Director of Machine Learning Insights [Part 4]

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👋 Welcome back to our Director of ML Insights Series! If you missed earlier Editions you can find them here:

• Director of Machine Learning Insights [Part 1]
• Director of Machine Learning Insights [Part 2 : SaaS Edition]
• Director of Machine Learning Insights [Part 3 : Finance Edition]

🚀 In this fourth installment, you’ll hear what the following top Machine Learning Directors say about Machine Learning’s impact on their respective industries: Javier Mansilla, Shaun Gittens, Samuel Franklin, and Evan Castle. —All are currently Directors of Machine Learning with rich field insights.

Disclaimer: All views are from individuals and not from any past or current employers.

Javier Mansilla

Background: Seasoned entrepreneur and leader, Javier was co-founder and CTO of Machinalis, a high-end company building Machine Learning since 2010 (yes, before the breakthrough of neural nets). When Machinalis was acquired by Mercado Libre, that small team evolved to enable Machine Learning as a capability for a tech giant with more than 10k devs, impacting the lives of almost 100 million direct users. Daily, Javier leads not only the tech and product roadmap of their Machine Learning Platform (NASDAQ MELI), but also their users' tracking system, the AB Testing framework, and the open-source office. Javier is an active member & contributor of Python-Argentina non-profit PyAr, he loves hanging out with family and friends, python, biking, football, carpentry, and slow-paced holidays in nature!

Fun Fact: I love reading science fiction, and my idea of retirement includes resuming the teenage dream of writing short stories.📚

Mercado Libre: The biggest company in Latam and the eCommerce & fintech omnipresent solution for the continent

1. How has ML made a positive impact on e-commerce?

We even use ML to optimize the way we reserve and use infrastructure.