The Tech Trek

Meet: Clare Corthell is an entrepreneur and product manager in mapping and data science. She founded companies in drone mapping, data science consulting, and consumer ridesharing. She started the Open Source Data Science Masters, used as the blueprint for university accredited degrees since 2014. She is currently the Product Manager of map data at Lyft, hails from Stanford Engineering, and grew up in the wilds of Alaska. What you’ll learn: The relationship between product and data science The risk of optimizing before doing experimentation Data science of risk vs the data science of certainty If you have any questions for Clare, please feel free to reach out to her via Twitter: https://twitter.com/clarecorthell

Meet: Silvano has 20 years of experience in IT and Information Security and his interests include DevSecOps, AppSec, and business-driven risk-based approach. Silvano is a proponent of Security integrated into the product development lifecycle to create a seamless culture of security by design. What you’ll learn: Finding the right balance as a product-focused CISO Compliance requirements as a part of selling into the enterprise space Partner with developers earlier in the development process If you have any questions for Silvano, please feel free to reach out to him via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silvano-silva-7694833/

Meet: Jesse Lehmier is a data engineering manager at ASAPP. He previously worked in analytics, big data, and full-stack software engineering roles. What you’ll learn: Seize opportunities to develop soft skills Transitioning from a software engineering role into data engineering Don’t spin your wheels, ask for help sooner If you have any questions for Jesse, please feel free to reach out to him via LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lehmier

Meet: Adam Oliner, Head of Machine Learning at Slack. Prior to Slack, Adam was leading the team at Splunk. He has his Masters and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford and did his undergraduate degree at MIT. What you’ll learn: Commoditization of tooling - how it affects your career Structuring your Machine Learning organization - best practices and approaches Machine Learning Projects - how to get traction and how to think about your projects (failures and iterations) If you have any questions for Adam, please feel free to reach out to him via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-oliner-b9a2b35a/

Meet: Rohit Vashisht is the co-founder and CEO of whiz.ai, a conversational AI platform for Life Sciences commercial ops and field teams. Previously, Rohit was CEO and co-founder of Sverve – an influencer marketplace that was acquired by Bloglovin’ and rebranded as Activate. Rohit holds an M.B.A from the NYU Stern School of Business and an engineering degree from I.I.T, Delhi. What you’ll learn: Why can't enterprise software be as easy to use as consumer software Helping organizations answer questions simpler and faster Leveraging AI to deliver answers faster to sales and ops teams in the field If you would like to reach out to Rohit about anything he discussed on the podcast, please reach out to him via his LinkedIn or Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohitv/ https://twitter.com/_techCEO

Meet: Jeshua Bratman is an expert in building technology products powered by artificial intelligence. He’s a founding member of Abnormal Security and head of machine learning. Prior to joining Abnormal, Jeshua played a critical role in building Twitter’s machine learning platform and detecting and preventing abusive behavior on the Twitter product. Prior to Twitter, Jeshua built the AI engine that powered TellApart’s advertising product and bringing it to over $100 million ARR and acquisition by Twitter and integration. His academic experience is in theoretical reinforcement learning and deep learning at the University of Michigan. What you’ll learn: Machine learning driving business value Email hackers against machine learning models - the chess match Advice on how to find your next machine learning position If you would like to reach out to Jesh about anything he discussed on the podcast, please reach out to him via his LinkedIn or Twitter: https://twitter.com/nojeshua linkedin.com/in/jeshuabratman/

Meet: Gagan Sandhu, Sr. Engineering Director at Square. He leads the ML, Data Engineering and Mobile engineers within the e-commerce product division at Square. What you’ll learn: Machine Learning - How to apply ML effectively to your organization: from getting buy-in for projects, managing expectations, and solving the right problems by working with the right people. Mentorship - Different strategies for different people and building trust as a leader. Keeping a pulse on your team and creating rituals for your team. If you have any questions for Gagan, please feel free to reach out to him via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaganjit

Meet: Drew Silverstein is the CEO and co-founder of Amper Music. Founded in 2014, Amper Music combines the highest levels of artistry with groundbreaking technology to empower anyone to create unique, professional music, instantly. He is part of the Forbes class of 2018 "30 Under 30" list for music. Prior to Amper Music, Drew was an award-winning composer, producer, and songwriter for film, television, and video games in Los Angeles at Sonic Fuel Studios. Drew graduated from Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music, where he studied Music Composition and Italian and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School. What you’ll learn: How AI affects the speed of music-making and the amount of content produced Evolution of music composition and tools Economic impact of using AI to create music If you would like to reach out to Drew about anything he discussed on the podcast, please reach out to him via LinkedIn or Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewsilverstein/ https://twitter.com/DrewSilverstein

Meet: Adam Robertson is a DevOps Leader with more than 15 years of professional experience architecting and building technical organizations from early-stage startups to established long-running companies. Starting young at the beginning of the internet revolution he had a natural proclivity to everything technical and was building computers for friends and family by his early teens. After spending most of his teenage years working in various computer shops he attended the University of Texas at Austin where he earned his BS in Computer Science. Shortly after he made the move to Silicon Valley to join the fast pace of the startup culture and has been loving it ever since. What you’ll learn: What is the tipping point that brings about change Modern DevOps practices are more about getting people involved, not replacing people Reengineering a solution requires you to understand the problems they were trying to solve If you would like to reach out to Adam about anything he discussed on the podcast, please reach out to him via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamianrobertson/

Meet: Jude Gomila is currently CEO and Founder of the startup Golden. Jude Gomila was previously President and Co-Founder of Heyzap (Union Square Ventures and Y Combinator funded in 2009) which sold to Fyber for $45m in 2016. He has also made over 200 angel investments into startups. What you’ll learn: Focusing on solving search issues Applying trust to a data source and resolving the conflicts between different sources Converting the firehouse of data and applying structure If you would like to connect with Jude: http://www.judegomila.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/judegomila/