In today’s podcast, I sit down with Matthew Stoehr to talk about the importance of technical systems within your business. 

In today’s digital world, we still find many businesses and start-ups leaning on manual work and being more paper-driven. This can be problematic because the employees spend their time on misc. Manual work could be putting their skills to work on more innovative tasks. 

Technology is there to assist you in your data management but not necessarily take away the entire process altogether. Listen in to learn more about the importance of technology and how you can improve your processes and business flow. 

Outline:

• [0:50] - Introduction of Matthew Stoehr
• [1:25] - How he migrated from Aerospace to Information Technology
• [4:20] - How he built a commercial lending firm  utilizing technology
• [7:40] - What is SNAP?
• [8:40] - How his role looks as a Cheif Information Officer
• [12:50] - How he manages 160 people in the company
• [17:10] - Continuing to look into trends such as blockchains
• [18:25] - What is the one aspect that keeps him up at night
• [21:10] - Thoughts on Web 3.0
• [25:05] - Will Artificial Intelligence Take the Human Element out of Technology
• [28:08] - Advice to other Cheif Information Officers

Important Quotes:

• “The business as a whole in the real estate lending industry was paper-driven and manually driven” - Matthew
• “We want to eliminate the stupid work. How can we free up the process to be more innovative?”  - Matthew
• “Cybersecurity today is out of control, you have people with incredible technical skills and they are using it for crime and attacks” - Matthew
• “You can have smart AI’s but you can never take the human element out of the processes” - Matthew

Get in Touch:

Email: mhamilton@infinavate.com 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricehamilton/ 

Website: www.infinavate.com