Daniel Marcous

Daniel Marcous has a diverse work experience in the fields of data science, analytics, and technology leadership. Daniel started their career in 2009 at Mamram, where they worked as a Senior Mainframe DBA and ETL expert. Daniel later became the DBA Team Leader and then served as the Big Data Team Lead Founder & CTO, leading a team of big data experts and studying new technologies in the field. Daniel also founded and led CoE (Center of Excellence) at Mamram.

In 2014, Daniel joined Google, where they held multiple roles. Daniel started as a Data Wizard, conducting research, development, and experimentation using big data analytics and machine learning to enhance navigation experience. Daniel then became a Tech Lead & Data Wizard, leading technical aspects of Waze's data science and analytics. After that, they served as a Data Science Manager & Data Wizard, managing a team of data scientists in the field of advertising and monetization. Finally, Daniel held the position of Data Science Lead & CTO, leading data science and big data engineering for Waze and empowering technological excellence across the company.

In 2021, Daniel joined Team8 as an Entrepreneur in Residence, providing expertise and guidance in entrepreneurship. Daniel also co-founded April (Getapril.com) and served as the Co-Founder and CTO, contributing to the company's technological development.

Currently, Daniel works at Ximus as a Member, although the specific role is not mentioned. Additionally, in 2017, Daniel was involved with Datahack as a Board member, with no specified start or end dates.

Daniel Marcous has a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Information Systems Engineering (Data Science) from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, which they obtained from 2016 to 2019. Prior to that, they pursued a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management & Computer Sciences from The Open University of Israel from 2012 to 2015.

In addition to their formal education, Daniel also holds certifications in Bayesian Statistics and Machine Learning from Coursera Course Certificates, which they obtained in August 2016 and July 2016 respectively. Daniel also has a certification in Statistical Learning from Stanford University, although the specific details such as the obtained month and year are not provided.