capconversation

CapConversation, with Krishna Kallakuri, co-founder and CEO of diwo by Capconversation

In this episode of CapConversation, we will speak to Christian Barrera, VP of Alliances and Ecosystem, and Rabih Ramadi, Head of Financial Services for Unqork: the leading enterprise no-code application platform. Unqork enables large enterprises to build, deploy and manage complex applications faster, with higher quality, and with lower costs than conventional approaches. Together, we discuss developing performance at scale, and differentiation through technology in the asset management industry.

In this episode of CapConversation, we chat to Jesus Gorriti, Vice President of Digital Design at the Royal Bank of Canada about digital, design thinking, and all things related to it. Listen and discover: • The role of design and user experience in organizations today • The commonalities between design and everyday decision making • The different incarnations of design thinking through the 20th and 21st century • Trends in design thinking and design teams • Jesus Gorriti's journey from the video game industry to financial services.

In episode five of the CapConversation, we talk to Dr. Ionut Florescu, PhD, an award-winning Research Associate Professor of Financial Engineering and Director of the Hanlon Financial Systems Lab at Stevens Institute of Technology. Florescu, who grew up in Romania under Communist rule, shares the fascinating story of why he chose to become a high school professor of Mathematics, and how he created SHIFT (Stevens High Frequency Trading), an advanced market simulation platform that replicates the real-time, high-frequency behavior of a modern automated exchange. The platform will be a utility for Capco clients to test for algorithmic trading strategies and other software programs intended to interface directly to the market, enable predictive responses to potentially disruptive events and identify potential regulatory measures to control or monitor patterns of market activity.

In this episode of CapConversation, Capco Digital’s Nic Parmaksizian and Julian Bonnay chat with Tamer Hassan, CEO and co-founder of White Ops, a global leader in bot mitigation, bot prevention, and ad fraud protection. White Ops was co-founded by Tamer Hassan in 2012, with a goal was to preserve the integrity of the internet from the malicious bots that spread malware and propagate various forms of cybercrime. In 2016, Hassan led the takedown of 3ve, the biggest bot fraud organization to date, with the help of Google and the FBI. Previous to co-founding White Ops, Hassan founded Compel Data Technologies. Previous to this, Hassan served as a Major in the US Air Force, where he completed multiple combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan as a decorated Combat Search and Rescue helicopter pilot and Tactical Officer. In 2019, Hassan was named in Fast Company’s Annual List of the 100 Most Creative People in Business.

Capco’s Digital Innovation Labs in New York bring together best-in-class PHDs, data scientists, designers, prototyping teams and fintech to shake up the everchanging world of financial services. In this episode, we find out how the Digital Labs came to be, and what makes Nic Parmaksizian, Partner and US Head of Capco Digital, tick.

In episode two of Capconversation, we meet Dr George Calhoun, professor at Stevens Institute of Technology. Calhoun’s fascinating career journey began in the high-tech segment of the wireless communications industry in the 1980s. He is a co-founder of InterDigital Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: IDCC), where he was involved for twelve years in the pioneering development of digital cellular technology, including the first systems based on TDMA technology (the architecture underlying approximately 80 percent of today's cellular networks).

Tim Kobe, founder and CEO of Eight Inc., a creative collective and global design studio with over 200 designers and business creatives worldwide, has been at the forefront of designing new experiences for some of the most exciting brands, including Apple, Virgin, Tesla, City Bank and Coca Cola. In this launch episode of CapConversation, Kobe shares insights from over 30 years of service, along with good leadership values, design and influencers.