#81 Parmida Beigi: Innovating the Future at Amazon

Episode #81 of the 2B Bolder Podcast features an incredibly smart woman who is on a mission to demystify artificial intelligence.  She is a huge advocate for helping women succeed in their technical careers. Parmida Beigi is an Amazon senior research scientist and is well-known in the industry across many social channels as @bigdataqueen. Parmida shares a lifetime's worth of experience and uses her skills to help others grow into machine learning career paths. Parmida’s career has touched many facets of machine learning and data science, from her Ph.D. research in computer vision and time series forecasting to her work in Alexa AI end-to-end systems.  Today Parmida pursues — among other things — speech recognition and natural language processing initiatives to help Amazon’s Alexa customers.Tune in to hear her journey from initially thinking she might be a doctor to falling in love with math and science and following her passion for machine learning and artificial intelligence.  Seeking knowledge and being curious led her to drive the development of incredible innovation and technology. She breaks down the career path roles and options in a fast-growing field, encouraging more women to participate and lend their unique perspectives to the field.  It's invaluable to hear her provide a glimpse into her role and responsibilities, hear her passion for what she does, and how others can pursue such a meaningful career.   If you are curious about a career path in artificial intelligence and machine learning, don't miss this episode.Connect with Parmida on her multiple social channels @dr.ParmidaBeigi  (previously @bigdataqueen) https://linktr.ee/ParmidaBeigiSee the full library of Women in Business and Tech Career podcasts Parmida Beigi's Career Tips for Women TranscriptThe 2B Bolder Podcast provides first-hand access to some amazing women. Guests will include women from leading enterprise companies to startups, women execs, coders, account execs, engineers, doctors, and innovators.