OpenFin MVP Podcast

In this episode, David Temkin talks about his fascinating career in Silicon Valley, building products at Apple, AOL, Brave and now Google. We discuss how entrepreneurship has changed in the past 20 years through the lens of two companies he founded, Laszlo and Cola. We also talk about his important role in making OpenFin the “Operating System of Finance.

In this episode, Adam Wolff, VP Engineering at Robinhood and former lead of the Platforms team at Facebook (owner of the React framework), talks about his journey to fintech, and how surprising some of the requirements are. We dig into engineering leadership and how to get the best out of our teams and somehow Adam works in that Microsoft reintroduced a use-after-free bug in Windows 95 for “backward compatibility” so that SimCity would still work...

In this episode, Paul Walker talks about the art of explaining and we test his skills on black hole theory and artificial intelligence. We talk about initiatives he’s spending time on, including Motive Partners, Unqork, OpenFin and Quill.org. He also offers advice for founders to focus on what they can control and his thoughts on how we can improve diversity in FinTech.

In this episode, Kim Trautmann, Head of DRW Venture Capital, talks about how she got her start in finance and her journey to becoming a VC. She offers advice for founders raising money in these challenging times. Who should you raise money from? What’s the right valuation for your company? We also talk about diversity and how to get more women in finance.

In this episode, co-hosts Chuck Doerr and Mazy Dar reflect on the most recent MVP Podcasts and OpenFin webinars. They also discuss open source, progressive web apps (PWAs), Chromium upgrades, sports and Black Lives Matter.

In this episode, Tobie Langel, founder of UnlockOpen, dispels several common misconceptions about open source. Is open source free? Does it enable interoperability? Does it prevent lock-in? We also discuss what it takes for banks to run successful open source projects and attract engineering talent.

In this episode, Jonathan Clark, CEO of Luminex, talks with us about Luminex’s platform for institutional equities block trading. We discuss the new work-from-home environment, how it has impacted buy side equities traders, and how Luminex has leveraged OpenFin to transform end-user trading experiences.

In this episode, Cian Ó’Maidín, CEO of NearForm, one of the most active companies in the Node.js community, talks with us about how NearForm was born a remote-first company, how they have been tapped by various governments to help with Covid-19 tracing as well as how Node.js has become the place to go if you need performance and scale.

In this episode, co-hosts Mazy Dar and Chuck Doerr talk about how the MVP Podcast has gone so far, how OpenFin is adapting to the new environment, and some of the latest developments in OpenFin OS.

In this episode, Stephen Murphy, CEO of Genesis Global tells us what low-code is all about and how it’s transforming how we develop software in capital markets