The Pinpoint Asia Podcast (pinpointasia.com)
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The Pinpoint Asia Podcast (pinpointasia.com)
Pinpoint Asia is a specialist IT recruitment firm. In this podcast, we aim to interview technologists (mainly based in Hong Kong and Singapore) to ask them questions about what they see as future trends in technology in industries such as Finance, Insurance, and high-tech. Being students ourselves,...
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Episode 34 - Talking Machine Learning and AI with Kevin Tian from Tiktok
Today on The Pinpoint Asia Podcast, we’re joined by Kevin Tian, a Machine Learning Engineer at TikTok with a deep background in AI, computer vision, a...

Episode 33 - How to stand out as a candidate in today’s marketplace
How to stand out as an ideal candidate in this modern job market. How is the current landscape of the talent scene different from the traditional one,...

Episode 32 - Talking about Data Science, Data Models and AI with Arunabha Gupta
1. Arun, could you start by sharing your journey into data science? What drew you to this field, and how has your career evolved across different indu...

Episode 31 - Talking to the CEO of Daxtra - Christian Ward
Introduction
Today on The Pinpoint Asia Podcast, we welcome Christian Ward, CEO of Daxtra, a leading SaaS recruitment solution. Explore h...

Episode 30 - Understanding HR with Mukta Arya (CHRO - SocGen)
We are incredibly excited to welcome a distinguished guest on today's podcast. While we typically delve into conversations with CIOs and technologists...

Episode 29 - Talking Running with Chang
We are going to take a little detour from the usual theme of our podcasts today. Our client is a senior technologist and the CIO of a major bank but t...

Episode 28 - Talking about DaLa (Data Literacy Association of Hong Kong) with Dr Charm
Today on The Pinpoint Asia Podcast, we are thrilled to be joined by Dr. Toa Charm, a visionary leader who has a wealth of experience in the technology...

Episode 27 - Talking about the AI with Kevin Pereira - MD of Blu
Introduction:
We've all been hearing about AI and how it's about to take over the world!
Today on the Pinpoint Asia Podcast, we are honou...

Episode 26 - Delving into the mind of a Global CIO
I have always wanted to speak to our podcast guest today to learn how he consistently maintains a smile while managing what I imagine to be a very hig...

Episode 25 - Talking data with Oliver Graeser of Parcel Perfom
Today on the podcast, we have data expert Oliver Graeser who is the Head of Data & Insights at Parcel Perform.
Our goal today is to give everyo...

Episode 24 - Brian Wong (Author of The Tao of Alibaba)
We had the incredible privilege of hosting Brian Wong on The Pinpoint Asia Podcast! As the 52nd employee of Alibaba and the author of "The Tao of Alib...

DevOps and Cloud: Insights from Lead Engineer Abel Sanchez
Abel is an accomplished technologist with several years of experience in the DevOps space. He has been the DevOps lead for many high-growth firms such...

Greg Au Yeung (Former CIO, Saxo Bank, Technology in China)
Our guest today has extensive experience as a CIO with large banks. He has successfully set up and managed 3 sizeable Technology Development Centers i...

Sarah Johnson (Deputy Chief Product Officer, Digital Products Group, PwC)
Today we are grateful to be talking to the Deputy Chief Product Officer of PwC's Digital Products Group.
Sarah Johnson comes from a unique backg...

Ricky Lui (Identity Access Mangement)
Today on the podcast, we have Ricky Lui who is a Security Consultant with SailPoint which is a company specializing in Identity Access Management. Thi...

Andy Farmer (CIO / Mox Bank)
There has been so much talk about Virtual Banks in the past few months. Some newspapers have reported that this could be a big threat to traditional r...

Sandesh Raikar (Discussing Cloud Technologies)
Our guest today is Sandesh Raikar. He has a wealth of experience in the Cloud space. He is the Director of Operations for Softlayer which is now calle...

Khyati Kapai (How to communicate better and improve one's soft skills)
We often get told that "soft skills" are very important to progress in one's career and life in general. But, what exactly is that and what can one do...

Edward Wong (Talking Architecture / Crypto / High Frequency Trading)
Edward Wong is a Finance Technologist professional who is currently working for QuantDesk, which incorporates quantitative AI-bots that will automate...

John Zendano (APAC CIO Daiwa Capital Markets – Questions on life lessons / career)
Totally humbled and privileged to be talking to the APAC CIO and Managing Director of Daiwa Capital Markets John Zendano today. He started his career...

Mugdha Karanjekar (Intro to the world of HR + Talking about Diversity and Inclusion)
Often in our line of work as Tech Recruiters, we tend to work with HR professionals but we mainly see them as “interview coordinators” or the ones who...

Anik Dey (Talking about Empathetic Artificial Intelligence and Emos.AI)
Today on the podcast we have Anik Dey who is the Head of Product at EMOS.ai which is an AI startup backed by Hong Kong Science Park and the Hong Kong...

Chet Bondada (Talking about FinTech in Hong Kong)
Today we have Chet Bondada on the show. He's head of Prime Finance Tech for Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong. He's also someone who's extremely passionate a...

Nic Tinworth (Rebuilding one’s body and mind post brain surgery)
As we are trying our best to accomplish various things in life like climbing up the career ladder or trying to run the next ultra marathon or planning...

Daniel Bar – Talking Blockchain and decentralized web technologies
Today on the podcast I have Daniel Bar with me. He is an entrepreneur who is particularly interested in disruptive technologies in the FinTech space....

Matt Chung – How to write a good technical CV
How to write a good technical CV?
In this podcast, we cover what it takes to write a good technical CV.
Topics covered:

Stephen Langley (x-Deputy CIO, SFC) – Differences between CIO / CTO / CDO
Stephen Langley was in a leadership role with IBM (London) in the past and after his move to Hong Kong, he became the deputy CIO of the Securities and...

Scott Christensen (CIO, Hanpa Trading) – What is Market Making anyway?
"High-Frequency Trading" / "Market Making" - we've heard that term quite a lot in the Electronic Trading Systems space but what does it exactly mean...

Lukas Petrikas (Co-Head of Innovation, HKEX)
Lukas' background and what lead him into technology
Please introduce yourself in your own words and say a few words about your background. Where...

Interview with Rahim Nathoo on his journey in Finance Technology
On the podcast today, we're going to talk to him about his background and how he managed to get into a senior position in Finance Technology within 10...

Interview with Huayi Dong on Algo Trading
Today, we have on the podcast, someone I have known and admired for a while! He has quite an accomplished career and has built quite some expertise in...

Interview with Jordan Harbinger on building Social Capital
Technology skills are quite important for someone to succeed in interviews but they're only half the battle. The other half which is at least equally...

Suresh GP (DevOps / SRE)
In our line of work, especially since 2018, we came across various roles for DevOps Engineers or Site Reliability Engineers (as Google calls them). To...