Marc Ferradou

Marc Ferradou is the VP of Strategy at Lightning AI. Marc was previously the Senior Director of Data Science at CNN, where they increased the baseline CTR on the recommender system by 15% and generated millions in annual revenue. Marc also led the creation and deployment of the first real-time deep learning recommender system, an internal tool to surface and compare news content, an internal knowledge graph, and a new instrumentation tracking system. Prior to CNN, Ferradou was a Senior Data Scientist at BuzzFeed, where they defined and executed the data strategy for buzzfeed.com, advertisement, video, and apps. Marc increased annual revenue by $4.8M and baseline click-through rate by 19% by creating ad/video recommender systems, designing a contextual CTR prediction model, and performing 8,000+ time series forecasts. Ferradou has also managed the data intern program to create a qualified talent pipeline and support early-career data scientists.

Marc Ferradou's educational career consists of a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from SUNY New Paltz and a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) from Polytech Grenoble. Marc's field of study is Business Administration and Management, General for their MBA and Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications for their M.Eng.

They work with Armen Kopoyan - Head of Revenue, Alex Rose - VP, People & Operations, and John Paul Hennessy - VP, Product & Design. Their manager is William Falcon, Founder & CEO.