Unbounded: Talks on Growth in Financial Services

Ioan Iacob: Is Software the Next Sustainability Crisis?

We welcome Ioan Iacob [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ioaniacob/], the Founder & CEO of FLOWX.ai [https://www.flowx.ai/] to Unbounded Talks [https://unbounded.flowx.ai/] to share his knowledge on unlocking technology in an era of spiraling costs, software complexity and failures at an all time high.  Software has become an ingrained part of not just business - but the very fabric of human life on earth today, and has been fueling a radical transformation of our society. Supporting the exponentially growing scale and complexity of today's businesses. Between legacy technology challenges of scalability and extensibility, inflexible closed solutions, security threats, and the scarcity of talent - sustainability of software development has become a topic of growing concern.  Enabling better software is a vital topic for our civilization, as it has a profound impact beyond just technology.

Walter Obermeier: Tailoring solutions to the market fit with fewer investments and fast adaptations

We welcome Walter Obermeier [https://www.linkedin.com/in/walterobermeier/], our growth guru back to Unbounded Talks [https://unbounded.flowx.ai/] to share his knowledge on unlocking technology in the enterprise, speed and agility of banks, Cloud integration and how we can get financial services firms to perform better, grow faster, and move with agility and speed.   to talk to us about and celebrate his new role as Chief Revenue Officer overseeing sales and marketing and playing a key role in future growth with FlowX [https://www.flowx.ai/]. He’s a firm believer that the most important thing to support your clients and customers is moving at their speed. Because customers need a decision today and you need to be fast and adaptive and help your customers achieve their goals.

Marius Istrate: Technology and teamwork: two ingredients for growth

Marius Istrate [https://www.linkedin.com/in/marius-istrate-b8ab0566/] is an advisor and investor in tech startups that wish to go global as well as partnering with venture capital firms to help accelerate their portfolio's growth. He was Chief People Officer at UiPath [https://www.linkedin.com/company/uipath/] between 2017 - 2020, setting up and running the company's people and talent function during its rapid growth from 100 to 3,000 employees across the globe and from 4 to more than 50 offices worldwide.  Before his role at UiPath [https://www.linkedin.com/company/uipath/], he was the CEO of SkillValue [https://www.linkedin.com/company/skillvalue/], and today he is sharing his experience and knowledge to help build great teams and get out of their way.

Radu Georgescu: How to discover and develop your digital product

Radu Georgescu is a serial entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist with over 30 years of experience founding and developing software, Internet, and eCommerce companies. He managed successful exits including the acquisition of RAV antivirus technology by Microsoft, ePayment business by Naspers, Avangate [https://www.linkedin.com/company/2checkout/] by Francisco Partners and Vectorwatch [https://www.linkedin.com/company/vector-watch/] technology by Fitbit. He’s a big believer in trying things out, experimenting and never being afraid to fail.  He’s a Board Director and Adviser to several start-ups and mature technology companies, including the TechEquity Crowdfunding Seedblink [https://www.linkedin.com/company/seedblink/].

Padma Chukka: Compete With Yourself = Successful Outcomes for Customers

“For every project initiative, I create a strategy with an optimal outcome in mind—whether customer experience or operational efficiency—before moving on to successful execution.” Padma Chukka It's in Padma’s [https://www.linkedin.com/in/padmachukka/] nature to question the status quo, because she values efficiency. Don't you? It started at the beginning of her career as a software engineer. Managing the IBM [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ibm/] Recipe by Context project's development and deployment in a 300mm chip facility, decreasing the recipe creation from 17 hours to 13 minutes. She loves to compete with herself more than with her competitors, knowing that she doesn’t have to limit her boundaries. So far, she has been capable of anything she sets her mind to yet is hungry to push her horizons. She strolled through six continents, went to Punta Arenas [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punta_Arenas], the city at the end of the world, and longingly looked at the seventh continent that she wants to set foot on one day.  She is a mentor, protégée, and not afraid to claim herself a feminist. Her passion project is diversity and inclusion. It led to creating the inaugural IBM program plus mentoring of students and female entrepreneurs. She believes that she is made up of bits of all the people that she has met, and she is currently leading the world's first Financial Services Cloud Ecosystem for IBM [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ibm/].