FinTech Magazine October 2020 | Page 30

“ SINCE THE PANDEMIC , EVERYBODY HAS BEEN DISCUSSING THE ‘ NEW NORMAL ’ AND HOW THINGS AREN ’ T GOING BACK TO THE WAY THEY WERE . AS SUCH , R & D AND AGILITY ARE TAKING PRECEDENCE INSTEAD ”
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

“ SINCE THE PANDEMIC , EVERYBODY HAS BEEN DISCUSSING THE ‘ NEW NORMAL ’ AND HOW THINGS AREN ’ T GOING BACK TO THE WAY THEY WERE . AS SUCH , R & D AND AGILITY ARE TAKING PRECEDENCE INSTEAD ”

— Eli Rosner , Chief Product and Technology Officer , Finastra
In terms of the key technologies which provide the engine for digital transformation itself , Rosner identifies cloud , IoT ( internet of things ) and data analytics as the core trinity . “ IoT can basically be considered all the devices that we interact with , so it ’ s very diverse . The cloud provides a ‘ virtual centre ’ for all these distributed devices to connect and data analytics helps to extract value from the information .”
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EXECUTIVE PROFILE :

Eli Rosner Title : Chief Product and Technology Officer Location : Suwanee , Georgia

Industry : Financial Services Company : Finastra
Eli Rosner joined Finastra in 2018 . Holding a BSc in Civil Engineering and a BA in Computer Science , both from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology , Rosner has held a variety of executive roles at tech companies , including Autodesk , Solera and NCR Corporation .
Based in the UK , he says that his role at Finastra is a balanced combination of business and technology : “ I ’ m accountable for the overall product strategy of the company and managing our portfolio of products . This includes product management as well as going into the technical realms of architecture , engineering and operations .”
OCTOBER 2020