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The Tech Trek

The Tech Trek is a podcast about how founders, operators, and technology leaders build and scale technology companies. Each episode explores the decisions behind building products, teams, and technical organizations, with conversations spanning engineering, AI, data, product, hiring, leadership, and growth. Guests share what they are building, what they are learning, and how they are navigating the challenges that come with turning technology into a successful company.

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00:24:03

Taking advantage of innovation and advice if you want...

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2020/12/01

Meet: Marian manages the Experiments and Optimization team at Zymergen. She spent the last ten years building data science solutions for problems in remote sensing, epidemic modeling, weather science, ag-tech, and now in synthetic biology. What you’ll learn: Taking advantage of innovation Relationships with science and product teams Advice if you want to get into data science If you would like to get in touch with Marian regarding anything discussed on this episode, please connect

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00:27:08

Machine Learning software development for B2B vs B2C,...

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2020/11/30

Meet: Xin Heng is currently the VP/Head of Data at Punchh. Before joining Punchh, he was the Head of Data Science at StubHub and a Data Science Manager at Uber. He has his Ph.D. in Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering from Caltech. What you’ll learn: Machine Learning Software Development - the differences between building ML software for B2B and B2C companies The Value of AI - predictivity vs interpretability Building an AI team - from the right leader and to core team members If you would like

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00:20:32

Establishing a security champion and culture and...

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2020/11/24

Meet: Arkadiy is Head of Application & Infrastructure Security at Chime. He is passionate about all forms of digital harm reduction, ranging from technical, to policy & legal, to security management & leadership. What you’ll learn: Establishing a security champion and culture Developers make for great security engineers Learning lessons from launching his own product If you would like to reach out to Arkadiy about anything he discussed on the podcast, please reach out to him via

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00:20:44

Dealing with Covid’s impact on security within the...

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2020/11/23

Meet: Rick Medina is a security practitioner, OSINT junkie, button pusher, and checkbox un-checker What you’ll learn: Dealing with Covid’s impact on security within the retail space Security becoming more agile If you would like to get in touch with Rick regarding anything discussed on this episode, please connect via: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardomedinajr/

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00:26:16

Bootstrapping a security program and security policy...

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2020/11/20

Meet: Kyle is a CISO and VP, Security, Privacy, and Compliance. He has 18 years of establishing, growing, and leading Security and Software Engineering Teams that built security in consumer, enterprise, and SaaS software products. What you’ll learn: Bootstrapping a security program Security policy as code Starting point to move to shift security left If you have any questions for Kyle, please feel free to reach out to him via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylerandolph/

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00:32:30

Modern data warehousing and data engineering viewed...

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2020/11/19

Meet: Ken is the data engineering manager at Alto Pharmacy - which offers free, same-day medication delivery to customers. Alto's data engineering team supports the entire business with a large focus on improving the logistical efficiency of the organization. Ken's career has focused on data engineering in which he has held a variety of roles in management, data engineering, and data architecture roles, and worked as both an employee and consultant. Ken feels that data engineering is a

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00:33:48

Adjusting to a less regulated industry and technology...

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2020/11/18

Meet: Prior to LeafLink, Nikhil led the data science function for Gartner’s Marketing practice, gaining deep expertise in building scaled data products for large consumer brands. He has extensive experience in generating insights from e-commerce, search and transactional data leveraging experimentation, machine learning, and implementing business intelligence solutions. Nikhil has also held positions managing data science teams at and consulting F500 clients on marketing and advertising. Currently,

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00:10:48

Empowering engineers to understand the why behind...

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2020/11/17

Meet: Nachi is a Director of Engineering at Electric.AI. Having started his career building software at a large investment bank, he has since transitioned into working for startups based out of NYC. He enjoys the role of being an early technology hire and is passionate about building inclusive & diverse engineering cultures, strong agile practices, and delighting customers. Topic: Empowering engineers to understand the why behind what they are working on To connect with

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00:27:00

Moving security from a black box view, thinking about...

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2020/11/16

Meet: Kunal Bhattacharya is a Security Leader, Organization builder, and mentor who helps organizations build robust Cyberdefense and detection capabilities. He does this by building Secure SDL processes and machination encapsulating Shift left strategy, SecDevOps, Cloud, and Penetration testing. Kunal's prior experience in all phases of application development, System and database administration, and Quality engineering have helped him in building lasting relationships with peers in engineering and

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00:29:13

Learning from a security breach and applying an...

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2020/11/13

Meet: Chris Millikin is the Head of Infrastructure and Security at Nuna. Prior to Nuna, Chris spent over a decade building security engineering teams focused on detection, response, and security by design at Google as well as Alphabet’s Security “bet”, Chronicle Security. Chris is passionate about building strong teams and developing them to their full potential and is currently hiring passionate problem solvers. What you’ll learn: How a security breach can shape your future views Applying an

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00:24:16

The impact of machine learning in healthcare data and...

