Caribbean Tech Pioneers Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Neil Shaka Hislop is an ESPN soccer analyst and commentator, Howard University alum, and former professional soccer player. He represented Trinidad and Tobago internationally, including the 2006 World Cup. Hislop co-founded "Show Racism the Red Card" and has received numerous awards for his contributions to sports and anti-racism efforts.


EPISODE LINKS
Shaka Hislop LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaka-hislop-07bb63a/
Shaka Hislop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shakahislop
Shaka Hislop Twitter: https://x.com/shakahislop
Dr. Mark Moyou LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/
Dr. Mark Moyou Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkMoyou

PODCAST INFO
CTP Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@caribbeantechpioneers
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caribbean-tech-pioneers/id1689073732
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6Z0a3WXhs2jlyhtCSnNxGA
Full videos: https://www.youtube.com/@caribbeantechpioneers/videos


📗 Chapters
03:25 Football (Soccer)
05:17 Professional Career
07:10 Caribbean Talent
14:22 Next Generation Athletes
17:20 Tech in Sports
20:56 Soccer Career
25:43 Opportunities in Sports Career
31:59 Advice for Players
40:36 Learnings in high school
45:00 Coach
49:20 Howard Experience
51:34 Advice for young athletes
53:36 Making Big
01:03:42 Mental Strength
01:06:56 Broadcasting Career
01:11:12 Advice for Media Career
01:19:06 Book Recommendations
01:21:26 Advice for high schooler, college student and professionals
01:24:20 Rapid Round

Dr. Stefan Uddenberg, With a PhD from Yale University and extensive research experience at the Perception & Cognition Laboratory under the guidance of Brian Scholl, Dr. Uddenberg is set to make waves as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at UIUC next summer.

Currently a Principal Researcher with Alex Todorov at Chicago Booth, Dr. Uddenberg's primary research program focuses on unraveling the default assumptions ingrained in our minds, particularly in the realm of perception. Discover the intricacies of how our minds engage in unconscious inferences, considering not only the raw visual input but also a set of assumptions about the light's source or reflection.

📲 Stefan Uddenberg Socials:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanuddenberg/

📲 Dr. Mark Moyou Socials:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkMoyou

📗Chapters
02:25 Stefan Uddenberg Research
12:40 Why Stefan did PhD
15:20 Perception and its insights in machine learning
19:41 Studying Faces and how people judge by face?
24:17 Does smell matters? 
28:47 How social media effects mental model of judging faces?
32:20 AI Generated Ads Content
35:30 Hyperspecific Content based on individual's worldview
38:51 Latent Space
43:10 Publishing Research Papers
44:28 Advice for students in high school
55:10 Thoughts on PhD
01:01:12 Stefan's method of learning
01:03:48 Book Recommendations
01:05:26 Stefan's favourite dishes
01:06:31 One thing that brings you joy
01:07:00 Benefits of top institutions
01:11:37 Stefan's Ultimate Dream

Stefan is currently a Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Deliveroo working on ranking and recommendations in London, UK. Previously, he worked at Google and Twitter doing a lot of work in the search and Natural Language Processing space. He got his Masters from Cambridge and bachelors from the University of the West Indies.

✅  Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/

✅  Connect with Stefan Hosein on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-ho...

Anthony Cole is a Sr. Program Manager of Employee eXperience & Trust (EXT) for Amazon Music and serves as president of Amazon's Black Employee Network (BEN) HQ chapter. Prior to joining Amazon Anthony had ten years of experience in private banking, sales, and account management with J.P. Morgan and Wealth-X. At Wealth-X, he was responsible for leading a team of Client Success Associates to drive client retention, fostering engagement and adoption of Wealth-X solutions via consulting, wealth information and market research services. At Wealth-X he managed a $10MM book of business achieving a 90% revenue retention rate, streamlined processes for client onboarding, engagement and issue resolution to achieve scalability for global team implementation, and collaborated with sales, marketing, technology, and product teams to deliver solutions tailored to client needs. His background enabled Anthony to ramp quickly at Amazon, embracing the leadership culture.

