How to Leverage Machine Learning to Monetize Your Fractional Expertise

In this episode, host David Mansilla is joined by Azam Beyk, a former professional football player, telecom engineer, and the visionary founder of Neoma.From surviving the ruins of the Yugoslavian war in Croatia to facing career-ending sports injuries, Azam’s path to tech leadership was anything but traditional. He opens up about the painful two-year emotional transition of rebuilding his life, how he went from deep-tech engineering to corporate pre-sales, and why he ultimately stepped away from corporate life to build an AI platform that is modernizing how enterprises and high-tech vendors collaborate.If you want to build a deeply aligned, resilient, and human-centric organization, Azam’s unique leadership perspective will change how you view your business.Key Takeaways from This Episode:The "New Moon" Philosophy: The inspiration behind his startup, Neoma, representing the power of starting fresh and embracing personal/business reinvention in the era of AI.The Ultimate Business Skill—Resiliency: How surviving geopolitical displacement and physical setbacks created an unshakeable mindset capable of handling the emotional roller coaster of entrepreneurship.Translating Tech to Business Value: Learning the critical executive skill of bridging the gap between deep technical code and high-level business strategy.The Corporate Football Pitch: A genius team-building strategy where Product acts as Defense, Sales as the Offense, and Marketing as the Midfielders.Human-Centric Future of Work: How Neoma leverages AI to accelerate B2B digital transformation while opening decentralized, flexible financial opportunities for modern tech contributors.The Ultimate Golden Rule: Why leading with mutual value—"Loving for others what you love for yourself"—is the key to achieving global peace and successful collaboration.#LeadersInTech #TechPodcast #DigitalTransformation #AIStartup #BusinessLeadership #CareerPivot #MindsetShift #OvercomingAdversity #EntrepreneurMindset #Neoma