In this episode of the "I Am a Mainframer" podcast, Steven Dickens is joined by John Smith, Executive Vice President, Ecosystems at Zafin. John shares his earliest experiences with mainframe and how his continued pursuit of knowledge around it led him to a successful career in financial services. Their conversation also explores John's career, including the challenges he's seen in the fintech space, his time at Salway, HPE, IBM, and Zafin, and what Zafin is doing to revolutionize how financial institutions of all sizes modernize their core banking systems.