The Caribbean Data Science Podcast: Recent Episodes
Mark Moyou and Geoff Seyon
A show where we highlight the stories of people from the Caribbean Diaspora who are doing great things in machine learning, AI and tech with the goal of inspiring the next generation of Caribbean Data Professionals.
In this episode, Kesann shares his framework for problem-solving, coding tips, and how he cracked an interview at Google. He is originally from Barbados and is currently a Senior Software Engineer at Google and also worked at amazon as Intern and Software Engineer.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/
✅ Connect with Kesann Walrond-McClean on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kesann-walrond-mcclean/
📒 Chapters
0:00:00 Opening
0:00:39 Kesann Mcloud introduction
0:01:53 Journey to Google
0:04:24 Impact and future of tech in the Caribbean
0:05:59 High school journey & getting started with programming
0:09:56 Choosing college and maintaining a good habit system
0:14:57 Hardwork sets you for success in career
0:18:04 Kesann's coding best practices
0:19:03 Lessons learnt as an intern at Amazon
0:24:04 Experience working at Amazon
0:28:12 Interviewing process at Google
0:30:36 Kesann's framework for problem solving
0:33:12 Working as Individual contributor at Google
0:37:40 Experience as working on campus
0:40:39 Advice for students and professionals
0:51:25 How to keep yourself motivated
0:53:23 Kesaan's personality and strength
0:55:39 Top 3 investing advice tips
0:57:41 Book recommendations
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Dion Paul is originally from Trinidad and Tobago and is currently a Program Manager at Google where he has had a strong career there for the past 7 years working as a Solutions Consultant and IT Resident. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Electronics Engineering and a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.
✅ Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/
✅ Connect with Dion Paul on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauldion
📒 Chapters
0:00:00 Opening
0:01:01 Dion Paul Introduction
0:02:37 Impact and future of Tech in the Caribbean
0:04:58 Getting jobs beyond your local region
0:08:01 Physical products vs Digital products
0:11:53 High school journey and collective learning
0:14:51 Playing sports help with leadership in Tech
0:16:29 Having fun and managing discomfort
0:19:21 Advice for High School and College students
0:23:47 Why you should focus on problem solving
0:26:33 Why agriculture is an important aspect of our lives
0:32:40 Life lessons that you can learn from farming
0:42:40 Switching from Electronic Engineering to Computer Science
0:51:06 How your Caribbean heritage helps in your Tech Career
0:57:39 Journey to Google
1:07:27 Consistency and patience leads to success
1:13:27 Why mindset matters in your professional career
1:18:27 Career Advice
1:25:16 Book Recommendations
✅ Email us at: caribbeandatascience@gmail.com
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Stefan is currently a Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Deliveroo working on ranking and recommendations in London, UK. Previously, he worked at Google and Twitter doing a lot of work in the search and Natural Language Processing space. He got his Masters from Cambridge and bachelors from the University of the West Indies.
✅ Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/
✅ Connect with Stefan Hosein on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-hosein-36991798/
📒 Chapters
0:00:00 Opening
0:01:57 Stefan Hosein Introduction
0:05:50 Being a Staff Machine Learning Engineer
0:07:47 How Data Science works in Production
0:11:15 Why Machine Learning Infrastructure is Important
0:15:17 High School Journey and Being a DJ
0:20:22 Having Fun and Working Harder
0:26:20 Advantages of Pursuing Music in your Career
0:31:00 How to Solve Problems at Work
0:34:12 How Common Interests help you to Network
0:36:05 How Caribbean Heritage helps your Leadership Career
0:38:27 How to overcome Imposter Syndrome
0:40:52 How Writing Well can advance your Tech Career
0:45:19 How to have a Larger Impact at Tech Companies
0:53:48 College Journey and Working Extra Hard to be Successful
0:58:39 Leverage your Strengths to have a great Career
1:04:52 The True Value of Top Educational Institutions
1:09:38 How to Succeed coming from a Small Place
1:15:57 Overcoming Imposter Syndrome at Google
1:22:10 You must take chances to be successful
1:24:59 Advice for High School, College, and Professional
1:29:37 Increasing Tech Salary and Book Recommendations
1:31:57 How to Manage Stress in your Tech Career
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Anthony Cole is a Sr. Program Manager of Employee eXperience & Trust (EXT) for Amazon Music and serves as president of Amazon's Black Employee Network (BEN) HQ chapter. Prior to joining Amazon Anthony had ten years of experience in private banking, sales, and account management with J.P. Morgan and Wealth-X. At Wealth-X, he was responsible for leading a team of Client Success Associates to drive client retention, fostering engagement and adoption of Wealth-X solutions via consulting, wealth information and market research services. At Wealth-X he managed a $10MM book of business achieving a 90% revenue retention rate, streamlined processes for client onboarding, engagement and issue resolution to achieve scalability for global team implementation, and collaborated with sales, marketing, technology, and product teams to deliver solutions tailored to client needs. His background enabled Anthony to ramp quickly at Amazon, embracing the leadership culture.
