09/19/23 | 29 min
The Decade of Data with Saad Zaheer, VP of Data Science and Engineering at Endeavor
Episode Overview
In this episode, Saad Zaheer, VP of Data Science and Engineering at Endeavor, shares with us how we’re living in the decade of data and how he’s seen that play out in industries across the board, how the Snowflake ecosystem makes it easier for Endeavor to do their work, and why societies can never invest enough in education.
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Saad Zaheer is the Vice President of data engineering and data science at Endeavor. His team is responsible for developing Endeavor’s customer data platform to enable machine learning and artificial intelligence, analytics, audience segmentation, marketing, and sales applications across a broad portfolio of businesses. Previously Saad has served as manager of data analytics at Cruise and director of advanced analytics and data science at eBay. Saad holds a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Pennsylvania and bachelor degrees in physics and mathematics from MIT.

Steve Hamm is an award winning journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker. He has been writing about the tech industry for more than 30 years, including journalism stints at BusinessWeek and the San Jose Mercury News. His book credits include Bangalore Tiger, The Race For Perfect, Making the World Work Better, Smart Machines, and soon to be released- The Rise of the Data Cloud.
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