The Wolfcast

By Michael Waitze Media

Definitive Conversations on Digital Risks, Parametric Insurance, and Other Interesting Topics... more

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How many episodes does The Wolfcast have?

The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.

The Wolfcast episodes:

October 27, 2022EP 31 - Nikolaus Sühr - CEO & Co-Founder at KASKO - If Your Technology Is Great but It Does Not Enable Growth, What’s the Point?
The Wolfcast spent some high-quality talking with Nikolaus Sühr, the CEO & Co-Founder at KASKO. KASKO offers an API-powered agile insurance product and distribution platform that operates between digital customer touchpoints and legacy IT systems.
Some of the topics Nikolaus discussed:
Remote working and distributed teams

Enabling different channels of communication depending on the urgency

The focus on providing growth to one's stakeholders

The beauty of insurance and how it does not necessarily need to be disrupted

The difference between input and output-oriented

The three mental notes hidden in the word Enkelfähig
Some other titles we considered for this episode:
I’m Trying but I’m Also Preaching Water and Drinking Wine

If You Don’t Use It, You Lose It

A Gate to Move Things Along

Enabling More People to Be More Efficient

Value Creation and Long-Term Thinking
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42min
September 22, 2022EP 30 - Dan Draper - CEO and Founder of CipherStash - Simple Protections Don’t Do the Job Anymore
The Wolfcast learned a lot from its discussion with Dan Draper, the Founder and CEO of CipherStash. CipherStash uses a searchable encryption scheme that enables data to be searchable even while it remains encrypted. This gives data high-level protection without compromising usability.
Some of the topics that Dan covered:
What he learned while working for the Australian government

Learning how to code on a BBC Micro

Working for a startup in New York

The increased scope of security attacks

The necessity to improve cybersecurity awareness

IBM’s report on The Cost of a Data Breach

An analogy to F1 racing

Separating access to the infrastructure from access to the data
Other titles we considered for this episode:
The Good Guys Are Doing That to Simulate What the Bad Guys are Doing

Undifferentiated Heavy Lifting

If Only It Was That Simple

Now Our Interests Are Actually Aligned

The Most Vulnerable Part of the System Is the Human
Some other interesting links:
The Effect of Google Search on Software Security

The Impact of Information Sources on Code Security
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52min
August 21, 2022EP 29 - Özgür Arslan-Ayaydin - Clinical Professor of Finance at University of Illinois at Chicago - Alternative Banking Systems
The Wolfcast was interested to speak with Özgür Arslan-Ayaydin, Clinical Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Some of the topics that Özgür covered:
Growing up in Turkey and studying Economics and Finance

Relating economic theories to real life and looking for non-obvious contradictions

Islamic Finance and how Islamic banks make money

Risk sharing and trying to eliminate moral hazards

The passion for teaching undergraduate students Finance

The importance and difficulty of curating the overwhelming amount of information we receive

Gold, cryptocurrency, and regulations
Other titles we considered for this episode:
Teaching Finance Is Very Rewarding, It’s So Dynamic and Applicable

If I Get a Gain, I Should Provide a Gain as Well

This Generation Is So Open to Alternatives

Their Lives Are Changing in a Very Fast Pace

Two Sides Have to Be Fair
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46min
July 22, 2022EP 28 - Struan Todd - co-Founder Pandamatics - Every Business Is Bound to Have a Cyber Attack
Another episode, another panda...The Wolfcast was joined by Struan Todd, a co-Founder of Pandamatics. Pandamatics is Asia's first and only pure cyber insurance coverholder.
Some of the topics that Struan discussed:
Getting into the risk insurance market and learning from Lloyds in London

Exploring the world and getting a wider world-view because of his career in insurance

Becoming an accidental entrepreneur

How hybrid working improves the working environment

The challenges of building algorithmic risk assessment

The extent to which COVID raised the demand and awareness for cybersecurity and its insurance
Other titles we considered for this episode:
Attacking From Completely Covert Situations

Driving the Overall Standard

The Cyber Risk Is There

Why Not Take the Risk?

Expecting Someone to Come and Pick Up the Bill
This episode was produced by Isabelle Goh.
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31min
June 25, 2022EP 27 - Frederic Stallaert - co-Founder at Paperbox.ai - Disruption Leads to Interruption
The Wolfcast was joined by Frederic Stallaert, a co-Founder of Paperbox.ai. Paperbox employs artificial intelligence to automate the processing of emails and documents from physical and digital mailboxes.
Some of the topics that Frederic covered:
His passion for AI

Writing a Master’s thesis on Machine Learning

Risk taking in general

Building Paperbox.ai

The importance of partnerships

Making technology accessible and affordable to create more impact

Branding and marketing saliency

Paperbox’s vision for the future
Some of the other titles we considered for this episode:
The Unicorn Capital of Belgium

How Software Does Cognitive Learning

If That Is What Working Looks Like, That Is What I Want to Do

Values and Passion

We Are Technologists by Nature

Accessibility Leads to Impact
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34min
June 16, 2022EP 26 - Chris Kaye - CEO & co-Founder at Sherpa Insurance - The Appetite Was There to Do Things Differently
The Wolfcast was joined by Chris Kaye, a co-Founder and the CEO of Sherpa Insurance. Sherpa Insurance closes the advice gap in insurance by putting a full coverage, digital adviser, in the palm of your customers’ hands.
Some of the topics that Chris covered:
The factors that encouraged him to found Sherpa in 2016