Most recently Anthony was a Senior Business Developer for Amazon Business (AB) where he led the seller success strategy in the public sector business for small and diverse businesses, and managed the AB Corporate Social Responsibility storefronts. As a leader of the Black Employee Network he champions inclusion, diversity and equity for Black employees and the Black community. He is passionate about empowering underserved communities while ensuring that Amazon is a place where everyone shines for their differences. Anthony is also very involved in the company culture having hosted the Amazon Career Day "Ask Me Anything panel" and was co-host of Represent the Future Summit in 2021.
Anthony is originally from one of the creative capitals of the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, where the Steel Pan, Calypso and Soca music were all invented. He's also a singer songwriter, and now made a name for himself in the Pacific Northwest, performing at Umoja Fest, one of the largest festivals in the region, also at Recompress and Reconnect at the Seattle Arboretum, and at the Women on the Rise Gala at the Seattle Museum of Flight. He composed a reggae rap celebrating what it means to be an Amazon Bar Raiser, to inspire others to be the best versions of themselves, and Amazon Be Strong to provide inspiration to Amazonians globally during this unprecedented period. He is currently looking forward to being on stage at the Crocodile, where he will open up for Phylissia Ross on April 15th in Seattle.
✅ Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/
✅ Connect with Anthony Cole on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonycole1/
📒 Chapters
0:00:00 Opening
0:02:42 Introduction
0:05:43 Impact of Tech in the Caribbean
0:07:34 Being a Leader at Amazon
0:11:49 Becoming a Leader in Your Career
0:15:48 Journey to Amazon
0:18:25 What is a Mentor vs a Sponsor
0:21:41 High School Journey and Working Hard
0:26:37 Journey to the US
0:29:10 The Importance of Working Out for your Career
0:32:04 Early Days as a Musician
0:35:22 Why You Should Pursue Music & Your Passion
0:40:32 How To Ask For What You Want
0:43:06 How To Be Successful in Private Banking
0:50:59 The Importance of Learning To Sell
0:53:52 Caribbean Heritage gives you an Advantage
0:58:06 Using People Skills to Break Into Tech
1:01:04 The Importance of Writing in Your Career
1:03:31 Working with High-Net Worth Clients
1:07:27 How to get Mentors
1:10:04 How to Quit Your Job
1:14:22 Aligning Your Passion With Your Career
1:19:02 The Importance of Mutual Benefit
1:20:15 Advice for High School, College, and Professional
1:28:12 Using Music to Influence Your Mind for Success
1:35:26 Book Recommendations
✅ Email us at: caribbeandatascience@gmail.com
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In this episode, we learn about Kyle De Freitas's journey from St Vincent and the Grenadines to Trinidad and then to Canada where he works as a Machine Learning Engineering Lead at CashApp. Kyle's story is a true reflection that hard work and setting vision plays a big role in your professional success and asking yourself "what is next" is the key for finding motivation to work harder.
✅ Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/
✅ Connect with Kyle De Freitas on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyledef/
📒 Chapters
0:02:06 Doing Machine Learning at CashApp
0:10:35 Impact of AI on the Caribbean
0:17:38 Journey to CashApp from the Caribbean
0:23:03 Early Motivation
0:25:23 How Kyle got International Exposure
0:30:51 How to be a Team Leader
0:34:11 Building Teams
0:35:33 Finding International Opportunities
0:39:27 How to Gain a Global Network
0:45:39 Motivation for Working Hard
0:51:38 Working in a Startup
0:58:11 Working for a Silicon Valley Company
1:02:56 Know what makes you good at your job
1:07:06 How Caribbean roots makes you a better team player
1:14:42 Principles to live by
1:21:49 Advice for a successful career
1:25:06 Book Recommendations
1:28:06 How to manage burnout
1:33:06 Career and Life Advice
✅ Email us at: caribbeandatascience@gmail.com
caribbeandatascience #motivation
In today's episode, we speak with Jonathan Pierre. He is the CEO of GEOTree, a deep learning startup for Environmental Monitoring. He is also the President of Mantle Labs, a fintech startup that enables farmers to get funding by leveraging satellite imagery. He has over a decade of experience trading commodities at top companies such as citibank and is originally from Trinidad and Tobago.
