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. Connect with Dr. Andrew Russell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-russell-2031825/Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ

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/Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ

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.Connect with Dr. Jason Pinto on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-pinto/Connect with Geoff Seyon on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):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.Connect with Dr. Sekou Remy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sekoulremy/Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ

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.Connect with Dr. Anil Kokaram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anil-kokaram-8661417/Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ

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.Connect with Dr. Fuller on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholascmfuller/   Connect with Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/Book recommendations:Struggle and Progress by Dr. Nicholas FullerFrom Colombus to Castro by Eric WilliamsMaking of Port-of-Spain by Michael AnthonyRasta 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. Connect with Yinka Badejo on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3fGaUZEConnect with Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ

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:Connect with Kwame on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kpmaloney/Connect with Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/

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 LinkedInConnect with Kwame on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwamejohnson19/Connect with Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/

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 LinkedInConnect Learie Hercules on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/learieher...Connect with Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/

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. Connect with Geoff on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gseyon/Connect with Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/

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 LinkedInConnect with Danielle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phosein/Connect with Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/

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 LinkedInConnect with Mandela Patrick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandelapatrick/Connect with Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/​

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. Connect with Timothy Hospedales on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyhospedales/Connect with Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/

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 LinkedInConnect with Danielle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-...Connect with Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/