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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EP 58 – Nicolas Faquet – Founder & CEO Roojai.com – Within Minutes We Had to Decide

In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Nicolas Faquet, the founder and CEO of Roojai.com. The two discuss the impact that COVID-19 has on the insurance industry and how the pandemic is forcing insurers to accelerate digital transformation. While most companies have developed some sort of Business Continuity Plan (BCP), hardly anyone is really prepared […]

AIP News RoundUp – Episode 15 – Rahul Mathur and Theresa Blissing – COVID-19 Accelerates Digital Transformation

Like all news outlets at the moment, the AIP News Roundup Team covers the latest Corona News in insurance. Several insurers across Asia have rolled out COVID-19 coverages. Indian neo-insurer Digit has already sold out their Sandbox-powered COVID product and incumbents like AIA and MSIG rollout digital capabilities around claims and remote healthcare.    In non-corona […]

EP 57 – Natalia Kozyura – Head of Innovation Center, FWD Insurance – Innovation Needs to Be Decentralized

In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Natalia Kozyura, the Head of Innovation Centre at FWD. Natalia comes from a tech background. Before joining FWD Natalia has worked for Tech giants Microsoft and Amazon as well as tech startups in Southeast Asia. At FWD she now oversees a tech team prototyping and building tech solutions […]

EP 56 – Anuj Jindal – CEO SureClaim – Claim Is Layered Around Trust

In this episode Michael Waitze talks to Anuj Jindal, the CEO & co-Founder of SureClaim in India. Anuj has a background as an engineer and worked in HealthTech prior to starting SureClaim. SureClaim is a consumer-centric tech platform designed to help consumers make the best use of their health insurance through intelligent decisions and smarter […]

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