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In today’s episode, my guest is Cecil Phillip. He is a Senior Developer Advocate at Stripe. He was a Senior Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft and has had roles at numerous software companies. I hope you enjoy the interview and take some lessons for your own journey in machine learning and tech.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecil-phillip/
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📒 Chapters
00:00 Opening
02:33 Career Overview and Impact of Tech on the Caribbean
07:51 What is developer advocacy and why you should consider it.
15:06 The Caribbean is poised for an E-commerce revolution
21:26 Early career choices in the Caribbean and choosing schools
34:00 The importance of relationships for getting into top tech companies
39:00 Why you must leverage your skills as a leader
42:25 The Caribbean and the Metaverse
45:40 How to develop motivation and choosing a different path from your youth
52:03 How to get to the next level in your career, it takes time
57:20 Journey to Microsoft and opening opportunities for yourself in large companies
01:08:30 Mindset for being a top performer in tech
01:19:30 Career advice
01:27:21 Book recommendations
01:32:20 How your Caribbean background leads to greater success in Tech
In today’s episode, my guest is Dion St. Hilaire. He has over a decade of experience as a Cloud Architect at Microsoft and does Cloud Computing consulting. He breaks the mold of the typical software engineer, running a party events company while being a Cloud Computing consultant. I hope you enjoy the interview and take some lessons for your own journey in machine learning and tech.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/dionst/
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📒 Chapters
00:00 Teaser
00:34 Introduction
02:40 Perspective and Views on the future of Tech Caribbean.
07:43 What is the biggest entry barrier in cloud computing for in the Caribbean
08:27 Recommended Cloud Training Programs
10:20 Early High School Journey
17:45 Coding mindset and journey to computer engineering
26:09 Experience of getting recruited by Microsoft
29:23 Does Caribbean culture naturally help in consultancy at tech companies?
39:01 How to be a good digital transformation consultant at a tech company
46:20 Roadblocks, opportunities and advice on getting a job at big tech companies
54:15 Private consultancy and traveling experience
58:58 Balancing social life as a software engineer and the power of networking
1:08:39 General advice for high-schoolers, college students and professionals for their tech careers
1:16:20 Book Recommendations
In today’s episode, my guest is Dr. Deana A. She is originally from Jamaica and is currently a Staff UX Research & Strategy Lead at Google. Her journey from Jamaica to Silicon Valley is truly inspiring.
Dr. Deana also runs a non-profit, Azarae Foundation, where the mission is to support Caribbean youth towards fulfilling their education and passions through helping minimize financial barriers and connecting them with mentoring, developmental programs and opportunities.
✅ www.azaraefoundation.org
You can also find her at the Black UX Network
✅ https://www.instagram.com/blackuxnetwork/
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanab/
✅ Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect): https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ
📒 Chapters
0:00 - Introduction
05:40 - Why you chose to work at Google doing User Experience Research
16:57 - How your Caribbean heritage can help in a global career
25:00 - Early career journey from high school in Jamaica
34:45 - Diversity of careers and lucrative careers in Tech
40:46 - How Deana got 7 internships and journey to Google
51:06 - Do you need a PhD to do User Experience Research at Google?
