I am a translator, architect, and recruiting gate keeper for productizing AI and Machine Learning. I built models, and built teams that built models.A translator. I use simple analogies to make sense of AI/ML augmented, data driven products. I quickly earn respect from data scientists and gain trust from the business leaders. I serve as a translator between the two camps. My MBA and management consulting experience for C-level executives gave me the ability to tell stories for product ideation that makes business sense. My PhD work and pre-MBA industry experience was about machine learning approach to medical imaging. An architect. I have extensive knowledge in broad scope of data science, machine learning(ML), and data analytics. Been there done that, I am hands-on with machine learning from modelling to deployment. Usually I am the one who comes up with new ideas, sets the direction, and architects the ML-enabled product features. Often times I enjoy having a ML/NLP proof-of-concept (POC) deployed in the cloud to make the point.A gate keeper for recruiting. Since nowadays so many people want to be a data scientist or machine learning engineer, I spend a lot of time to select the best DS/ML talents. In the process, I've developed an effective set of heuristics to separate top talents from the rest of applicants.I have three mantras for my team: 1. We are in the business of DIIR: Data -> Information -> Insights -> Recommendation. 2. Analytics is more useful when we can sell it as a solution or product [to internal or external clients]. 3. Be agile and fail fast.I have over 20 years of combined experience working as a applied data scientist, management consultant, and a software engineer. Since 2010 I have been leading Analytics/DS/ML teams. With deep understanding in analytics, product, and strategy, I switch at ease from 30,000 feet strategic planning to ground level machine learning algorithms.I believe we don't sell data science, machine learning, or specifically natural language processing (NLP) but machine learning enabled solutions/products that solve clients' business needs.I strive to build and enable a high-performing team of data scientists and machine learning engineers. Just because an organization has hired 10 data scientists, doesn't mean that organization will automatically have the capability to deliver intelligent products enabled by DS/ML/AI. DS/ML talents need not to be “managed” per se. They need to be enabled, inspired, and served.
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