Welcome back guys. I'm here with Julia Freeman and Elizabeth Sabatini from AKAs.
Ladies, thank you for being here. Tell me about your time here so far.
It's been fantastic. Really good event.
Phenomenal people that we've met and are really good overall kind of conference
being sponsored by you all. So thank you for having us.
Awesome. So for those that don't know,
just tell me a little bit about Oculus and what you guys do.
Sure.
Uh, we automate lending decisioning by digitizing documents, uh,
providing cash flow analytics that allow funders and brokers to make highly
accurate, quick decisions. Cuz we know in this, uh,
industry time is of the essence, um, and these funders and brokers want to,
um, help businesses grow and their clients grow and, and,
and those decisions happening quickly allow them to do that.
Exactly. So being that it, this is a male led industry,
what is it like for both of you ladies to be, you know,
kind of running it in your own skin?
I'm happy to start and then I'll pass it, Julia. Um,
I think it's really exciting. I think it offers us a lot of, um,
advantages as our perspectives are, are of course,
different sometimes than our male counterparts. Um,
and I do find just the space overall being a woman,
people are really open and receptive to diversity and, and, and, um,
you know, pushing that agenda forward.
Right. Women definitely offer a different perspective than a lot of men in this
industry, so we definitely need to be here. Um, another question.
How did you guys get into the industry?
Do you want me to start to Yeah, go for it. Um, it happened honestly,
very organically. Okay. I did not know necessarily what I wanted to do, um,
once I finished my schooling. Um,
and I think this offered a great opportunity to be in the financial services
space, but also focus on technology and solutions that help financial services.
And Julia, how about you? How'd you get involved?
I had come from a background in other types of software sales. Okay.
And had been following Qualys for quite some time.
I know that Liz has been a veteran for almost the entire companies exist since
nearly nine years ago.
So I had been really interested in what the tech was offering and wanted to be a
part of a team that was making faster,
more equitable decisions for lenders and consumers overall. Mm-hmm.
And ultimately creating a lot of value for this space.
So it's exciting to be here. Great.
And how has that timeline kind of been since you, um,
started at Oculus in the beginning, like nine years ago, like she said?
How has that been from then to now?
Uh, it's been an exciting ride. I don't think, uh,
our early founding team necessarily even knew we were gonna turn into a FinTech
company. Um, the use case had, you know, evolved a bit, but the solution,
um, in its essence has always stayed the same. Providing, you know,
our end users and our customers highly accurate data to make decisions. Um,
so I've learned a lot. I've made really, you know, great connections. Um,
and I'm, I'm really happy about sort of the splash we made right to date.
And how has the event been going for you ladies? So far,
Really wonderful. I mean, it's great to see customers face to face.
I know with the pandemic we didn't always have that chance, um,
to do in-person events or grab coffee and have a dinner. Um,
so on the customer success side, which is the team I'm part of, I'm,
I'm looking forward to having a lot more FaceTime with customers today. Great.
Awesome.