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How do you effectively build & ship a machine learning product?
The trends of big data & cost-effective computing power have given way to an unprecedented focus on developing machine learning algorithms & open source tools, making machine learning more accessible & powerful today than ever.
But building machine learning products is about much more than picking the right algorithm or library. Product managers are vital in not only choosing the right problems to solve, but also shipping solutions that provide a great user experience & foster user trust.
At this event, well explore questions such as:
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What problems are good problems for machine learning to solve?
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What baseline machine learning concepts do you need to know as a PM, & what answers should you bring to the table?
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What are some common pitfalls to look out for?
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How do you measure success, of both the model & the feature?
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Hear from experts on the best practices & challenges of shipping ML products across a variety of consumer & enterprise applications.
This talk is for product managers & leaders who are interested in or actively working on machine learning-enabled products. You will walk away with a well-rounded overview of what it takes to build these products & where to go to learn more.
Speakers
Sarah Catanzaro is an investor at Canvas Ventures, where she focuses on analytics, data infrastructure, & machine intelligence. Sarah has co-led Canvas's investments in Fluxx, Platform9, & Kinetica. Sarah has several years of experience in developing data acquisition strategies & leading machine & deep learning-enabled product development at organizations of various sizes. Most recently, she led the Data team at Mattermark to collect & organize information on over one million private companies. Previously, she implemented analytics solutions for municipal & federal agencies as a consultant at Palantir & as an analyst at Cyveillance. She also led projects on adversary behavioral modeling & Somali pirate network analysis as a program manager at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies. Sarah earned a B.A. in International Security Studies from Stanford University.
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Inga Chen is a Product Manager at Squarespace leading the user-facing analytics team, which turns data into actionable insights to help Squarespace's millions of website owners make better business decisions. Previously, Inga was a Product Manager of Data Insights & Fleet Telematics at Automatic Labs, a connected car startup leveraging machine learning & data science to empower drivers with knowledge about their driving behavior & car health. Prior to Automatic, Inga was a technology investment banker at Jefferies. She holds bachelor's degrees in Environmental Economics & Policy & Technology, Energy & Society from UC Berkeley.
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Ronnie Falcon is a Product Manager at Google Local Discovery, innovating new & exciting ways to connect people with real world experiences. By working for a company that is a leader in Machine Learning technologies, Ronnie is leading several ML based products from design through evaluation, scale & launch. Ronnie has a degree in Computer Engineering from Imperial College in London, a graduate of the Associate Product Managers program at Google & has an extensive previous background in developing data centered products like YouTube Analytics. 
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Elsie Kenyonhelps lead product management at Nara Logics, an AI platform company. She works with enterprise customers to define product needs & with engineers to define implementations that address them, focusing on data processing & machine learning. Previously, Elsie was a researcher at Harvard Business School, coauthoring several cases. She holds a BA from Yale University.
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Amy Soyeon Kim is a Senior Product Manager at Clarifai, a machine learning computer vision platform for developers & enterprises. At Clarifai, Amy focuses on building a platform that allows everyone to easily access the machine learning technology Clarifai has built to-date. Prior to joining Clarifai, Amy founded an early stage startup Miscellaneous Mischief, where she ideated, built, shipped, & grew 7 consumer-facing products including Toothpick, Wingman & Squad. Amy is also the founder Verte(x), a community of women bonding & growing together by building strong offline relationships. Prior to the startup grind, Amy started her career in investment banking at Deutsche Bank.
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Carla Saavedra Kochalski is a Senior Product Manager of Intelligent Assistants at Capital One where she leads the team responsible for building Eno, the first SMS-based chatbot launched by a U.S. Bank. Carla is passionate about creating experiences that fit within customers lives. Previously, she led the creation of social media products at the company, where she built & led social intelligence, the peer-to-peer community, & social customer experience for the enterprise. She also led digital & social media strategy for Samsung Mobile USA. Carla also has experience in social media servicing, digital marketing, & journalism. She has an MBA from the Georgetown McDonough School of Business. 
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