Best ExploreAI Podcasts (2024)

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#006 – Carmen Lewis 52:42

1+ y ago52:42

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Carmen is head of curriculum at ExploreAI Academy. Carmen pursued a path of technical training with BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in electrical and mechatronic engineering. Her academic research focussed largely on education and how technical subjects like engineering are taught most effectively.

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#007 – Jaco Jansen van Rensburg 53:06

1+ y ago53:06

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Jaco is head of the ExploreAI Academy. He's an out-and-out academic with BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering, an MBA, and nearly 10 years of experience at South Africa's acclaimed CSIR, the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research.

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#005 – Aidan Helmbold 44:02

1+ y ago44:02

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Aidan is the CTO at ExploreAI. He is an actuary by training, and before joining ExploreAI in 2015 spent much of his career as a management consultant. His diverse interests led him to London for many years and to places like Korea, where he dabbled in martial arts and which inspired ExploreAI Academy's belt system.…

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#003 – Shaun Dippnall: Founding ExploreAI, life-changing books, running barefoot, and what really matters 55:39

1+ y ago55:39

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Shaun Dippnall is the founder, chairman, and former CEO of ExploreAI. Shaun hails from humble beginnings and made good use of his affinity for maths from an early age. He was chief actuary at a large bank in his mid-20s, and went on to be a management consultant to some of South Africa's biggest corporates. At 35, he founded EXPLORE and its Data Sc…

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#004 – Pete Kropman: Tech education, the power of books, and the definition of success 1:07:32

1+ y ago1:07:32

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Pete is the head of partnerships for ExploreAI Academy and formerly the Academy's head of growth. He was instrumental in landing ExploreAI's landmark partnership with ALX. His career, which started with a degree in actuarial science, has spanned a corporate tenure at a large South African bank, as well as a stint working in operations for a church,…

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#002 – Dave Labuschagne: Tech sales, hiring/recruiting data scientists, and pivoting into data science 47:28

1+ y ago47:28

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In this episode, we talk to ExploreAI Academy alum David Labuschagne, the placements lead and soon-to-be B2B sales lead at ExploreAI. We discuss Dave's journey from studying economics, becoming a game ranger, studying data science, and ultimately working in placements and sales. We delve into the common mistakes graduates make as they enter the job…

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#001 – Jonathan and Kieran on ending up in data science, experience with ExploreAI Academy, and what they do at ExploreAI. 51:45

1+ y ago51:45

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Jonathan Dankers is a data engineer, and Kieran Donnelly is a marketing manager, both at ExploreAI. In this episode, Jonathan and Kieran discuss their backgrounds and how they got into the data industry, including Kieran's role at ExploreAI and Jonathan's experience as a data engineer and civil engineer before that. They discuss Jonathan's experien…

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#006 – Carmen Lewis 52:42

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#007 – Jaco Jansen van Rensburg 53:06

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#005 – Aidan Helmbold 44:02

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#003 – Shaun Dippnall: Founding ExploreAI, life-changing books, running barefoot, and what really matters 55:39

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#004 – Pete Kropman: Tech education, the power of books, and the definition of success 1:07:32

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#002 – Dave Labuschagne: Tech sales, hiring/recruiting data scientists, and pivoting into data science 47:28

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#001 – Jonathan and Kieran on ending up in data science, experience with ExploreAI Academy, and what they do at ExploreAI. 51:45

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