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 hope that a lot of you will find her insight inspiring, useful, and interesting for those of you that would like to pursue a career in machine learning.  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 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 no way reflect the views of any organization, company, or institution.

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. Join us on our last podcast of 2023!  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 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. 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 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 Data Scientist.  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 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.

Today as my guest I am hosting Yordan Angelov, a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer. In our interview, we discussed his journey into the world of programming, what he has learned along the way, how important quality assurance is in today’s computer programming, how technology is evolving and what the future holds.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 Anirudh Tagat,Phd a seasoned Economist and Research Author at the Department of Economics at Monk Prayogshala, a not-for-profit academic research organization based in Mumbai as well as In-Resident Economist at the Internet Society. He has his own website https://www.anirudhtagat.com/ , so please check it out. He has over 10 years of professional experience and in our interview, we discussed his journey into academia and then research, how the Covid pandemic has impacted world economies, the evolution of technology and many other interesting topics. 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 Monika Petrova, a Senior Product Manager with over 10 years of experience. She has a lot of experience working in the technology sector and most recently within FinTech. She will be sharing with us her expertise in various fields including project and product management, how to break into the industry, skills, and knowledge she gained along the way. In addition, we will discuss the evolution of technology and where it might go in the future. Note: The views expressed in this episode are personal in nature and in no way reflect the views of any organization, company, or institution.Please note this is our first episode with our new show-tune. Hope you enjoy it.

Today as my guest I am hosting Hugo Chim, who will be discussing with us his experience of doing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at the London Business School (LBS).  He will be providing more details why he chose this course, what he learned from it, how it pushed him out of his comfort zone and so much more.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 Ventsislav Marinov, a Senior Software Engineer/Tech Lead with 10+ years of experience. He has a lot of experience working across a wide range of industries, most recently financial services, and he will be sharing with us his expertise from software design, implementation, project management, as well as where new technologies are moving towards to. 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 Kirill Egorov, who currently works is a Quantitative Analyst with many years of experience.I will discuss with him how his interest in mathematics and its’ practical application led to a career in the world of Quantitative Finance. In our conversation we discussed the different fields within Quantitative Finance and what they mean, the required skillsets, how to build upon your interests, how technology is changing and as well as discussing other fascinating topics.

Today as my guest I am hosting Nicola Ghio, who currently works as a Senior Machine Learning Scientist.I will discuss with him how he made the transition from Computer Sciences to Data Science/Machine Learning. In our conversation we discussed how to find out an interesting career field to get involved in, how to develop your skills, the importance of being open-minded and flexible, where Data Science/Machine Learning is going as discipline as well as other areas of interest.

Today as my guest I am hosting Anton Delgado, who currently works as a Senior Python Developer and before spent 7 years for Big 4 firm. I will discuss with him how he made the transition from Audit to Consulting and finally Software Development. In our conversation we discussed how you can always continue learning thereby developing new skills, asking the tough questions of whether you want to continue the career track you started after university, how technology is changing and impacting the world around us and many other interesting topics.Bookmark: 0:00 - 4:25 Introductions4:25 - 8:10 University overall and 1st Career Choice8:10 - 11:45 Big 4 Experience and a passion for programming emerges11:45 - 18:05 Expectations and how your career will evolve over time18:05 - 25:09 Day to day work in Big 4 and how the transition to programming happened25:09 - 37:21 Working styles discussion and how to manage people37:21 - 51:23 Technology discussion on development and capabilities (and how the financial world runs on Excel)51:24 - 53:54 Hobbies53:54 -54:54 10 years in the future54:54 – 56:54 Top 3 Apps56:55 – 59:20 Advice and final commentsNote: 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 Rumen Stefanov, a fully qualified architect with extensive experience in the UK. I will discuss with him what made him decide to become an architect, what was his journey up till now, do cities need to re-think their layout and role post-Covid, the evolution of the urban environment, his current projects, and what he likes to do in his spare time. 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 Daniela Andonova, an Account Manager for a large tech firm.  Today, she will be sharing with us her expertise on technology, how she got involved in the tech sector, visions of the future, the importance of teamwork, advice on how to become successful, and many other exciting topics.Note: The views expressed in this episode are personal in nature and in no way reflect the views of any organization, company, or institution.