54:21 - How to build your personal brand in Tech
01:01:50 - Three pieces of advice for career and life, finding your passions
01:15:50 - Book recommendations
In today’s episode, my guest is Dennis Ramdass. He is a Staff Engineer 2 Stripe at VMWare where he focuses on building ML-based products. Dennis is an MIT Alum and is originally from Trinidad and Tobago. He shares some great lessons for having a great tech career and how to be at the intersection of software engineering and machine learning.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-ramdass-98425718/
✅ Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):
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📒 Chapters
00:00 Opening
03:00 What is VMWare and compute virtualization
07:13 Working across different sizes of organization, startups vs enterprise
10:17 What is the future impact of tech and ML for the Caribbean region
14:17 You should be contributing to opensource, great for tech career
17:04 Early high school journey to MIT
26:12 Experience at MIT and fast track master degrees
34:45 Early career at NetApp - Enterprise Data Storage
38:40 Moving to a startup and getting acquired
41:20 Evaluating when to shift companies
44:32 The importance of customer-facing skills in your Tech Career
50:14 Internal networking at large companies
54:30 Leading teams in software engineering and adding value
57:20 Day to day job, coding, machine learning
01:00:45 Ways to stay sharp in your Tech Career
01:02:28 General advice for high-schooler, college student and professional
01:13:14 Book recommendations
In today’s episode my guest is Dr. Naila Murray. She is from Trinidad and Tobago and is currently a Research Engineering Manager at Meta AI (formerly facebook AI). Prior to joining Meta AI she was the Director of Science of Naver Labs Europe, and a Manager & Senior Scientist at Xerox. Dr. Murray obtained her B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 2007, and the Masters and PhD in Computer Science from Univesitat Autonoma de Barcelona. While Dr. Murray’s career path may seem very intentional you will learn in the interview that her journey to Meta AI was on of just following the opportunities that presented themselves to her as she went along. I hope you enjoy the interview and take some lessons for your own journey in machine learning and tech.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/naila-murray-8a5b9a7/
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**In today's episode we speak with Gerald Jean-Baptiste, he is our first guest representing the Haitian region. The focus of today’s podcast is creativity and cultivating it in our data-driven careers. Gerald currently works at YouTube, as a Video Producer in the YouTube Support Solutions Organization. While at Google, he co-produced Google’s first-ever Black Culture and Music festival, SoulFest. He hails from the great city of Miami and is of proud Haitian descent. Gerald had the privilege to study at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and received his Bachelors in Fine Arts (BFA) in Film and Television in 2012. As an emerging filmmaker, Gerald has directed various shorts, and his most notable work is his thesis film entitled The Choice. After Gerald completed his studies at NYU, he felt impassioned to return to Miami to improve the education system in his hometown. Gerald was then inducted as a 2012 Teach For America Miami-Dade Corps Member and placed at Miami Edison Senior High. He had the fortune of teaching English Language Learners at Miami Edison, many of whom were recent Haitian immigrants. Gerald then received a master's degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a focus on Arts in Education. Any type of innovation in tech and machine learning requires creating something new given what currently exists, so pay attention to the gaps in your own creative process.
Connect with Gerald on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerald-jean-baptiste-79336418/**
Today my guest is Dr. Andrew Russell, our first guest from Jamaica. Dr. Russell currently works at NVIDIA as a Principal software engineer. He has worked at other top companies such as Google, Magic Leap and Texas Instruments. Dr. Russell, received three degrees from MIT a Bachelors, Masters and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has more than 40 patents filed in his name and is one of the inventors of Google's Project Starline, a holographic video conferencing system. Dr. Russell, has also taught at the University of the West Indies Mona Campus in Jamaica and attended highschool at Campion college and munro college for A-levels. He now lives in florida with his wife Wendy and 4 children.
Dr. Russell has accomplished a great deal in his technical career, there are many lessons he shares that you would find interesting for your own journey.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-russell-2031825/
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In todays episode we speak with Marcelle Bonterre. He is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer focusing on Natural Language Processing at Turnitin. Before Turnitin, he was either the first or an early engineer at several startups, whose businesses ranged from smartwatches to FinTech. He holds a Bachelors in Computer Science from Wright State University. Marcelle spends part of his spare time mentoring new engineers through affiliations with various organizations, and spinning through his rolodex of hobbies including mountain biking, rock climbing, tinkering with electronics, roasting coffee, falling down wikipedia language-origin rabbit-holes, or indulging his passion for autodidactic study of astronomy, quantum physics and various mathematical esoteria. Marcelle is an immigrant from Trinidad & Tobago and what I want you to take from his journey is his focus on learning the skills needed to be successful in your data science career even without a formal education in machine learning.Connect with Marcelle Bonterre on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelle-bonterre-1a375b63/
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In this episode, we learn about Dr. Jason Pinto's journey from Trinidad to the UK. He is currently the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Pace Revenue, a machine learning startup in the UK focused on dynamic price optimization. Jason loves the world of fast, dynamic startups and has advised several companies and been a venture partner at Amadeus Capital Partners where he focused on companies in the online services and digital media space. Dr. Pinto obtained his bachelor's in materials science and engineering from MIT, his master's in Materials science and engineering at Stanford University, and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Cambridge. Jason shares many great lessons in this interview around balance, maintaining your health for the long startup journey, and the mindset it takes to succeed at startups.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/gseyon/
Sekou L. Remy is a Research Scientist and Technical Lead at IBM Research – Africa. A member of the healthcare team, he is excited about developing appropriate technologies which will transform Africa, and the world. A proud alum of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and of Morehouse College (both in Atlanta, GA USA), Sekou has had teaching and research appointments at Clemson University, the University of Notre Dame, and Spelman College.
