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 futur ..read more

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 Learn ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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. ✅  Connect with Jonathan Pierre on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonpierre1 ✅  Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect): https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ ..read more

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. ✅  Connect with Cecil Phillip on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecil-phillip/ ✅  Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect): https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ ?  Chapters  00:00 Opening 02:33 Career Overview and Impact of Tech o ..read more

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. ✅  Connect with Dion St. Hilaire on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dionst/ ✅  Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect): https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ ..read more

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. ✅  Connect with Dennis Ramdass on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-ramdass-98425718/ ✅  Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect): https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ ?  Chapters  0 ..read more

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/blackux ..read more

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 foll ..read more