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Building Data Science Teams

Drew Conway speaks with Hugo about how to build data science teams, along with the unique challenges of building data science products for industrial users.
Mar 26, 2018
Guest
Drew Conway

Drew Conway is a world-renowned data scientist, entrepreneur, author, and speaker. He’s built companies, and has advised and consulted across many industries---ranging from fledgling start-ups to Fortune 100 companies---as well as academic institutions and government agencies at all levels. In 2015, Drew founded Alluvium to bridge the gap between industrial machine data and the business and consumer users who utilize this data to make better decisions. He serves as Alluvium’s CEO and is the driving force behind the company’s vision and growth in its early years.

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Host
Hugo Bowne-Anderson

Hugo is a data scientist, educator, writer and podcaster at DataCamp. His main interests are promoting data & AI literacy, helping to spread data skills through organizations and society and doing amateur stand up comedy in NYC.

Topics
Data Science
Data Engineering
Data Leader
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