MLOps at Volvo Cars
Speakers

Leonard is driving ML Engineering and Operations at Volvo Cars. He is responsible for defining the overall mission and strategy for ML Engineering and Operations, leading the build of reproducible ML systems. Leonard Aukea has spent most of his career as a Data Scientist/ML Engineer.
Leonard lives in Gothenburg, Sweden with his wife and two kids.

At the moment Demetrios is immersing himself in Machine Learning by interviewing experts from around the world in the weekly MLOps.community meetups. Demetrios is constantly learning and engaging in new activities to get uncomfortable and learn from his mistakes. He tries to bring creativity into every aspect of his life, whether that be analyzing the best paths forward, overcoming obstacles, or building lego houses with his daughter.
SUMMARY
After spending most of his career as a full-stack Data Scientist/ML Engineer, Leonard has shifted focus towards MLOps. Leonard is currently driving machine learning engineering and operations at Volvo Cars. In particular, how to effectively reap its benefits at an enterprise scale. Leonard introduces Volvo Cars ML stack and related work focused on stitching these services together in order to reduce friction in the ML value stream. Furthermore, we discuss some learnings along the way and general thoughts around what it takes to lay a solid ML foundation in a company like Volvo Cars.

