Michal Rachtan

Founder & CTO at Unit8

Michal Rachtan has a diverse work experience in the technology field. Michal is currently the Founder & CTO at Unit8 SA since December 2017. Prior to that, they worked at Palantir Technologies as a Tech Lead from October 2015 to November 2017, where they were responsible for building analytical infrastructure and software for leading organizations in various industries globally. Michal also worked at Swisscom, a Swiss telecom operator, where they held the positions of Senior Data Scientist from May 2013 to September 2015, and Data Scientist from August 2011 to May 2013. At Swisscom, Michal played a key role in building the company's first Big Data team and contributed to the development of a in-house big data cluster for processing large-scale workloads.

Michal Rachtan holds a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from AGH University of Krakow. Michal also earned a degree in Machine Learning (MLSS Sydney 2015) from the University of Sydney. In addition to their formal education, Michal has obtained certifications in Data Analysis and Statistical Inference from Coursera in November 2014, Statistical Machine Learning from KU Leuven in 2014, Data Science Essentials (DS-200) from Cloudera in July 2013, and CCDH Cloudera Certified Developer for Apache Hadoop from Cloudera in July 2012.

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Unit8 is a leading Swiss data services and consulting company with a mission to help non-digital native companies turn data into value with a mix of data science, analytics and AI. We operate at the intersection of technology and business to accompany our customers at every step of their data & AI journey. Based in Switzerland, operating across Europe. Trusted partner to dozens of well-known brands including Daimler, Firmenich, Merck and WWF, Unit8 has a positive track record of having delivered over 130 data & AI projects. Headquartered in Lausanne (Switzerland) and with offices in Zurich (Switzerland), Krakow and Wroclaw (Poland), Unit8 employs over 100 world class data experts including former employees of Apple, Amazon, Google and Palantir. Unit8 accompanies customers at every step of their data & AI journey and offers the following portfolio of services: - Consulting & Strategic Advisory - Data & AI Solutions - Data & AI Platforms - Data Platform Operations and MLOps Talk to us about your data & AI journey Unit8 takes pride in applying AI for good causes, offering data science help on a pro bono basis to NGOs, and is a big supporter and contributor to open source software and knowledge sharing. www: https://unit8.com Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unit8co Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unit8.co/ Medium: https://medium.com/unit8-machine-learning-publication Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Unit8co


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