"Tech Trends To Watch" with Areiel Wolanow, MD of Finserv Experts (Bristol, UK)

Feb 27, 2019

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"Buzzwords are about the things that are coming, not the things we already have"

Joining us during a business visit to China, Areiel Wolanow is an experienced business leader and former CPA with over 25 years spent working with leading corporations, central banks and financial regulators around the world. He was one of IBM’s key thought leaders in blockchain, machine learning, and financial inclusion, a topic particularly close to his heart. Currently serving as insurance industry advisor for the UK Parliament’s working group on blockchain, his long experience enables him to shake up perceptions and provide disruptive insights borne of his work at all levels of the profession - as we'll hear in his conversation with AICPA & CIMA's Zinaida Mahmutefendic.

WE DISCUSS:

Digital transformation of business and organisational activities.
AI & RPA and whether they're really as progressive and innovative as we might think.
Tactical advantages.
Blockchain.
Financial Inclusion.
RegTech and other buzzwords - GDPR/AI.
The other IOT. Is it "Internet of Things" or "Intelligence of things"?

OUR GUEST:

A US citizen and UK permanent resident, Areiel Wolanow is the managing director of Finserv Experts. With deep experience leading large, globally distributed teams he has led programs of over 100 people through the full delivery life cycle. He's managed budgets in the tens of millions of dollars and delivered projects in over 40 countries around the globe. He is an experienced business leader with over 25 years of experience in business transformation solutions, sales, and execution. He served as one of IBM’s key thought leaders in blockchain, machine learning, and financial inclusion. Areiel has deep experience leading large, globally distributed teams; he has led programs of over 100 people through the full delivery life cycle and has managed budgets in the tens of millions of dollars.

LINKS:

Visiting the Chicago area this Spring? Join us on the ground or online for the AICPA & CIMA "CFO Conference" in Chicago this April 24-26th 2019.
Connect with Areiel via LinkedIn or Finserv Experts.
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