Alex Combessie 🐢

Alex Combessie is currently the Co-Founder & CEO of Giskard, where they are developing an open-source Continuous Integration & Delivery (CI/CD) platform for ML teams. In 2022, they became an investor at Time for the Planet, a company working to gather 1 billion euros for 100 innovations to fight global warming. Prior to these roles, Alex worked at Dataiku as a Software Engineer in NLP & Time Series, a Data Science Lead for the EMEA region, and a Data Scientist in France. Alex also has experience as a Strategy Consultant at Capgemini Consulting, a Business Development Analyst at Xtreme Labs, and an intern in Valuation & Business Modeling at Ernst & Young. Alex started their career as a Credit Analyst intern at Natixis, a Business Development Consultant at MyMajorCompany, and a Research Assistant at CNRS.

Alex Combessie obtained a Master of Engineering in Economics & Finance from École des Ponts ParisTech, where they studied from 2009 to 2014. Alex then pursued a Master of Science in Data Science at ENSAE Paris from 2015 to 2016. In 2012 to 2013, Alex also studied at the University of Toronto, where they obtained a Master of Management with a focus on Innovation. Prior to their higher education, they completed their Classe Préparatoire in Mathematics & Physics at Lycée Saint-Louis from 2007 to 2009.

In addition to their formal education, Alex has also obtained certifications in Machine Learning from Coursera Course Certificates in May 2016, and The Data Scientist’s Toolbox from Coursera Verified Certificates in December 2014.