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Finance Connect Podcast: Brian Murphy

Brian Murphy, Director, Office of the CTO at Alfa, joins Richard O’Donohue to discuss how Alfa is embedding AI across our business and product roadmap, including developer tooling, intelligent document processing and client implementation support.
21/05/2026

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Continuing the theme of AI and its growing impact on the industry, our very own Brian Murphy discusses how Alfa is navigating what he calls the next major transformation in our long history of technical evolution and how we’re embedding AI across our internal operations and product roadmap.

A major focus of the episode is Alfa’s AI assistant, AskThea, which provides clients with AI-powered access to Alfa Systems documentation and technical guidance. Brian explains how the tool is helping accelerate implementation projects by supporting both functional and technical queries, while also reducing the burden on consultants and solution architects.

Other key areas covered include:

  • The growing importance of governance and token cost management
  • Why specialist finance platforms are unlikely to face a “SaaSpocalypse"
  • How AI coding assistants are accelerating development and integration
  • Innovation culture in tech and broader DE&I initiatives across the industry

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