Marquette alumnus and CEO/Founder of SynFiny visited Dr.
Krause’s FinTech and AIM classes on Monday, February 11, 2019
Based in Cincinnati, SynFiny Advisors is a financial
consulting firm that helps major corporate clients improve their productivity,
cut cycle time for financial and accounting processes, and increase
organization quality and effectiveness.
Jeff Wuest and his partners have broad
experience within major global firms and utilizing current financial
technologies can help take finance and management activities from a
bureaucratic burden into a competitive advantage.
Dr. David Krause, AIM program director said, “It was a
pleasure to have Jeff in class – and I know he enjoyed interacting with the students.
His knowledge about the evolution of financial technology was very informative
as I think it helped students understand just have far and fast we have come in
the past couple of years. His examples of the use of business intelligence, including
large data analytics, brings our curriculum to life.”
Jeff Wuest talked about financial disruption – a topic that is
front-and-center for the AIM students this week as the students are required to
identify the key disruptive forces within their respective industries and
sectors.
Krause said, “Jeff gave concrete examples of where blockchain is being
used, how artificial intelligence is being implemented in accounting and
financial functions within firms, and also spoke about the increasing importance
of the cloud as a key disruptor. Bringing experts regularly into the classroom
is one of the key facets that keeps the ‘applied’ element in the AIM program.”
Dr. Krause and the Marquette students appreciate the efforts
of our alumni to support the learning process. "Understanding the rapid changing taking place within the world of finance is essential for our students," said Krause. "We are thankful that Jeff could be a part of our classroom discussion this week - his visit was very timely."
