About Vicky
Product leader with 15+ years of experience in AI and Machine Learning ranging from ideation to R&D to production. Creator of autonomous self-motivated teams, fostering environments for product and engineering teams to thrive. Championed data-driven decision making to build products that enhance customer experience and increase the products’ value proposition. Cultivated strategic relationships and partnerships, fostering innovation and growth.
English
Native or bilingual
French
Basic
Dutch
Native or bilingual
German
Basic
Can work on-site
Arrondissement Leuven (up to 50km)
Experience
- foreplaiCTO and Co-founderMay 2024 - Today (2 years and 1 month)
- foreplai is the pay-for-play streaming music platform that deepens connections between artists and fans with an expansive experience for sharing their favourite music.
- Joined as co-founder to lead product and technology vision and strategy.
- Pioneered novel content-driven user controlled recommendation algorithms.
- CollibraProduct Leader, AI/MLTECHNovember 2021 - March 2024 (2 years and 4 months)● Spearheaded and matured the (8+ member) AI team at Collibra consisting of AI engineers, data scientists and MlOps into a self-driven SaaS product team.● Owned end-to-end product delivery from ideation and PoC, to development execution, to delivery. Successfully delivered multiple proprietary AI and GenAI features increasing ARR by $10 MM, while directing a 12-member matrix organisation.● Reduced team operational cost by 80% by leading the initiative to redefine and rebuild Collibra’s MLOps infrastructure.● Created and spearheaded long-term AI product strategy and vision to own the Global 2000 market.● Managing all stakeholder communication, and influencing stakeholder consensus, including c-level.
- CollibraStaff Research ScientistTECHOctober 2018 - December 2021 (3 years and 2 months)Brussels Metropolitan Area, Belgium● Hired and worked directly for one of the co-founders to define, build and grow a Research Lab within Collibra.● Headed up technology and product research resulting in patents and novel product innovations/features.● Developed novel profiling technology severly reducing compute and storage costs, while increasing speed.● Setup and nurtured collaborations with academic partners (such as MIT, NYU, Berkeley, Columbia University, and VUBBrussels) on AI/ML, Knowledge Graphs, and Privacy.● Managed multiple funding pipelines (>$4 MM).
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Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Psychology - Cognitive ScienceRutgers University-New Brunswick2013Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Psychology - Cognitive Science
- Master of ArtsKU Leuven2010Master of Arts (M.A.), Experimental and Theoretical Psychology
Certifications
- PMC Level I, II, IIIPragmatic Institute2023
- Facilitating Change ManagementHRD Academy