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In this episode we interview Professor Anil Kokaram. He graduated in 1993 with a PhD in Signal processing from the Cambridge University Engineering Department in the UK. He is now Professor and Chair of Electronics at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. From 2011-2017 he was the lead of the Media Algorithms Team at YouTube/Google. Before that, he founded a media digital signal processing group at Trinity College Dublin working in the broad areas of Digital Signal Processing for Video Processing, Bayesian Inference and motion estimation. He has published over 200 referenced papers in these areas. He was a former Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Video Technology and IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and currently serves as Senior Area Editor. He was founder of a company (GreenParrotPictures) producing video enhancement software that was acquired by Google in 2011. In 2007 he was honoured with a Science and Engineering Academy Award from the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his work in video processing for post-production applications.
Hope you enjoy the interview and remember that it is possible to do great things in tech and machine learning by leveraging your caribbean background.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/anil-kokaram-8661417/
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This video covers some best practices for professional networking as a data scientist. It also covers some things you should consider to become the best data scientist that you can be. Consider this career advice for data scientists that I would share if we sat down and had a chat.
In this episode, we learn about Dr. Nick Fuller’s career journey. He is currently the Vice President of the Distributed Cloud organization at IBM Research and has held numerous leadership positions in the company over his 18+ year career. Hope you find some inspiration from this interview.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholascmfuller/
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Book recommendations:
Struggle and Progress by Dr. Nicholas Fuller
From Colombus to Castro by Eric Williams
Making of Port-of-Spain by Michael Anthony
Rasta and Resistance by Horace Campbell
In this episode, we learn about Yinka Badejo’s journey from St. Maarten in the Caribbean all the way to Silicon Valley. She is currently a Data Science Manager at Facebook. Her story has many lessons for women in tech and data science.
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In this episode, we learn about Kyle Maloney's Entrepreneurial Tech journey in the Caribbean. He has founded 5 companies and obtained over 3 million in funding along the way. The TechBeach Retreat team is building out the tech ecosystem in the Caribbean, so get in contact. Hope you find some inspiration from his story. Remember to connect with us on LinkedIn:
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In this episode, we learn about Dr. Kwame Johnson’s medical journey from the Caribbean to becoming a Senior Product Manager at Hinge Health, one the fastest growing Healthcare Startups. He was a Program Manager at Microsoft and a Product Manager at Google DeepMind Healthcare. Hope you find some inspiration from his story. Remember to connect with us on LinkedIn
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In this episode, we learn about Learie Hercules’ data career journey from the Caribbean to the US. He is currently the Chief Technical Officer at Smart Warehousing, a leader in Fulfillment & Logistics. We speak about how to think about data and many data career strategies, that if you deploy them, will enable you to accelerate your career progress. Hope you find some inspiration from his story. Remember to connect with us on LinkedIn
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In this episode, we learn about Geoff Seyon’s journey from the Caribbean to MIT and then to Silicon Valley where he gathered over 27 years of experience as a Technology Leader. We really talk about leveraging your Caribbean background to make great strides in your career and he reminds us to continue pushing because the age of AI and its vast changes are coming. I know you will find some inspiration from Geoff’s story.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/gseyon/
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In this episode, we learn about Dr. Patrick Hosein’s AI career journey from the Caribbean to doing research on a global scale and back. He holds five (5) degrees from MIT and is currently a Professor of Computer Science at the University of the West Indies. He has been a Principal Engineer at Nokia Bell Labs, AT&T, Ericsson. We talk about the history of computing in the Caribbean, his journey at MIT and how you can get started with your career in AI in the Caribbean. Hope you find some inspiration from his story. Remember to connect with us on LinkedIn
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/phosein/
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In this episode, we learn about Mandela Patrick's AI career journey from the Caribbean to the US then the UK. He recently finished his PhD in Computer Vision at the University of Oxford and is a Visiting Scholar at Facebook AI Research. We talk about how to the importance of study groups, extra-curricular activities, trends in machine learning and working and mentorship. Remember to connect with us on LinkedIn
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In this episode, we learn about Dr. Timothy Hospedales’s AI career journey from the Caribbean to the UK. He is currently a Principal Scientist at Samsung AI Research Center in Cambridge and a Full Professor at the University of Edinburgh. We cover topics such as optimizing your PhD in Machine Learning, networking to expand your AI career and different areas of machine learning research.
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n this episode, we learn about Dr. Danielle Belgrave's AI career journey from the Caribbean to the UK. She is currently a Principal Research Manager at Microsoft Research in the UK leading machine learning research in healthcare. We talk about how to accelerate your AI research career and how to have a better experience in your academic career. Hope you find some inspiration from her story. Remember to connect with us on LinkedIn
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