Tom Pinckney, Vice President at eBay, leads eBay’s advertising, recommendation and search teams. Previously, Tom was a co-founder of several successfully acquired startups, and he graduated from MIT with both a BS and M Eng. in Computer Science. In this episode, Tom shares with us some of the ‘why’ and ‘how’ behind eBay’s innovative solutions, and we learn about the challenges inherent in delivering ML at a massive scale.

S01 Episode 05: Tom Pinckney, Vice President, Search and Advertising, eBay

In this podcast, Skafos Head of Data Science, Dr. Miriam Friedel, interviews data science leaders who have experience integrating machine learning into products to drive business value. Come and hear about how to successfully merge AI, software engineering, and product to deliver the power of machine learning the way you’ve always wanted. Through these conversations, we hope you get a sense of all the exciting ways that you can use ML to build your business.

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Today's podcast guest is Dr. Daniel Shenfeld, Founding Principal at Manganese Solutions. In this discussion, he shares with us some of the lessons learned from clients at various levels of maturity, and why technology isn’t usually the sticking point for building ML-powered products. Daniel is a data science executive with over eight years of experience leading product-oriented data science organizations, executing on multimillion-dollar strategic initiatives, and building alignment from the board level to development teams. He has a PhD in Mathematics from Princeton University, as well as Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

S01 Episode 04: Dr. Daniel Shenfeld, Founding Principal, Manganese Solutions

In this episode, we talk to Gant Laborde, CIO at Infinite Red. We talk to Gant about how he has helped a number of different clients find value from ML and why he developed his new class: ML for TensorFlow.js! Gant is an owner of Infinite Red, Google Developer Expert in Web and ML, mentor, adjunct professor, published author, and award-winning speaker. For 20 years, he has been involved in software development and aspires to one day become a mad scientist.

S01 Episode 03: Gant Laborde, CIO, Infinite Red

Today's podcast guest is Ricardo Belmar, Senior Director of Global Enterprise Marketing at Infovista. In this conversation, Ricardo highlights challenges around ML at the edge, as well as how to engage with customers around ML-powered products. (Hint: Focus on the experience, not the technology!) Ricardo is a leading retail and digital transformation thought leader with 20+ years of experience across the retail, CPG and supply chain industries. He is a featured member of RetailWire’s BrainTrust panel, an ICX Association director, and a member of RETHINK Retail’s Advisory Council.

S01 Episode 02: Ricardo Belmar, Senior Director of Global Enterprise Marketing, Infovista

Today's podcast guest is Dr. Ivan Rankenburg, Senior Director of Analytics at Waitr. In this episode, we discuss how to implement customer facing ML in a range of ways, from gaming to finance. Ivan has a BS in Math and Physics from UC Davis and a PhD in physics from Cornell. Prior to Waitr, he was the Director of Data Science at High 5 games, a VP at Bank of America, and a Senior Quantitative Strategist at Princeton Consultants.

S01 Episode 05: Tom Pinckney, Vice President, Search and Advertising, eBay

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