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2020/11/12

Meet: Ben is a Senior Director of Software Engineering at Flatiron Health, where he leads the Machine Learning Team. Prior to Flatiron, he worked at Google on NLP applications for Google Search. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington. What you’ll learn: The impact of machine learning in healthcare data Solving text classification problems Can machine learning be overused If you would like to reach out to Ben about anything discussed on the podcast, please reach out

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00:26:29

Navigating Compliance as a Growing Company, Mainland...

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2020/11/11

Meet: Joel Anderson has worked in cybersecurity and IT as an engineer, advisor, and executive with impact across public, private, and social sectors: - technology leader for over 15 years - strong focus on information security and emerging technologies - agile, proven strategic thinker/thought leader relating technology to business value - experienced leading global teams What you’ll learn: CI/CD Business Systems for Performance and Security Mainland China Deployments Navigating Compliance as a

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00:28:05

Move quickly and optimize later and new data science...

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2020/11/10

Meet: Ella Alkalay Schreiber, Head of Pricing and Recommendations she leads a cross-functional team of product managers, data scientists, designers, and engineers in the creation of data-driven fintech products that make travel planning easier, most notably our Price Freeze product. These services leverage our immense first and third-party data to create products and values that do not exist elsewhere. In less than 12 months, Hopper has grown its attach rate of Fintech products on travel bookings

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00:16:20

Understanding your “impact”, how to better run your...

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2020/11/09

Meet: Wen-Ying is helping revolutionize how data insights can be turned into accelerators for strengthened growth at Plastiq. She has been a leader and champion of analytics and science in both start-up and corporate environments, including LendingClub, Mercari, GREE, Storm8, and eBay. What you’ll learn: Impact - address impact, to the business, to yourself to drive results Project Management - work backward, set deadlines and time tables to ensure successful projects Effectively communicating -

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00:33:23

Moving towards scale, bringing in more specialization...

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2020/11/06

Meet: Sen Xu is the head of engineering at Replica, where he leads the engineering effort to build a scalable data solution to provide movement insights. Prior to Replica, he was at Lyft's self-driving division, Uber, Twitter, and cofounded his own startups in the commodity trading industry. What you’ll learn: Moving forward from activities and processes that don’t scale 4 main pillars of engineering management Scaling requires more specialization If you would like to reach out to Sen about anything

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00:38:41

Brand growth in emerging markets and removing bias...

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2020/11/05

Meet: Anjali Samani is a Director of Data Science at Salesforce. When we recorded this episode, she was leading the Predictive Modelling team at CircleUp. Anjali has extensive experience in managing and delivering commercial data science projects and has worked with senior decision-makers in startups, Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100 businesses, and public sector organizations in the UK and US to enable them to develop their data strategy and execute data science projects. Her roles bridge

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00:24:47

Transitioning to the data industry via a code camp...

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2020/11/04

Meet: Allen Ko is a data science manager working at States Title, where he's leading the company's efforts to automate document processing and parsing. He has a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and loves to spend his free time hiking and wandering in the outdoors. What you’ll learn: Transitioning to the data industry via Metis Stepping up to a manager role More integration with the product team If you have any questions for Allen, please feel free to reach out to him via

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00:15:54

How to hire and grow your Data Science team, the...

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2020/11/03

Meet: Connan has a strong background in Economics with his Ph.D. and has also taught at UCLA as a professor. He was a Data Scientist at Uber for over 4 years before taking over the Data Science team at Just Auto Insurance. What you’ll learn: Hiring for your Data team - a balanced team for success Future of Data Scientists - evolving requirements and technical skills Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) - an example from Uber If you have any questions for Connan, please feel free to reach out to him via

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00:30:41

Focusing on delivering the most value for the...

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2020/11/02

Meet: Anson Whitmer - Head of Data. After completing a Ph.D., then a post-doc at Stanford, in cognitive neuroscience, Anson transitioned into data science. He is now the director of data at Calm, a company that he help build up, as the first data hire, to its current unicorn+ status What you’ll learn: Fueling growth by discovering a new uses case for a product Employe number 10 and first data hire Prioritization - Focusing on delivering the most value for the business If you have any questions for

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00:29:21

Finding ways to identify new requirements and...

The Tech Trek ·

2020/10/30

Meet: Daniel Gremmell is the Head of Data at Policygenius where he leads data engineering, data analysis, and data science. Before Policygenius, he was VP of Data Science at Plated. Daniel has experience in numerous industries including automotive, aerospace, and publishing. Daniel holds 2 master's degrees including an MS in Statistics from Rochester Institute of Technology. What you’ll learn: Finding ways to identify new requirements Importance of having accurate views of the job and company you

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