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Waters Wavelength
Hosted by WatersTechnology · EN
Wei-Shen Wong and Anthony Malakian discuss the hottest financial technology topics in the capital markets every week.
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Episode 345: Patrick McGarry’s Ride to Remember
Jan 2200:36:46Tap to summarizeOn September 11, 2001, Katie McGarry Noack had just arrived at the World Trade Center’s Windows on the World. She was attending Waters’ first-ever conference. Of the thousands who lost their lives on that day, Katie was one, along with 70 other delegates who had arrived to catch the morning presentations or settle in before participating in panel discussions later in the day. Patrick McGarry is Katie’s brother. For the 25th anniversary of that fateful day, he wanted to do something special to remember his sister: on March 8th, he will hop on his bicycle in San Diego, California, and begin a 3,000-mile journey across the US, ending in St. Augustine, Florida, on April 20th. The goal of his Pacific-to-Atlantic journey is to raise $100,000 to benefit the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which provides mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children. We hope you listen to his story. If you’d like to donate, you can find all the information you’ll need here: https://www.aridetoremember2026.com/ (6:15) – Patrick McGarry joins the podcast. (7:30) – He talks about what his 3,000-mile ride will entail. (11:15) – Patrick discusses Katie’s story and why he decided to do something so daunting to remember her. (18:45) – Why did he choose the Tunnel to Towers Foundation? (26:45) – An examination of how people handle grief differently. (31:15) – How important was it for him to have his family’s backing on this endeavor? (33:45) – Details on how to connect with Patrick.
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Episode 344: Hot topics for 2026
Jan 1300:27:27Tap to summarizeA little late, but a very Happy New Year from your favorite podcast hosts! This week, Tony and Shen discuss topics they think capital markets firms will focus on this year—AI and agentic AI, quantum computing, and—you guessed it—market data.
Transcribe →Episode 343: Broadridge’s Jason Birmingham
Dec 1800:37:03Tap to summarizeThis week’s guest is Jason Birmingham, CTO and head of global engineering at Broadridge (0:00) – Tony and Shen reminisce on an amazing snowman they built (7:00) – Jason joins the podcast and explains the “modern CTO mandate” (14:30) – The fundamentals matter (16:00) – A platform strategy (20:30) – Solving the ontology (26:00) – The blueprint (31:00) – Necessary skillsets
Transcribe →Episode 342: LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ Sophie Lagouanelle
Dec 900:49:15Tap to summarizeThis week’s guest is Sophie Lagouanelle, vice president of product for financial crime compliance at LexisNexis Risk Solutions (0:00) – Tony and Shen talk about their Spotify 2025 Wrapped (5:00) – Sophie joins and reflects on the state of financial crime (14:00) – Volume and speed (17:30) – AI and ML’s role (25:30) – Changes within compliance teams (30:00) – Focus areas for regulators (40:30) – Shared memory
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Episode 219: People & Datacenters on the Move?
Nov 14, 2020Tap to summarizeThis week, Wei-Shen and Tony discuss some headlines from across the industry. 2:30 Texas woos financial services firms located in New Jersey. (Dallas Morning News) https://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/2020/11/09/nasdaq-and-other-trading-exchanges-to-meet-with-texas-gov-abbott-about-potential-move/#:~:text=The%20Dallas%20Morning%20News%20reported,the%20state's%20business%2Dfriendly%20environment. 11:00 Goldman moving staff to lower-cost cities around the US/World. (Business Insider) https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-staff-low-cost-hubs-dallas-salt-lake-bangalore-2020-11 24:30 The best programming languages & platforms for data science in finance. (efinancialcareers) https://news.efinancialcareers.com/us-en/3004783/graham-giller-data-science-finance
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