{"podcast":{"title":"Austin Tech Connect: The Podcast For The Austin Technology Ecosystem, Business Leaders, and Tech Entrepreneurs!","slug":"austin-tech-connect","podcast_index_feed_id":5893386,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/445386/rss","website_url":"https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/7/1/3/571305043495b7a2a04421dee9605cbd/Austin_Tech_Cover.png","author":"Austin Technology Council","episode_count":146,"summary":"Austin Tech Connect is the go to podcast for all things Technology in the Austin, Texas region. The show is hosted by the CEO of Austin Technology Council, Thom Singer. For over two years this show has highlighted local tech leaders who make a difference in the Austin tech ecosystem. Each week Thom sits down with leaders in technology & business from the greater Austin area to explore success stories, business advice, and visions for the future of Austin Tech. The Austin Technology Council has been bringing people together and serving the local tech ecosystem for over 32 years. If you are looking for the \"Whose Who\" of the Austin Technology Community, you need to be listening to the Austin Tech Connect Podcast. The Austin Tech Community is vibrant ecosystem of companies, non-profits, universities, and government agencies that are committed to keeping Austin as a leading technology center. Over the past three decades the city of Austin, Texas has transformed from a college town that is the State Capital, into a fast growing tech center. Homegrown startups grow into international leaders, and many other companies have opened offices in Austin or moved their headquarters. The future…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect"},"episode":{"title":"Moving Money Around the World with Wise","slug":"moving-money-around-the-world-with-wise","published_at":"2024-05-14T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect/moving-money-around-the-world-with-wise","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect","url":"https://a7b1cb29-8eb2-4801-9ccb-e0eb899497ab.libsyn.com/moving-money-around-the-world-with-wise","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/a7b1cb29-8eb2-4801-9ccb-e0eb899497ab/ep_75_ATC.mp3?dest-id=3729132","summary":"This week on the \"Austin Tech Connect\" podcast we chat with Balazs Barna, Head of US Engineering and Austin Site Lead for Wise. As Wise continues to grow their US presence, Austin has become a key location for the company. Since 2017 Wise has grown from 500 people worldwide to over 5500 employees. In this interview we hear about Mr Barna's career journey (including being a 2x Kick Boxing World Champion), the growth of Wise, and his take on why Austin is such a great place to grow a company and raise a family. About Balazs Barna Balazs Barna is the Head of US Engineering and Austin Site Lead at Wise . At Wise , Balazs oversees the US engineering team, which is building the tech and infrastructure needed to facilitate instant, convenient and affordable cross border transactions. He also heads up our newly formed Austin office. Over his 7 years at Wise , Balazs has led and helped his team build the company's historic direct access integration to the Hungarian banking sector's instant payment system, the first of its kind for a company with a payment service license. He also oversaw and built Wise 's core infrastructure that enables the company's European operations. Prior to joining Wise , Balazs worked at MSCI and Morgan Stanley. He graduated from Corvinus University of Budapest in Business Information Systems (BSc), and Computer Engineering (MSc) from Pannon University. About Wise Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money. With Wise Account and Wise Business, people and businesses can hold 40 currencies, move money between countries and spend money abroad. Large companies and banks use Wise technology too; an entirely new network for the world's money. Co-founded by Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus, Wise launched…","meta_description":"This week on the \"Austin Tech Connect\" podcast we chat with Balazs Barna, Head of US Engineering and Austin Site Lead for Wise. As Wise continues to grow…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1551,"processing_state":"failed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/austin-tech-connect/episodes/moving-money-around-the-world-with-wise/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect/moving-money-around-the-world-with-wise.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}