E51 Sandro Phan, Senior Recruiter of Data & Tech and Jesus Martínez-Blanco, Senior Data Scientist at Flixbus

Today's guests are Sandro Phan, Senior Recruiter of Data &
Tech and Jesus Martínez-Blanco, Senior Data Scientist at Flixbus
in Berlin. Launched in 2013, Flixbus believe in a vision of
offering smart and green mobility for everyone to experience the
world. They are a young mobility provider offering a sustainable
and comfortable journey through Europe and the United States with
an ever-expanding network of more than 350,000 daily connections
to 2,000 destinations in 29 countries.


Flixbus provides customers with a green and comfortable means of
transport that fits any budget. Together with their regional bus
partners, their fleet of 2000 green buses offers state-of-the-art
comfort with free WiFi, innovative ticketing-systems, flexible
online booking, their own smartphone-app and CO2 compensation.
Thanks to their unique business model and innovative technology,
they have quickly established one of the largest long-distance
mobility networks in the world.


In the episode,  Sandro and Jesus will discuss:


Making the transition from academia to industry,


Interesting Data Science projects they are working on at Flixbus,


The impact of COVID-19 in the business,


The testing phase and keeping humans in the loop,


How to add real value within Data Science,


The importance of communication,


& Advice to technologists on making the most from your career