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Kathryn L Fialkowski

Mobile Payments Executive

Kathryn Fialkowski is New Product Strategies Executive responsible for leading teams in designing and developing game changing payments products. She is leading a host of individuals from across bank in defining how the Mobile Phone transforms commerce. As an Executive in Residence at MIT, Kathryn is driving related research that explores mobility, data, and the transformation of processes between individuals, institutions (banks/merchants), and their community.

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network_economies1 Viral Capitalism supplants Viral Consumerism

Viral Capitalism supplants Viral Consumerism

A mental installment in things that make me go “HMMMM…”
I had the luxury of sitting on the couch, recovering from a month of exceptional travel. Couch = TV = commercials. Glued to the ”set,” I began to wonder: “Is Viral Commerce a good thing?”

Commerce: Merriam-Webster “the exchange or buying and selling of commodities on a large [...]

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Music, communications, and inclusion

During Media Lab Sponsor Week, we saw the presentation by Adam Boulanger regarding early Alzheimer’s detection through music. Adam noted that early uses of this were with people with other types of cognitive disabilities.
My brother David is severely disabled (both mentally and physically). Through the years there have been several groups with “facilitated communications” solutions [...]

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