Wavelength Podcast Ep. 215: Bill Murphy on Innovation & Technical Debt
Bill Murphy, formerly Blackstone's CTO and now managing partner at Cresting Wave, talks technical debt, machine learning, blockchain, management strategy & more.
Wei-Shen Wong, Asia Editor, and Anthony Malakian, Editor-in-Chief of WatersTechnology, record a weekly podcast touching on the biggest stories in financial technology.
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On February 3, 2020, it was publically announced that Bill Murphy—Blackstone’s CTO for almost a decade—would be leaving the firm at the end of March. Bill rejoins the Wavelength podcast—for a record fifth time—to discuss some of the lessons he learned while working at the private equity giant, and the next phase of his career at Cresting Wave (2:00-47:00). At the backend of the podcast, Wei-Shen and Tony discuss Refinitiv’s plans going forward after the launch of Workspace (47:30-end).
3:30 Bill discusses his decision to join Cresting Wave.
7:15 For those who have fared well during the pandemic, what went right?
10:30 What are the dangers of making knee-jerk tech decisions to answer Covid-related needs?
13:30 When it comes to the buy v. build debate, are banks more wary of taking the lead on moonshot projects?
19:00 Do banks and asset managers risk falling behind if they hand too much off in the innovation space?
21:00 What interests Bill the most in the genre of “innovation” and why is technical debt hindering the capital markets?
28:30 What does technical debt look like when it comes to machine learning and data analysis?
35:30 Working remotely v. working in the office—how will that dynamic change in a post-Covid world?
40:00 Blockchain?
41:30 ESG?
43:30 Quantum computing?
45:00 Deep learning?
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Past 10 episodes:
Episode 206: Liquidnet's Simon Maughan
Episode 207: Vaccine Tracking and Other Alt Datasets
Episode 208: The Battle Between Innovation & Practicality
Episode 210: What Was This Episode Even About?
Episode 211: Using Behavioral Analytics
Episode 212: A Discussion About AI
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