AuthorMichael Waitze

Michael Waitze worked in Global Finance for more than 20 years, employed by firms like Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, primarily in Tokyo.  Michael lived and worked in Tokyo from February 1990 until December 2011.  Michael always maintained a particular focus on how technology could be used to make businesses more efficient and to drive P/L growth.

Michael is a leader in the digital media space, building one of the biggest and fastest-growing podcast listener bases in the region.  His AsiaTechPodcast.com show has listeners in more than 170 countries and his company, Michael Waitze Media produces some of Asia’s most popular podcasts.

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AIP News RoundUp – EP 57 – Hugh Terry and Simon Phipps – Continue to Walk the Talk On Insurance Innovation

We are wrapping up August with news from FWD. The group introduces a new health app called omne. Omne is an ecosystem of services in partnership with Dacadoo, Nuralogix, STASH NextGen, Shadow Factory, Koa Health and Imunis. Another healthtech solution making news this month is Ubie. The Japanese healthcare startup has raised $26.2 million in  […]

EP 182 – Varun Mittal – Group Head of Digital & Ecosystems, Singlife with Aviva – Rapidly Switching Context Between Optimism and Realism

The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Varun Mittal, the Group Head of Digital & Ecosystems at Singlife with Aviva, about the power of ecosystems and what is needed to improve the ecosystem further in Singapore. Listen to our previouse episode with Walter De Oude here. Find the transcript of our conversation with Varun below. Michael […]

EP 181 – Andrew Schwabe – Founder, Chairman at ForMotiv – People Are Starting to Wake Up and Say “Service Matters”

The Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Andrew Schwabe, the founder of ForMotiv, about his decision to build an US focused InsurTech in Vietnam and how data analytics can help insurer provide better customer service. Michael Waitze 0:01Okay, we’re on. Hi, this is Michael Waitze. And welcome back to the Asia InsurTech Podcast. Today we are […]

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