How moving around affected him as a person

Social importance and responsibility in insurance

Creating customer engagement

The Sherpa Score

Sherpa 1.0 was selling insurance, Sherpa 2.0 selling technology to insurance companies
Other titles we considered for this episode:
It Ended Up Not Being a Choice

It’s Almost Like We Designed It to Be Opaque

It Doesn’t Feel Like a Human-Centric Transaction Anymore

Insurance Is for the Things You Can't Afford

Insurance Allows You to Live Life
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43min
May 27, 2022EP 25 - Marc Hauser - F10 Incubator and Accelerator - The Biggest Risk Is Doing Nothing
The Wolfcast was honored to talk to Marc Hauser, the Head of F10 Europe. F10 is a global innovation ecosystem that believes the fastest route to innovation lies in early collaboration between startups, incumbents and investors. Each stakeholder benefits from shared skills, experience and insight.
Some of the topics that Marc discussed:
The early days of working with startups in Switzerland

Starting out in consulting

Founding his first startup in 2011 and why he did it

Returning to the corporate world

How the startup scene has changed and why startups are important

How moving between startups and corporates help him understand what makes a startup successful

Getting companies to move faster

Risk assessment and risk management

Helping people understand exponential growth

How corporates work with startups
Other titles we considered for this episode:
It Didn't Scare Me Enough at That Point in Time

I Just Loved the Energy Surrounding Startups

I Will Regret It If I Don't Try It

You Know From the Get Go That the Odds Are Against You

We Help the Elephants Dance With the Mouse
This episode was produced by Isabelle Goh.
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35min
May 13, 2022EP 24 - Gene Yu - Founder and CEO at BlackPanda - If You Have a Computer, You Are a Target
The Wolfcast enjoyed our conversation with Gene Yu, the Founder and CEO of BlackPanda. BlackPanda's origin story alone is inspiring and the rest of our conversation with Gene was amazing as well.
Some of the topics we covered included:
Getting into the United States Military Academy at West Point and studying Computer Science

Going to war in the Army Special Forces for almost a decade after graduation

His career prior to starting BlackPanda

Being Asia's first cybersecurity InsurTech underwriter

Cybersecurity risk and disintermediation scale well as there are no proximity limitations

Gaming and crypto being one of the highest risk sectors

The importance of data and data analysis

Pricing cyber risk and calculating payouts

Measuring data in real-time

Infinite possibilities lead to infinite risks

Insurance in the metaverse and the future of cybersecurity
Some other titles we considered:
We're Basically Cyber-Firefighting

I See Security Differently

Cybersecurity is NOT an IT Problem, It Is a Security Problem

Security Advice Is Very Subjective

It's a Different Terrain, but the Same Bad Guy

Everybody Is at Risk
The audio on this episode was expertly produced by Isabelle Goh.
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43min
April 21, 2022EP 23 - Rie Aleksandra Walle - Founder at No Ties Consulting - It Doesn't Make Any Sense Focusing On Privacy Without Security
The Wolfcast had an awesome face-to-face conversation with Rie Aleksandra Walle, Founder at No Ties Consulting, about GDPR, (e)Privacy and Data Protection. Suffice it to say, we were fascinated and learned a lot in the process.
Some of the topics we covered:
Living and working in the Middle East

Risk aversion and starting one's own company

Truly excited about privacy and data protection

Helping business owners with the structure, systems, and automation to run more profitable businesses

Being compliant where it really matters

Data inventory is key to data security

Setting up procedures so that security remains after consultation ends

Building a global clientele

The importance of involving all stakeholders
Some other titles we considered for this episode:
It Just Got So Exciting

Every Risk You Take Makes It Easier

Consulting Without a Tie

Finding Easter Eggs Through Data Protection

Don't Tell People to Chase Their Passions
The audio on this episode was expertly produced by Isabelle Goh.
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47min
April 08, 2022EP 22 - Manoj Gopalkrishnan - Algorithmic Biologics - An Egg Versus a Scrambled Egg Are Completely Different Things
The Wolfcast was joined by Manoj Gopalkrishnan, a self-declared molecule whisperer and the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Algorithmic Biologics. Algorithmic Biologics is increasing efficiencies in reading molecular information using its patented software, Tapestry.
Some of the topics Manoj discussed included:
The difference between living and non-living systems

DNA and the instructions it contains for cell behavior

Three particularly noteworthy dates in the development of biotechnology

The coming together of mechanical engineering and chemistry

James Clerk Maxwell's Demon - You won't click the link, but you really should

In the long-term, we should be trying to build systems as sophisticated as cells

Building a universal molecule assembler

Laying his bets on a bottom-up approach

Some Algorithmic Biologics products that are already in the market
Some other titles we considered for this episode:
A Cell Is a Bag of Molecules

We Draw This Line Between Living and non-Living Systems

How Does a Seed Grow Into a Tree?

We Are Asking Questions of Soup

I Believe It Will Be a Long Journey

Whenever Computer Science Gets Involved, You Start to See Exponentials

I Take Inspiration from Biology

It’s Way Beyond What Birds Can Do
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44min

FAQs about The Wolfcast:

How many episodes does The Wolfcast have?

The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.