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Jan 2019
57m 43s

225: The Benefit of Having a Diverse Ski...

Jon Krohn
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In this episode of the SuperDataScience Podcast, I chat with the Business Development Specialist at Velocity Group, Anna Foard who have built an amazing data science career in very short time, besides being a mother of two children. You will hear how she is challenging and conquering the field of Data Science from many different perspectives. You will learn about her strategic approach to her career and how she has managed to meet and work on projects with many of her heroes in Data Science.


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