Podcast by Pierre Lindh #53 – Neal Garman, CTO, iSoftBet

???? Topic: Thinking seven years ahead

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????Neal Garman was appointed CTO of iSoftBet in June 2020. Neal has transformation and growth experience within Technology businesses, involved in two IPOs. He previously led technology functions in MoneySuperMarket, FinTech [CashPlus], Metropolitan Police, DEFRA, and Helios Towers. Neal is passionate about delivering scalable, ‘next generation’, data-driven technology, where throughput and resilience are critical. A focus on understanding a business’s core purpose, growing its people, and creating technology that is considered an asset.

In this podcast we cover:
???? 00:00 – Introduction
???? 01:04 – Introducing Neal Garman
???? 04:00 – Working in a data-driven industry
???? 05:59 – iSoftBet’s White Paper
???? 07:47 – Falling behind in terms of technology
???? 08:58 – Recreating the aggregation platform
???? 14:04 – First principle thinking
???? 20:03 – Principle on automation
???? 25:32 – Opinions on AI and machine learning
???? 29:40 – A/B testing in a virtual environment
???? 34:47 – Where is the world heading?
???? 35:33 – Discussion on emerging technologies
???? 41:19 – Scaling Blockchain and limitation of AI
???? 44:48 – Blockchain: Defining tech for the future
???? 50:08 – Democratizing the approach
???? 52:29 – Non-fungible token (NFT) and CryptoPunks
???? 1:06:57 – Use cases of NFT in iGaming
???? 1:11:38 – Choosing three people at the dinner table
???? 1:12:16 – Closing off