BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260527T000120EDT-8119bHtUd1@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260527T040120Z DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis exclusive mentorship event will give participants the opportunity to connect with the following alumni who are leading professio nals in their field:\n\n\n Alex Cohen\, M. Eng.\, CTO at ABS Intelligence \n Faisal Al Azem\, B.Sc.\, Engineer and Senior Manager at Bell Canada\n Hos sein Maleklou\, M.Sc.\, Senior Consultant at Slalom \n Nathanael Weill\, Ph .D.\, Director at Data Science at B-Yond\n Oliver Foster\, MS\, Senior Data Scientist at Intact Financial\n Raghad Al-nouri\, M.Sc.\, Associate Consul tant\, Slalom \n Zachary Markofsky\, MS\, Senior Data Governance Specialist at Talent Neuron \n  \n\n\nAttendees will be able to ask career-related qu estions to help them navigate their own learning and career trajectory. Th ese tech professionals will share tips and insights designed to help parti cipants excel as future data scientists/analysts.\n\nThis event will be he ld in English\, but participants can ask questions in French.\n\nRegister \n\n\n About Alex Cohen\, M. Eng.\, CTO at ABS Intelligence\n\n \n As the CTO at ABC Intelligence\, Alex leads a team that builds products that leverag e high-quality data to improve healthcare outcomes for pets and their owne rs. Before working at ABC Intelligence\, Alex spent three years as a Data Science consultant\, where he implemented AI-based solutions in the health care\, telecommunications\, and retail industries. He has a Masters in Flu id Mechanics and is a recipient of the NSERC and FRQNT research scholarshi ps for his research in Forest First Propagation Mechanisms. Alex completed the McGill SCS Professional Development Certificate in Data Science and M achine Learning in 2019.\n\n \n\n About Faisal Al Azem\, B.Sc.\, Engineer an d Senior Manager at Bell Canada\n\n \n Faisal Al Azem is an Engineer and a S enior Manager at Bell. He leads a team of Data Science Developers and Prod uct Managers to deliver AI products aimed at optimizing Bell’s call centre operations.\n\n He has 15 years of experience in the telco industry where he held roles in Engineering\, Marketing and Customer Operations. He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from McGill\, a Master of Applied Sc iences from L’Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal\, and completed the McGill S CS Professional Development Certificate in Data Science and Machine Learni ng in 2020.\n\n \n\n About Hossein Maleklou\, M.Sc.\, Senior Consultant at S lalom\n\n \n During the past 12 years\, Hossein has had chance to work in di fferent domains such as Food and Retail\, Environmental\, Cosmetics and Be auty\, Aerospace\,and Consulting services to clients. Hossein earned a Bac helor of Software Engineering in Iran\, and he started his career as a BI Developer analyzing and integrating data from ERP systems into different s tages of on-prem data warehouses and data marts.\n\n In 2012\, he was admit ted into the M.Sc (Information Technology) program at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS). His thesis was about VM recourse consolidation algorith ms in Cloud Computing. After graduation\, he worked as a Database & Report s Developer in an Environmental’s software company\, that provides applica tions and reports to different clients in environmental\, health\, safety\ , and compliance management domains.\n\n Hossein joined L’Oréal in 2017 as BI architect where he focused on solutions to integrate data from differen t data sources into data warehouse and build multidimensional models for B usiness to build multiple dashboards. At SITA\, he spent a couple of years doing design\, implementing and supporting self-service BI solutions base d on Azure platform and Power BI to provide better insights to different a irlines clients.\n\n Hossein started his consulting journey at Slalom in 20 21\, where he focuses on architecture\, design and integration in cloud so lutions for clients based on different platforms such as Azure\, Databrick s\, AWS\, Snowflake and works on projects in Bank\, Oil\, and gas domains. \n\n Outside of work\, Hossein enjoys spending time with his family\, hikin g\, camping\, outdoor activities\, reading\, and eating. He loves to cook so much that even after a long hard day\, he finds cooking a nice meal utt erly relaxing. He considers it one of life’s great joys.\n\n \n\n About Nath anael Weill\, Ph.D.\, Director at Data Science at B-Yond\n\n \n Nathanael We ill is an experienced Director of Data Science at B-Yond\, where he leads a team in developing cutting-edge AI and analytics solutions for the telec om industry. He previously worked as a Senior IoT Data Scientist at Mnubo and as Director of Data Science and Research at LANDR\, where he achieved state-of-the-art algorithms in various fields. Nathanael holds a Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences and is a lecturer in the Professional Development Certificate in Data Science and Machine Learning and Professional Developm ent Certificate in Applied Artificial Intelligence programs at McGill SCS. \n\n \n\n About Oliver Foster\, MS\, Senior Data Scientist at Intact Financi al\n\n \n Oliver Foster is a Senior Data Scientist at Intact Financial with a background in mechanical engineering and analytics. He holds a bachelor' s degree in mechanical engineering from McGill University\, a master's deg ree in analytics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and has complete d the McGill SCS Professional Development Certificate in Data Science and Machine Learning program. With his skills and knowledge\, Oliver has devel oped data-driven solutions for a range of business challenges at Intact Fi nancial and is excited to share his insights on data science on the profes sional panel.\n\n \n\n About Raghad Al-Nouri\, M.Sc.\, Associate Consultant\ , Slalom\n\n \n Raghad is a pure mathematician and data scientist/engineer. Her expertise includes project design and management\, data analysis and i nterpretation\, and the optimization and implementation of data solutions in the cloud (1x GCP | 5x Azure certified).\n \n Raghad has an M.Sc. in Diff erential Geometry (UQAM)\, a Professional Development Certificate in Data Science & Machine Learning (McGill SCS) and a Professional Development in Applied Artificial Intelligence (McGill SCS\, in progress). She enjoys gen erating new ideas and devising feasible solutions. Her colleagues would de scribe her as a driven\, energetic individual who maintains a positive\, p roactive attitude under most circumstances. She is a mother of two (11-yea r-old boy and a 6-year-old girl) who loves swimming\, cycling\, running\, and Arabic poetry.\n\n \n\n About Zachary Markofsky\, MS\, Senior Data Gover nance Specialist at Talent Neuron\n\n \n Zachary Markofsky is a Senior Data Governance Specialist at Talent Neuron (formerly Gartner). He holds an MS in Industrial Organization Psychology and is a graduate of the McGill SCS Professional Development Certificate in Data Science and Machine Learning program. He's previously worked in various roles and industries such as da ta analytics in manufacturing\, behavioural science consulting\, startup l eadership\, and HR business analytics. Zachary is passionate about the 'so ft' sides of Data Science\, how we build systems which are meaningful\, et hical\, and designed with a human centric approach.\n\n \n\n DTSTART:20230328T200000Z DTEND:20230328T220000Z LOCATION:Room 1041\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B8\, 680 Rue Sherbrooke O SUMMARY:Data Science Mentor Mixer URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/continuingstudies/channels/event/data-science-men tor-mixer-346987 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR