I've worked as an AI product manager, university professor, data science consultant, AI startup advisor, and ML researcher; TEDx & keynote speaker, lecturing since 2013.
From 2021-2023 I worked at FourthBrain (Backed by Andrew Ng's AI Fund) to build industry-leading online bootcamps in ML Engineering and ML Operations (MLOps):
🔗 Resources links: Deeplearning.ai demos, AI Makerspace demos, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Blog.
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🔗 Resources links: YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter
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Advanced AI Course - https://maven.com/nitinai/agentic-ai-bootcamp
Career highlights
Founder of DataTalks.Club · Creator of the Zoomcamp Series · ML Engineer & Author
Alexey Grigorev is the founder of DataTalks.Club and the creator of the popular Zoomcamp series. With 15 years of experience in software engineering and over 12 years in machine learning, he has built and deployed large-scale ML systems at companies like OLX Group and Simplaex.
An advocate for practical, hands-on education, Alexey has taught over 100,000 students, focusing on a code-first approach to help learners build real-world skills.
In the past, he was an active participant in data science competitions. A Kaggle Master, Alexey has achieved top rankings in several challenges, including 1st place in the NIPS'17 Criteo Challenge and 2nd place in the WSDM Cup 2017: Vandalism Detection.
He is also the author of several technical books, including the widely read Machine Learning Bookcamp.
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