Caribbean Tech Pioneers Podcast

Today my guest is Dr. Andrew Russell, our first guest from Jamaica. Dr. Russell currently works at NVIDIA as a Principal software engineer. He has worked at other top companies such as Google, Magic Leap, and Texas Instruments. Dr. Russell received three degrees from MIT a Bachelors's, Masters and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has more than 40 patents filed in his name and is one of the inventors of Google's Project Starline, a holographic video conferencing system. Dr. Russell has also taught at the University of the West Indies Mona Campus in Jamaica and attended high school at Campion college and Munro college for A-levels. He now lives in Florida with his wife Wendy and 4 children.
Dr. Russell has accomplished a great deal in his technical career, there are many lessons he shares that you would find interesting for your own journey.
✅ Connect with Dr. Andrew Russell on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-russell-2031825/
✅ Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):
https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ

Kirk-Anthony Hamilton, a distinguished entrepreneur, investor, and community curator. With a background in architectural design, Kirk-Anthony Hamilton is the visionary behind the Infiniti Partnership Inc., Tech Beach Retreat, and The Destination Experience.
📲 Kirk - Anthony Hamilton Socials:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirkanthony/
📲 Dr. Mark Moyou Socials:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkMoyou
📒 Chapters
00:00 Intro
03:00 Building Global Network
09:27 Doing Business as a Caribbean
17:22 Vision
21:15 Componets of thriving tech ecosystem
30:31 Role of AI
53:55 New AI Tech Startups for Caribbean
55:36 Navigating Business in Caribbean
01:03:52 Advice for high schoolers, college students and professionals

Dr. Stefan Uddenberg, With a PhD from Yale University and extensive research experience at the Perception & Cognition Laboratory under the guidance of Brian Scholl, Dr. Uddenberg is set to make waves as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at UIUC next summer.
Currently a Principal Researcher with Alex Todorov at Chicago Booth, Dr. Uddenberg's primary research program focuses on unraveling the default assumptions ingrained in our minds, particularly in the realm of perception. Discover the intricacies of how our minds engage in unconscious inferences, considering not only the raw visual input but also a set of assumptions about the light's source or reflection.
📲 Stefan Uddenberg Socials:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanuddenberg/
📲 Dr. Mark Moyou Socials:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkMoyou
📗Chapters
02:25 Stefan Uddenberg Research
12:40 Why Stefan did PhD
15:20 Perception and its insights in machine learning
19:41 Studying Faces and how people judge by face?
24:17 Does smell matters?
28:47 How social media effects mental model of judging faces?
32:20 AI Generated Ads Content
35:30 Hyperspecific Content based on individual's worldview
38:51 Latent Space
43:10 Publishing Research Papers
44:28 Advice for students in high school
55:10 Thoughts on PhD
01:01:12 Stefan's method of learning
01:03:48 Book Recommendations
01:05:26 Stefan's favourite dishes
01:06:31 One thing that brings you joy
01:07:00 Benefits of top institutions
01:11:37 Stefan's Ultimate Dream

✅ Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):
https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ

In this episode, we learn about Kyle De Freitas's journey from St Vincent and the Grenadines to Trinidad and then to Canada where he works as a Machine Learning Engineering Lead at CashApp. Kyle's story is a true reflection that hard work and setting vision plays a big role in your professional success and asking yourself ""what is next"" is the key for finding motivation to work harder.
✅ Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/
✅ Connect with Kyle De Freitas on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyledef/