Career advice and industry news for the Irish FinTech & financial services industry.
Your Pursuit Of Happiness
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Career advice and industry news for the Irish FinTech & financial services industry.
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Recent Episodes
March 10, 2023
Episode 61 - Alejandro Gutierrez - Defactor & Defactor Labs
Alejandro is Co-Founder of Defactor and CEO of Defactor Labs – who this week are launching Europe’s first institutional grade DeFi product. A well known figure in Blockchain and Web3 in Ireland (and Globally), we speak about all things from moving from engineering, to supply chain to Web3 via Sydney to Dublin. Alejandro shares insights on what the market wants and where the ecosystem is going as well as advice on getting into Web3. 0:30 – Intros and Alejandro’s background 2:50 – Getting into blockchain for the first time 4:20 – What difference does blockchain make in the supply chain process? 5:50 – Further down the blockchain rabbit hole with the Happy Pear 7:20 – Co-Founding Consol Freight 9:30 – Pilot with Maker DAO 10:50 – The concept of Defactor – spotting a market gap 11:40 – What do Defactor do? 14:00 – Growth strategy 15:20 – What has the Defactor journey been like so far? 16:50 – Regulation & compliance being a commercial advantage 17:40 – Being regulated doesn’t equal safe 18:20 – FTX and it’s impact on DeFi and the opportunity it creates for real world assets 20:00 – Where next for Defactor? 20:30 – Alejandro’s view on Web3 in Ireland 22:50 – Interest in blockchain and opportunities from the TechWreck 24:50 – The next evolution of Web3 26:40 – The range within Web3 and how to look at Web3 projects 24:30 – New skills in demand in Web3 28:35 – Advice for someone thinking of getting into Web3 Defactor: https://defactor.com/ Alejandro: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-gutierrez-98979b43/ Hackathon: https://www.ethdublin.io/
March 3, 2023
Episode60 - Andrew Quinn - PAT Business School
Delighted to have Andrew Quinn back on the show for a second time. Andrew talks about how he went from bringing down Lehman Brothers 😉, before skipping off to the Bahamas, to education. Andrew has been a long time friend of Top Tier Recruitment and a real pleasure to hear his back story and his passion for what he does today supporting the Compliance & Risk industry in Ireland. 1:00 – Andrew’s background and how he went from trading to academia! 4:00 – Making a positive contribution to society 5:50 – What do you do now with PAT Business School 10:00 – Compliance by Design and how technology is changing things – including ChatGPT 11:00 – Embracing technology 11:45 – What is going to be important to know if you are in compliance and risk over the next few years? 14:20 – Will technology make compliance more strategic? 15:30 – Ireland & the EUs high standards in risk & compliance 16:30 – What has changed from 2007 to today when hiring in Risk & Compliance – is Compliance becoming more commercial? 19:30 – Speed to market & compliance 20:00 – From FinTech to Blockchain 23:15 – New avenues for Compliance & Risk professionals? 26:00 – Compliance in Crypto 27:50 – Find out more Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewquinn3/ PAT FinTech - https://pat.edu.eu/fintech/
February 24, 2023
Episode 59 - Sara Jane Kenny - Web3
Sara Jane, at 18 years of age, is probably one of the best known people in and around the Web3 space in Ireland… and beyond. For anyone who want’s to get into Web3 (or any industry for that matter), this podcast is for you. Sara Jane has had her own start up, worked with Mel Ventures, Sors, Algorand, Unbanx and invests in Crypto and Web3 projects – we chat about everything from crypto to taking risks to get what you want. 1:00 – Tell us about your background and how you got into Web3 & Blockchain 7:00 – You don’t need to be from a tech background to get into Web3 9:00 – Attempted career recap! 10:20 – How to get into Web3 & Blockchain 12:45 – Networking in Web3 in Ireland 13:45 – Always upskill! 15:00 – Non technology roles in Web3 & Blockchain 16:45 – Advice for getting into Web3 & Blockchain 18:30 – Is Web3 more about the person than the skills? Don’t forget to connect with Sara Jane! LinkedIn: Sara Jane Kenny Twitter: https://twitter.com/ganainmtech
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