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Open Source in Finance Podcast: Karl Moll, Technical Project Advocate, FINOS

December 19, 2023

In this episode of the podcast, Grizz sits down with Karl Moll, the newest addition to the FINOS team! Karl is the FINOS Technical Project Advocate, and will play a huge role in the FINOS Community in 2024. We sit down and talk about his developer journey, from poli-sci, to computer sci, to Mozilla, to Symphony, and now FINOS - open source vs closed source - and set ourselves up for having more discussions in 2024 together, and with some great guests!

Open Source in Finance Podcast: Alex Lakatos - CTO at The Interledger Foundation

December 07, 2023

In this episode of the podcast, Grizz sits down with Alex Lakatos - CTO at The Interledger Foundation (a new Associate Member of FINOS). We talk about Alex's developer / devrel journey, the Interledger Foundaiton, payments, open source, hackathons, and how to get out of trouble in Hungarian.

Open Source in Finance Podcast: Hackathons, Open Source, Finance? Oh My! - Jon Gottfried, Major League Hacking

In this episode of the podcast, Grizz sits down with Jon Gottfried, Co-Founder of Major League Hacking. They talk about hackathons in finance, and developer/engineering talent, from both the individual and hiring manager perspectives.

Open Source in Finance Podcast: The CDM - Adrian Dale - ISLA, David Shone - ISDA, Jane Gavronsky - FINOS

In this episode of the podcast, our FINOS COO, Jane Gavronsky sits down with Adrian Dale of ISLA and David Shone of ISDA to discuss the associations contribution and backing of the FINOS CDM, Common Domain Model to the FINOS open source community.

Open Source in Finance Podcast: Emerging Technologies, The Spatial Computing Panel - Peter Smulovics, Morgan Stanley

September 12, 2023

In this episode of the podcast, Grizz sits down with Peter Smulovics, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley about.. well, just about everything. We hit his developer journey, metaverse, XR, spatial computing, Big Boost Mondays, autism hackathons, and painting fences.

He is currently Executive Director for Windows and .NET develop practices and spatial computing and metaverse development practices at Morgan Stanley, and co-chair for Open Source Readiness (https://osr.finos.org) and Emerging Technologies (https://zenith.finos.org) at The Linux Foundation / FINOS.

He will be speaking at the Open Source in Finance Forum on November 1st in New York: ⁠⁠https://sched.co/1PzH7

Open Source in Finance Podcast: Enabling Real Time Regulatory Compliance with Kafka Streams and Morphir - Anna McDonald, Technical Voice of the Customer, Confluent

September 01, 2023

In this episode of the podcast, Grizz sits down with Anna McDonald, Technical Voice of the Customer at Confluent to talk about her OSFF talk: "Enabling Real Time Regulatory Compliance with Kafka Streams and Morphir". We talk about Kafka Streams, Morphir, Open Regulation, and what it's like to figure out your passion for coding at 5 years old.

She will be speaking at the Open Source in Finance Forum on November 1st in New York: ⁠⁠https://sched.co/1PzH7⁠⁠

Open Source in Finance Podcast: Data-Driven Decisions: Uncovering the Key Metrics Shaping Success in OSS - Brian Douglas, CEO, OpenSauced

In this episode of the podcast, Grizz sits down with Brian Douglas, CEO, of OpenSauced to talk about his OSFF talk: "Data-Driven Decisions: Uncovering the Key Metrics Shaping Success in OSS". We talk about his developer evangelist journey, open source project analytics, accessing talent, and a little Steph Curry.

He will be speaking at the Open Source in Finance Forum on November 1st in New York: ⁠https://sched.co/1PzGI

Open Source in Finance Podcast: Cloud Financial Management Strategy - Varsha Sundar, VP Cloud FinOps, Chubb

In this episode of the podcast, Grizz sits down with Varsha Sundar, VP of Cloud FinOps at Chubb Insurance to talk about her OSFF talk: "Cloud Financial Management Strategy". We talk about her journey, what FInOps is, and why it's important.

She will be speaking at the Open Source in Finance Forum on November 1st in New York.

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