Thinkset Podcast

Michael Slattery, a senior managing consultant and the lead of technical operations for BRG's Global Applied Technologies (GAT) products, joins Michael Jelen to discuss how to use technology to increase the accuracy of results and decrease the time to provide results to customers.

BRG's Michael Jelen is joined by Michael Schein, the head hype man of MicroFame Media and author of The Hype Handbook: 12 Indispensable Success Secrets from the World's Greatest Propagandists, Self-Promoters, Cult Leaders, Mischief Makers, and Boundary Breakers. They discuss how important hype is in reaching your target market and getting out the word to your audience.

Kevin Hamilton and Michal Jelen from BRG's Global Applied Technology (GAT) team take a deeper look at Symphony, a newly established centralized BI analytics tool, and its offerings to users.

Michael "Hattie" Hatfield and Michal Jelen from BRG's Global Applied Technology (GAT) team discuss how to approach data-driven culture and the many analytical tools that can help empower organizations to make effective, data-driven business decisions.

Michael Jelen is joined by Karl Schliep, a lead data scientist in BRG's artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) team, to discuss similarities and differences between AI and ML and how they are used.

Michael Canale, a managing director in BRG's Financial Institution Advisory practice, joins Michael Jelen to discuss the crossroads that financial regulation has reached and how technology and financial services work together to solve efficiency issues.

Michael Jelen and return guest Chris Duncalf take a deeper look into the product process. They discuss how to achieve product-market fit and stay focused on well-defined problems, despite our experience pulling us toward each and every client need that comes our way.

Octavia Threlfall, a senior associate in BRG's London office, and Michael Jelen from BRG's Global Applied Technology practice walk through the newly established product process of BRG DRIVE, the firm's analytics platform, and the benefits it can bring to users.

Joe Sergienko joins Michael Whalen to talk about the enormous impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on normal economic activity, as well as contributing factors. Mr. Sergienko provides insights on what credit risk professionals are seeing and are likely to see as the pandemic plays out.

Learn more in Credit Risk Management — Impact of an Ongoing Pandemic, a paper that Mr. Sergienko coauthored with Charles Trunz.

Peggy Daley joins Michael Whalen to discuss the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), penalties for violating the act, and shifts that technologies have caused in TCPA cases. They look into recent cases brought before the Supreme Court to further understand the changes to the wrong-number landscape.