From Idea to Production ML // Lex Beattie - Michael Munn - Mike Moran // MLOps Meetup #61

MLOps community meetup #61! Last Wednesday we talked to Lex Beattie, Michael Munn, and Mike Moran.

//Abstract
In this panel discussion, the goal is to deliberate about the process of turning ideas into production ML products.

//Bio
Lex Beattie - ML Engagement Lead, Spotify
In the last year, Lex has helped over 40 different teams across Spotify understand ML best practices, productionize ML workflows and implement impactful ML in their products. Lex is also a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Oklahoma, focusing on feature importance and interpretability in deep neural networks. Beyond her passion for all things ML, she enjoys exploring the great outdoors in Montana with her German Wirehaired Pointer, Bridger.

Michael Munn - ML Solutions Engineer, Google
Michael is an ML Solutions Engineer with Google Cloud and Google's Advanced Solutions Lab. In his role, he works with customers to build and deploy end-to-end ML solutions with Google Cloud. Within the Advanced Solutions Lab, he teaches these skills to customers.

Mike Moran - Principal Engineer, Skyscanner
Mike has worked across many dimensions; in large/tiny companies, back-end/front-end, with many languages, and as a sys-admin /engineer/manager. Mike has a healthy skepticism for most things and likes solving problems through applying System thinking.

//Final thoughts
Please feel free to drop some questions you may have beforehand into our slack channel
(https://go.mlops.community/slack)
Watch some old meetups on our youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG6qpjVnBTTT8wLGBygANOQ

Connect with Demetrios on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpbrinkm/
Connect with Lex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexbeattie/
Connect with Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/munnm/
Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrmikemoran/

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