Dare to Data

I founded Dare to Data to formalize and structure the relationships I have with some of the world's leading companies to consult, support and empower them in their data and AI journey.

Current and past clients include PepsiCo, PUMA, Whirlpool, Nitto, Amazon Web Services, AtScale, EM360, O'Reilly Media, nexxworks, Aporia, Colquímica, DATAcated Plus, The Ravit Show, Ontotext, Growth Tribe, IBM / Databand, CoRise, SingleStore, Equals, Einblick, Impetus, Nexla, Starburst, ClearML, Nvidia, Dubai Future Foundation, ThriveDX, Global DIY-Summit, Afera, Prophecy, Listly, Dremio, amongst others.

Founder

LinkedIn

Over 65,000 learners to date! Building and teaching content as a part of the data course library, currently focused on empowering others to take full control of their data through the use of SQL as well as how to tap into the power of analytical thinking.

LinkedIn Learning Instructor

IE Business School

Delivering keynotes for the US, Spain, Canada, Portugal, Russia, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Switzerland, Chile, Greece, Japan, South Korea, Nigeria, Egypt, Lebanon, China, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, France, Cyprus & more.

International Speaker

Graduate-level courses taught primarily within the MBA programs covering data and artificial intelligence topics, as well as personal branding workshops.

Adjunct Professor, Department of Information Systems and Technology

Leading the Corporate Masters program for Saudi Aramco employees.

Academic Director, Saudi Aramco Master in Business Analytics and Big Data

Leading the online Executive program which explores the range of possibilities offered by using new technologies and aligning digital strategy with general strategy in a company.

Academic Director, Digital Strategy and New Technologies Executive Program

Porto Business School

Graduate and executive level courses taught in business strategy for data and artificial intelligence.

Adjunct Professor

ISDI

Launched, continue to coordinate and teach the Data & AI module within one of the flagship programs at ISDI - the Master in Internet Business in Madrid, Barcelona and online.

Data & AI Module Program Manager

Regularly lecturing in advanced analytics topics at the Masters level and Executive programs in ISDI, an international institution focused on digital transformation.

Lecturer

VN Campaign Partners

Partner

Google

Developing insights and tools to empower our teams to work smarter and our clients to get the most out of Waze Ads. Leading analytical studies and strategy across North America for some of our largest advertising verticals (Fuel, Auto Parts & Services) as well as non-endemic verticals such as Entertainment. Creating scalable data solutions via daily use of SQL, BigQuery, Looker, CARTO, GSheets.

Analytical Lead, Waze

As a part-time facilitator, teaching engineers & analysts how to apply statistical methods to big data problems (Hypothesis Testing, T-Tests, Multiple Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Centered Moving Average, Causal Impact, K-Means Clustering).

Master Faculty - Data Science I

Leading complex data projects, automation and optimization with our most advanced international clients cross-office.

Data Specialist

#IamRemarkable is an initiative empowering women & underrepresented groups to speak openly about their accomplishments in the workplace & beyond, thereby breaking modesty norms & glass ceilings. Workshops hosted for the UN World Tourism Organization, Amadeus, CARTO, IE Business School, LastMinute, Teleperformance, Google Campus - Digitalizadas.

#IamRemarkable Facilitator

Combining Google Search data with advanced analytics and Cloud tools to drive business impact. Working with a $xxx-million client portfolio.

Analytical Consultant

Nielsen

Maintaining data integrity and leading projects in data process optimization, as well as supporting a migration to Big Data technologies (Google Suite). Delivering both internal and external seminars and training courses around data topics.

Expert Engineer in Project Development and Big Data

Graduate Intern: Associate Systems Engineer

Graduate Fellow

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📍 Current resident of Málaga, Spain & native of Charlotte, North Carolina

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Greek-American currently living in Spain, helping companies harness the power of data. Driven analytics professional & strong supporter of lifelong learning. I hope to bring advanced data technologies to the masses & exploit the potentials of emerging technologies. I am bilingual & passionate about international relations. Avid reader (bibliophile) & traveler. With trips to 60+ countries & first-hand experience working in a variety of cultures & languages, I enjoy & thrive when working in an international environment.

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Alongside my corporate work, I am a regular international speaker supporting data analytics, emerging technologies & women in STEM. Some of my latest involvements include:
● Guest appearances on more than 30 podcasts such as SuperDataScience, Ken's Nearest Neighbors, How to Get An Analytics Job, Driven by Data, Humans of Data Science, Present Beyond Measure, LightsOnData & more.
● Interview features, guest lecturer, panelist and event host!
● Keynote speeches delivered regularly since 2018 across 15+ countries in-person, virtually spanning the globe, with audiences surpassing 1,000+. Top involvements include:
→ → The WPO Annual Conference 2022 in Montreal CA, "The Information Age: Digitized & Datafied"
→ → Bloom Tech Forum 2021, "Harnessing the Power of Data for a Better Tomorrow"
→ → The WPO Annual Conference 2021 in Nashville TN, “Data Science: A Double-Edged Sword"
→ → The World Knowledge Forum 2021, “The Information Age: Digitized & Datafied"
→ → The Global DIY-Summit 2021, "The Future of Retail: Data as a Differentiator"
→ → Africa Communications Week 2021, “The Shift toward Data-Driven Marketing & Communications” 
→ → DATAcated Conference 2021, “From zero to hero: a simple explanation of ML"
→ → DATAcated Conference 2020, “SQL isn't going anywhere"
→ → Quantic EMBA Conference 2020, “The Truth behind the Buzz- Emerging Data Technologies for the 21st Century"
→ → The Smart Future World Expo 2019 in Istanbul Turkey, "Harnessing the Power of Big Data"
→ → TechIE 2019 in Madrid Spain, "Big Data & ML Intro Workshop"
→ →  IE-UCOM Big Data Day 2018 in Yerevan Armenia, "Harnessing the Power of Big Data"

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For further opportunities (podcasts, events, etc.) in my interested fields, feel free to contact me directly.

The opinions stated here are my own, not those of my employers.

*Note that I may earn a small commission for sales through my affiliate links shared here.

Christina Stathopoulos, MSc

University of Pennsylvania

- Develop and deliver courses based on Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLM 's) to graduate students, faculty, and staff.
- Recommend both new and revised curricula on incorporating other aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to those same groups.
- Provide best practices for learning Artificial Intelligence.

Senior AI Curriculum Advisor 

- Developed curriculum for and teach classes on Artificial Intelligence. 
- Deliver to Graduate School of Education.
- Recruited expert guest lecturer on Generative AI for AI.
- Mentored and consulted students on the use of Artificial Intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence Co-Instructor

The Wharton School

- Provide research direction and mentorship to MBA and undergraduate students.
- Offer peer counseling to fellow graduate students.
- Draft strategy options for review by AI Accountability Institute.

#AI Research Mentor & Peer Advocate

Gartner

Advises clients in strategic challenges with Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Decision Sciences.  Specializes in areas such as:

- AI Talent/ AI Organization
- Upskilling AI Staff/ AI Literacy
- AI Strategy
- AI Ethics/ Responsible AI
- Measuring AI success
- Maximizing AI profitability
- Model ensembles
- Project management
- Simplifying operations
- Feature engineering
- Data storytelling 
- Working with stakeholders

Director, Data & Analytics/ AI Expert

Analytics-Edge, LLC

•	Created Data Science/ AI curriculum for Cisco Networking Academy: 3.1 million current students, 190 countries, and 6 languages.
•	Developed and delivered the first Data Science curriculum for all of 3M Asia.
•	Created the first Artificial Intelligence course for Harvard Innovation Labs' Experfy spin-off.
•	Provided consulting and training for clients like AARP, Biogen Pharmaceuticals, IBM, Los Angeles Times, Royal Bank of Canada, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, T. Rowe Price, and Wells Fargo.

VP- Artificial Intelligence Educator

Booz Allen Hamilton

•	Founded the Strategic Artificial Intelligence Lab (formally Emerging Technologies AI team)
•	Increased VBA Fraud Model Performance by 500% in 8 weeks
•	Lifted sales forecasting model accuracy from 85% to over 91%
•	Raised chatbot satisfaction levels from 27% to over 70%
•	Developed firmwide Introduction to AI training for 10K employees with a 98% approval rate

Lead Artificial Intelligence Solutions Architect

Legg Mason (Acquired by Franklin Templeton)

•	Provided 440% lift in product Cross-Sell performance with breakthrough AI model using champion/ challenger Model Risk Management platform.
•	Slashed Feature Engineering timelines by 80% with CN2 rule induction methodology.
•	Built and tested almost 300 production-ready models using Python, TensorFlow, SageMaker, and various AWS/ pipelines and processes.
•	Designed, authored, and implemented Artificial Intelligence Roadmap for Legg Mason, creating of Strategic Artificial Intelligence Labs.
•	Benchmarked AUM performance, revenue growth, and product performance over 800 separate data elements.
•	Trained over 150 Legg Mason employees on AI methodology across 3 continents.

Lead Data Scientist

Morgan Stanley

•	Designed, created, and implemented a fraud detection model that captured 40% of all fraud within a 2% turndown threshold, outperforming a custom model created by a third-party consulting firm of experts.
•	Developed and executed custom data science training programs for a team of 12 Morgan Stanley employees across two continents.
•	Trained 25 professionals on 2 continents in Machine Learning/ Artificial Intelligence.
•	Implemented custom Python tool to automate Exploratory Data Analysis for all future modeling efforts.
•	Managed a junior executive to become a full Data Scientist in under four months.
•	Wrote and executed Request for Proposal for Anomaly Detection for a $40 billion book of business.

Vice President of Data Science

Various roles 

•	Wide variety of predictive analytics assignments for over 25 clients, including developing almost 100 predictive models for industries such as banking, cellular, healthcare, hospitality, and non-profits.
•	Saved St. Jude Children's Research Hospital approximately 45% on mailing costs using an advanced modeling ensemble approach of an initial filter model, a secondary response model, and a final donation model.
•	Raised Sheraton Hotels’ response rates by more than 50% for destination promotions using advanced analytics to predict direct mail conversion.
•	Built web-based fraud detection models with sub-second decisioning for PayPal, evaluating up to 1 million purchases per day.
•	Created and deployed a unique Customer Analysis Protocol for Alltel Cellular’s marketing division, allowing immediate data mining “triage” for the entire marketing staff. 
•	Chief Data Scientist, Analytics-Edge, 2000 – 2021
•	VP Consumer Lending, Bank of Hawaii, staff of 7, 1997 - 1999
•	VP Credit Cards, CoreStates Bank, $7.8 million budget, staff of 4, 1995 – 1997
•	VP Credit Card Acquisition, Citicorp, Service Excellence Award, 1986 - 1995

Contract Consulting: Vice President of Analytics/ Data Science

81k | Director, Data & Analytics/ AI @ Gartner

#AI pioneer since 1986, currently working with University of Pennsylvania while studying at Harvard GSE. 🥳

Working to make #ArtificialIntelligence friendlier and more ethical!

Provided ROI results for, among others:

- Audi
- Biogen
- Cisco
- Los Angeles Times
- Mercedes
- Morgan Stanley
- Yale University

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