Digital Switch

Navid Jafari, Sonia Chopra, PeerNova
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As PeerNova's official podcast, Digital Switch is a podcast about digital transformation and data quality with hosts Navid Jafari and Sonia Chopra. Follow us on twitter @peernovainc.

  1. 11/17/2025

    Episode 50: Modernizing IPV for Regulatory Readiness: The Future of Valuation Risk Management

    In this episode, our host sits down with Gary Plant, PeerNova’s Valuation Risk Leader and Subject Matter Expert (SME),  to explore what true regulatory readiness looks like in today’s fast-moving valuation risk landscape. Uncover why traditional monthly or quarterly IPV cycles no longer meet regulatory expectations, how fragmented infrastructures slow firms down, and why valuation teams need more transparent, agile, and scalable controls to keep pace. Learn how Cuneiform® for Valuation Risk helps firms modernize IPV, achieve real-time oversight, reduce human middleware, and deliver audit-ready transparency across the valuation lifecycle. Gary answers the following questions: What are the biggest challenges firms face in achieving regulatory readiness for valuation risk? How are regulators pushing firms toward daily (or real-time) valuation oversight?What structural and operational barriers prevent modernization?Why do firms need a single, strategic solution to meet increasing demands and reduce manual processes?How does Cuneiform® for Valuation Risk address these challenges with real-time execution, transparency, and compliance alignment?

    18 min

  2. 05/06/2025

    Episode 49: Forget Buy vs. Build. Leverage the Best of Both Instead.

    In this episode, our hosts sit down with PeerNova’s Founder and CEO, Gangesh Ganesan, to deep dive into the classic Buy vs. Build debate, incorporating PeerNova’s powerful three-pronged approach: Buy Confidently, Benefit Immediately, and Broaden Strategically.  Unpack the real-world challenges and costs of in-house software development vs. buying a ready-to-use platform such as Cuneiform for Valuation Risk. Learn about our purpose-built platform that ensures you meet today’s demands while seamlessly scaling for the future. Experience cost-savings, resource efficiency, rapid deployment, immediate value, and seamless scalability with the assurance of a future-proof solution. Gangesh answers the following questions:  What are some of the biggest challenges firms face when they try to build in-house vs buy externally?What does the current financial institution software landscape look like, especially amidst digital transformation efforts (AI, etc)? What are the most common hesitations firms have when buying a solution? How does Cuneiform for Valuation Risk address these hesitations?

    54 min

  3. 01/15/2025

    Episode 48: Bridging the Gaps in Valuation Risk featuring Gangesh Ganesan

    In this episode, our hosts sit down with PeerNova’s Founder and CEO, Gangesh Ganesan, to explore how Cuneiform® for Valuation Risk addresses critical gaps in the current valuation risk landscape.  Discover what makes the platform unique, why it's so difficult to replicate, and how it seamlessly balances zero-code accessibility for business users. Gangesh also shares insights on overcoming industry adoption challenges and the transformative potential for the future of valuation risk management. Gangesh answers the following questions:  What are the biggest challenges in fair-value estimation and pricing today?What makes Cuneiform unique?Why is it so hard for others to create a product like this?How does Cuneiform balance zero-code usability for business users with IT oversight?How can we overcome adoption challenges, and what advice would you give to hesitant valuation teams?

    37 min

  4. 07/17/2023

    Episode 47: What is Fit-for-purpose CRM Data and Why is it Critical for Your Org

    In this week's episode, Sonia sits down with returning guest, Mehmet Orun (Sr. VP of Product at PeerNova), to discuss the meaning of fit-for-purpose  data and why it is so critical for an organization. He shares how Cuneiform for CRM helps CRM stakeholders achieve fit-for-purpose data.   Mehmet answers the following questions:  What does fit-for-purpose data mean? What are some examples?How does fit-for-purpose apply today in business?Why is it critical for Salesforce customers?What are some things Salesforce customers can do to determine if their CRM data is fit-for-purpose?What is Cuneiform for CRM and how is it different from other applications?How can customers get started?Install Cuneiform for CRM in the AppExchange

    27 min

  5. 06/05/2023

    Episode 46: Introducing Cuneiform for CRM - Know Now if Your Business Data is Fit-for-purpose

    In this week's episode, Navid and Sonia sit down with Mehmet Orun, Sr. VP of Product at PeerNova, to announce the launch of Cuneiform for CRM, a business data quality application now available on the Salesforce AppExchange.  Mehmet answers the following questions:  What is the largest data quality challenge that organizations face today?What are the current gaps in today's data quality for CRM applications?What is Cuneiform for CRM?What does it mean when data is fit-for-business purpose?How is it different from current data quality applications on the AppExchange?Read the Announcement Install Cuneiform for CRM in the AppExchange

    29 min

  6. 03/15/2021

    Episode 45: Gangesh Ganesan Keynotes at the CDAO Financial Services Event on The Business Value of Continuous Data Quality

    In this week's episode, you will join PeerNova's Founder and CEO, Gangesh Ganesan, as he keynotes at the CDAO Financial Services event. He discusses the business value of continuous data quality and how to overcome challenges with an effective data quality model. Gangesh answers the following questions:  What are both the short-term and long-term consequences of poor data quality?What does a proactive and effective data quality framework consist of?What are the key ingredients for a data quality model that will increase operational efficiency, meet regulatory compliance, and enable better business decisions?How does a financial firm implement an effective data quality tool that continuously addresses low-quality data across workflows? Download the data quality whitepaper here: https://peernova.com/DQWP Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/DmjJ38CCIQo

    29 min

  7. 02/01/2021

    Episode 44: Webinar - Achieving Continuous Data Quality in Financial Institutions: How to Execute an Effective Data Quality Strategy

    In this week's episode, you will join PeerNova's data quality webinar featuring industry experts as they discuss how to achieve continuous data quality in financial institutions. Watch the video version here. You can read the supplemental white paper here. Panelists: Ellen Gentile, Director of Enterprise Data Quality, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Dan Power, Managing Director of Data Governance, Global Markets, State Street Erika Lunceford, Global Head of Solutions Engineering, PeerNova Moderator: Navid Jafari, Global Head of Marketing and Communications, PeerNova The panelists will answer the following questions:  Why is a data quality strategy important for a financial services firm?What are the key ingredients for a data quality model that will increase operational efficiency, meet regulatory compliance, and enable better business decisions?How does a financial firm implement an effective data quality tool that continuously addresses low-quality data across workflows?How does a financial firm reinforce and measure quality to drive the change that is needed?

    56 min

  8. 01/25/2021

    Episode 43: Key Data Quality Tips from a Data Quality Expert with Ellen Gentile

    This week, our host sits down with Ellen Gentile, the Director of Enterprise Data Quality at SMBC, to discuss the critical need for firms to create and implement an effective data quality framework. Ellen answers the following questions: How have firms previously approached data quality and what have the challenges or limitations been?What is some advice for firms who are looking to create or improve their current data quality framework? What are some of the benefits financial firms can expect to receive?  To learn more about data quality and hear more from Ellen, register for PeerNova's upcoming webinar, 'Achieving Continuous Data Quality in Financial Institutions'.

    14 min
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As PeerNova's official podcast, Digital Switch is a podcast about digital transformation and data quality with hosts Navid Jafari and Sonia Chopra. Follow us on twitter @peernovainc.

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  • Creator
    Navid Jafari, Sonia Chopra, PeerNova
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
  • Episodes
    51
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