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Ep. 139. Interview: Ron Herman, Sionic Mobile & Michael Crawford, Fifth Third
First up on this week’s episode, Sam talks to Ron Herman, founder and CEO at Sionic Mobile, an Atlanta cloud-based connected commerce platform company. Sam explores their work on a connected in-car gateway, beacons and how brands can leverage their presence.
Next, Sam talks to Michael Crawford from Fifth Third Bank. Michael explains Momentum, Fifth Third’s new app to tackle student loan debt, and why the regional bank chose to get into fintech. They also explore Fifth Third’s ‘skateboard’ approach to building out a product and why they set up a project team of millennials.
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