Influential Future's Career Focus Podcast

Today as my guest I am hosting Anna Aleksieva, Senior Machine Learning Engineer.

She has extensive experience in startups, and most recently within financial services for one of the UK’s largest challenger banks. She has in-depth knowledge in data science, and machine learning. In today’s episode, Anna will be sharing with us her career journey to date, how she was in split minds as to what industry and specialization to pursue post university, and how her love of mathematics motivated her to pursue a degree in Computer Sciences.  Given her exciting career journey to date I hop...

Today as my guest I am hosting Nikolaos Sotiriou,Lead Data Scientist.

He has extensive experience in data science, technology, and how best to utilize them within financial services. In this episode, Nikolaos was kind enough to share how his passion for physics motivated him to find practical application of his knowledge, and what led to his current professional path. Along the way he has gained invaluable insight on best practices, how to think strategically, and find the best solutions for practical problems. 

 Note: The views expressed in this episode are personal in nature and in...

Today as my guest I am hosting David Florez Fernandez, an AI Cloud Solution Architect.

Having worked with Microsoft for 8 years he has extensive experience in the world of technology. He was kind enough to share with us his career journey from university, his initial career within finance, and finally how he set out his Data Science journey, and consequently his current career path. In addition, we discussed how new technology is shaping the world of Data Science and what it means for the profession in the future. 

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Today as my guest I am hosting Joseph Heade,Venture Principal.

He has extensive experience in venture funding and research. He shared with us his journey from education to the professional world and what he has learned along the way that has helped him on his career path. In addition, he was kind of to speak about his experience, how we got involved in new technologies, and specifically venture funding.

 Note: The views expressed in this episode are personal in nature and in no way reflect the views of any organization, company, or institution. 

Today as my guest I am hosting Ivan Panajotov, Head of Business Intelligence Analytics. He has extensive expertise in financial and credit scoring during his time with one of the largest credit scoring companies in the world. From then on, he got motivated to apply his knowledge and skills in different fields and expand his know-how. I discussed with him his career journey to date, how to find what you love as a profession, the challenges that a data professional faces daily and how to overcome them, and so much more.
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Today as my guest I am hosting Ivan Naydenov, a Senior Data Scientist/Team Lead, and a good friend of mine for over 20 years. Ivan initially worked in credit scoring but then he got the data science bug and has been working on very exciting and challenging data projects throughout his career. He has shown tremendous understanding of how to analyze data problems and find intricate solutions to them that have helped him throughout his career. In this episode we explored his education, career choices, how technology is impacting his work and what it takes to be a successful...

Today as my guest I am hosting Nikolay Migineishvili, a Senior Product Manager with over 10 years of experience. Moving from big pharma to big tech Nikolay has shown an outstanding aptitude for adaptability, know-how, and delivering high-value projects. In this edition of CareerFocus we not only discussed his career path to date, but also what skills he gained along the way that made him a successful product manager. 

Note: The views expressed in this episode are personal in nature and in no way reflect the views of any organization, company, or institution.

Today as my guest I am hosting Rado Georgiev, Strategic Sustainability Advisor. Rado has established himself as a seasoned professional within the sustainable finance field with over 15+ years of expertise. In our interview, we discussed his journey into sustainable finance, what makes it so exciting and challenging, what it means to be sustainable, current trends in the field and how we can make the world a better place by going green. 

Note: The views expressed in this episode are personal in nature and in no way reflect the views of any organization, company, or institution.

Today as my guest I am hosting Alexander Angelov, Head of Data & Analytics. Alexander has established himself as a seasoned professional in the data science space with over 10 years of experience in the field. In our interview, we discussed his journey into the realm of data science/ engineering, what it takes to lead successful projects, finding out your niche, and the new and exciting technologies that are entering the field. 

Note: The views expressed in this episode are personal in nature and in no way reflect the views of any organization, company, or institution.

Today as my guest I am hosting Elie Kawerk, PhD a Senior Data Scientist. He has over 10 years of experience in the data science world with a  ton of practical experiences. In our interview, we discussed his journey into physics and academia, how he got interested in data science, the challenges of running projects, and how technology is changing today’s world. 

Note: The views expressed in this episode are personal in nature and in no way reflect the views of any organization, company, or institution.