The event

Panelists shared their experiences of the hiring process and their recommendations for job-seekers. The discussion was expertly-moderated by Jessie Pluto, one of the R-Ladies Philly organizers. We asked the panel a mix of questions that attendees had submitted ahead of time and live-upvoted questions. The panel was followed by smaller conversations in breakout rooms, providing the opportunity for attendees to ask the panelists questions directly.

The panel

The panel included data professionals from a range of industries. We are grateful to our panelists, who were very generous with their insights and their time:

• Anjali Bansal: Advanced Analytics Lead, Slalom

• Robert Cheetham: CEO, Azavea

• Johanna-Laina Fischer: Senior Data Scientist, Comcast EBI

• Ryan Harrington: Lead Data Scientist, CompassRed

• Dave O’ Toole: Vice President of Analytics, Consumer Behavior, and BI, Revzilla (Comoto Holdings)

• Jason Rodriguez: Data Science Manager, GoPuff

• Steve Ross: Sr. Manager Security Data Engineering, Elastic

• Oodaye Shukla: Chief Data Analytics Officer, Eversana

Take-aways

As Ryan recaps in his LinkedIn post, key themes were grit and curiousity:

Catch up on the recording

You can catch up on a recording of the event here:

Acknowledgements

Thank you to the DataPhilly organizers (especially Ramaa Nathan, Anne Beeman, and Christopher Grannan) and The DataLab organizers (especially Devon Malfitano) for being wonderful collaborators for this event.