Wessel Valkenburg

Wessel Valkenburg currently serves as the Head of Machine Learning Engineering at Datapred, overseeing team management and development for customer-specific solutions since September 2024. Prior to this role, Wessel was a Data, Technology and Research Consultant at Prevue, providing big data solutions from September 2022 to August 2024. From January 2021 to August 2022, Wessel held the position of Chief Data Scientific Officer at ZYTLYN Technologies, where a data science strategy and machine-learning models were developed for a travel sector startup. Earlier experience includes serving as Technical Lead for data science and engineering at Terre des hommes foundation, where Wessel directed the AI4Health project, and as a Senior Data Scientist and Software Engineer at EPFL, focusing on high-performance computing to advance scientific research. Educational background includes a PhD in Theoretical Physics from Université Savoie Mont Blanc and an MSc in Theoretical Physics from Utrecht University.