In this episode, I have a chat with Leo Souquet, a Data Scientist and the co-founder of the Data Science Tech Institute. DSTI trains Data Scientists and Data Engineers, and we chat about those two roles, their respective skills, how they’re related, and why you need both on your team. Much to my sorrow, Leo also convincingly explains why you have to learn math to build the best models.Video episodes are available on my YouTube channel.
Julien Simon is the Chief Evangelist at Arcee AI
, specializing in Small Language Models and enterprise AI solutions. Recognized as the #1 AI Evangelist globally by AI Magazine in 2021, he brings over 30 years of technology leadership experience to his role.
With 650+ speaking engagements worldwide and 350+ technical blog posts, Julien is a leading voice in practical AI implementation, cost-effective AI solutions, and the democratization of artificial intelligence. His expertise spans open-source AI, Small Language Models, enterprise AI strategy, and edge computing optimization.
Previously serving as Principal Evangelist at AWS and Chief Evangelist at Hugging Face, Julien has authored books on Amazon SageMaker and contributed to the open-source AI ecosystem. His mission is to make AI accessible, understandable, and controllable for everyone.