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QuantumBlack Voices

QuantumBlack Voices

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 QuantumBlack, a McKinsey company, is an advanced analytics firm operating at the intersection of strategy, technology, and design to improve performance outcomes for organizations. Each episode we talk to the talented and diverse people building products to enable organizations to capture the transformative power of advanced analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence.2026 QuantumBlack Careers Economics Leadership Management Management & Leadership Personal Success Politics & Government
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  • Meet Jiri Klein: Data Engineer

    Meet Jiri Klein: Data Engineer
    Jun 15 2021

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    Listen to the podcast (duration: 40:56) > Today we're talking to Jiri Klein, one of our data engineers in London. Jiri details his journey to data engineering, from his early passion in mathematics, to mechanical engineering and forensic data analysis. At each step, Jiri describes the skills he learned that have contributed to his current career in data engineering. Jiri provides a deep-dive on the role of a data engineer, and we go on to talk about how the role has changed as the industry has evolved from one-off analytics insights, to mature machine-learning products providing ongoing recommendations.

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    41 mins
  • Meet Farah Shair: Data Engineer

    Meet Farah Shair: Data Engineer
    Jun 1 2021

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    Listen to the podcast (duration: 28:14) > Today we're talking to Farah Shair, a data engineer from our London office. Farah's story is fabulous inspiration for chasing your passions, and not being afraid to change direction to do so. Farah's journey from biochemisty, to theatre marketing, to data engineering demonstrates how a diverse background can generate a broad spectrum of transferrable skills. We talk about the remit of a data engineer at QuantumBlack, and discuss how her past experiences have supported her throughout her career and how everyone should be encouraged to harness both their strengths and personality at work.

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    28 mins
  • Meet Viktoriia Oliinyk: Data Scientist

    Meet Viktoriia Oliinyk: Data Scientist
    May 11 2021
    Today we're talking to Viktoriia Oliinyk, a data scientist in our London office. We talk about Viktoriia's path to data science, and one of her recent projects at QuantumBlack.

    We then do a deep-dive on the topic of fairness, and why every data scientist has a responsibility to identify and mitigate societal bias found in historical data. Viktoriia is also incredibly passionate about promoting the representation of women in data science and STEM industries, and we talk about the work she and QuantumBlack are doing to improve that representation.

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    34 mins
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