Most recently Anthony was a Senior Business Developer for Amazon Business (AB) where he led  the seller success strategy in the public sector business for small and diverse businesses, and managed the AB Corporate Social Responsibility storefronts. As a leader of the Black Employee Network he champions inclusion, diversity and equity for Black employees and the Black community. He is passionate about empowering underserved communities while ensuring that Amazon is a place where everyone shines for their differences. Anthony is also very involved in the company culture having hosted the Amazon Career Day ""Ask Me Anything panel"" and was co-host of Represent the Future Summit in 2021.

Anthony is originally from one of the creative capitals of the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, where the Steel Pan, Calypso and Soca music were all invented. He's also a singer songwriter, and now made a name for himself in the Pacific Northwest, performing at Umoja Fest, one of the largest festivals in the region, also at Recompress and Reconnect at the Seattle Arboretum, and at the Women on the Rise Gala at the Seattle Museum of Flight. He composed a reggae rap celebrating what it means to be an Amazon Bar Raiser, to inspire others to be the best versions of themselves, and Amazon Be Strong to provide inspiration to Amazonians globally during this unprecedented period. He is currently looking forward to being on stage at the Crocodile, where he will open up for Phylissia Ross on April 15th in Seattle.

✅  Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/

✅  Connect with Anthony Cole on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyco...

In this episode, we learn about Kyle Maloney's Entrepreneurial Tech journey in the Caribbean. He has founded 5 companies and obtained over 3 million in funding along the way. The TechBeach Retreat team is building out the tech ecosystem in the Caribbean, so get in contact. Hope you find some inspiration from his story. Remember to connect with us on LinkedIn:

✅ Connect with Kyle Maloney on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kpmaloney/

✅ Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/

In today's episode, we speak with Jonathan Pierre. He is the CEO of GEOTree, a deep learning startup for Environmental Monitoring. He is also the President of Mantle Labs, a fintech startup that enables farmers to get funding by leveraging satellite imagery. He has over a decade of experience trading commodities at top companies such as citibank and is originally from Trinidad and Tobago.

✅  Connect with Jonathan Pierre on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonpierre1

✅  Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):
https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ

In today’s episode, my guest is Dion St. Hilaire. He has over a decade of experience as a Cloud Architect at Microsoft and does Cloud Computing consulting.  He breaks the mold of the typical software engineer, running a party events company while being a Cloud Computing consultant. I hope you enjoy the interview and take some lessons for your own journey in machine learning and tech.

✅  Connect with Dion St. Hilaire on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dionst/

✅  Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):
https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ

In today’s episode, my guest is Cecil Phillip. He is a Senior Developer Advocate at Stripe. He was a Senior Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft and has had roles at numerous software companies.  I hope you enjoy the interview and take some lessons for your own journey in machine learning and tech.

✅  Connect with Cecil Phillip on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecil-phi...

✅  Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):
https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ

In today’s episode, my guest is Dennis Ramdass. He is a Staff Engineer 2  Stripe at VMWare where he focuses on building ML-based products. Dennis is an MIT Alum and is originally from Trinidad and Tobago. He shares some great lessons for having a great tech career and how to be at the intersection of software engineering and machine learning.

✅  Connect with Dennis Ramdass on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-ra...
✅  Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):
https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ

In today’s episode, my guest is Dr. Deana A. She is originally from Jamaica and is currently a Staff UX Research & Strategy Lead at Google. Her journey from Jamaica to Silicon Valley is truly inspiring.

Dr. Deana also runs a non-profit, Azarae Foundation, where the mission is to support  Caribbean youth towards fulfilling their education and passions through helping minimize financial barriers and connecting them with mentoring, developmental programs and opportunities.
✅ www.azaraefoundation.org

You can also find her at the Black UX Network
✅https://www.instagram.com/blackuxnetw...

✅ Connect with Dr. Deana A. on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanab/

✅  Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect): https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