Data Readiness Is Everything: Building Trust for AI in Treasury
Want your CFO or CIO to greenlight better tech? Start by speaking their language: data readiness. In this episode of Fintech Corner filmed at AFP Boston, Brett Turner, Founder & CEO of Trovata, sits down with Matt Bramson, Trovata’s VP of Sales, to explore why AI success depends on accuracy, governance, and trust in your data—and how those principles shape everything from innovation to enterprise alignment.
Matt also shares insights from his career journey—from pre-sales engineering at FactSet to leadership roles at Narrative Science and Manta Data Lineage (acquired by IBM)—and what drew him to Trovata’s vision for modern treasury. Listen to this episode to hear how treasurers can align with enterprise data priorities and drive transformation that lasts.
Episode Highlights
- Why AI success starts with data readiness—not tools or buzzwords
- How data-driven foundations create long-term agility for innovation
- The five pillars: accuracy, governance, lineage, trust, and access
- How to speak the data language and win buy-in from CIOs and CFOs
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Learn more about Trovata at https://trovata.io.
About Fintech Corner
A podcast for fintech lovers that starts conversations between bankers, financial technology innovators, and their clients to evolve finance and treasury for the 21st century. For decades, there has been a gap between the technology that banks can offer and what corporate clients need for modern cash flow management and analysis. We’ll cover emerging trends to help bridge this gap, technologies that can reshape the roles of treasury & finance, and the in’s and out’s of API bank connections & open banking.
Brett Turner
Founder & CEO, Trovata
After starting his career as a CPA with the Deloitte audit practice, Brett gained progressive experience in corporate finance and accounting managing SEC reporting for Amazon and then becoming VP of Finance for Worldwide Packets (sold for $300M+ in 2008). Across his last three roles as a startup Co-Founder / CFO, Brett has raised over $100M in equity and venture debt financing while helping create over $500M in shareholder value. Today, he is the founder and CEO of the cash management platform, Trovata. Brett is a Seattle native, with a BA in Finance from Seattle Pacific University.
Matt Bramson
VP Sales, Trovata
Matt brings 20 years of multi-vertical tech expertise across the entire customer lifecycle—spanning sales engineering, opportunity execution, and value delivery. Most recently, he led global sales at Manta Data Lineage, acquired by IBM in 2023. Prior, Matt was VP of Sales at Narrative Science, an AI Natural Language innovator acquired by Salesforce in 2021. Matt utilizes his technical acumen and leadership experience to optimize organizations with both enterprise and channel go-to-market strategies. Outside of work, Matt enjoys spending time with his family, coaching youth sports, live-music and the Chicago Cubs.
