🎙️ Welcome to a brand-new episode of Career Focus!

Today I sit down with Guillermo Malena, Co-Founder of Allie AI (https://tryallie.com), on a mission to reinvent data-driven decision-making in CRE. A former Bloomberg Product Manager and Cornell alum, Guillermo shares why he went out on his own, the hardest parts of shaking up legacy markets, and the tech trends you need on your radar.

Note: The views expressed in this episode are personal in nature and in no way reflect the views of any organization, company, or institution.

🎙️ Welcome to a brand-new episode of Career Focus!

Today, I’m joined by Reggie James, Founder of Digital Clarity — a seasoned expert with a remarkable career spanning the early-days of the internet (AltaVista and Yahoo) to starting his very own successful digital consultancy.

In this episode, Reggie shares insights from his career journey, including:

• The 95-5 rule and its impact on brand awareness and customer acquisition
• The evolution of digital marketing from its early days to now
• Why maintaining market dominance is harder than ever
• How emerging technologies are re-shaping everything in terms of how businesses think about strategy

… and much more.

My sincere thanks to all our listeners and supporters.

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 Alexandru Voicu, Head of Growth & Strategy at Newton - https://newton.ro/

In this interview we discussed his immense interest in the finance world, what led him to get involved with Newton and his views on the future of technology.

Thank you to all our listeners and supporters.

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 Martin Iliev, CFO of startup GlycanAge https://glycanage.com/

In this interview we discussed his immense interest in the startup world, his career path before becoming a CFO, and how he found his calling.

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 Beatrice Zatorska, a serial entrepreneur and CEO/Founder of PDBuddy- https://pdbuddy.app/

She has extensive experience in the corporate world and now being involved with her current startup. She shared with us the challenges of being a founder and owner of your own business, what lessons she learned along the way and what it means to push boundaries and innovate.

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 Zdravko Slavov, Senior Manager within the Climate and Sustainability space.

He has in-depth knowledge on financial products, what drives the market, technology, and sustainability. In today’s episode, Zdravko shared his career path to date; how he initially wanted to do product design, specifically for the car industry, but as he pursued his university studies he got fascinated by the world of finance. After university, he started working in the asset management space, within Product Development for many years. With a successful career in finance, he decided to try his hand in a crypto start-up, which he found a great learning experience. Afterwards, he transitioned into consulting in the climate and sustainability space, where he is currently. Given the depth and knowledge of his professional development, he was able to share some very interesting insights into how to manage stakeholders, how to think about your skills, and the best way to apply them, if you want to have a successful career.

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 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.