Real-time Feature Pipelines, A Personal History
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After studying probability theory at the University of Oxford, Hendrik joined MarketFinance, an SME lender, in order to develop their risk models. Following multiple years of learning, he joined Finiata, a Polish and German lender in order to built out their data science function. Not only did he succeed in improving the risk metrics of the company he also learnt to manage a different department as interim Head of Marketing.
In his current job as Director of Data Science and Analytics at business bank Tide, Hendrik oversees data engineering, data science, insights and analytics and data governance functions of Tide.
In his free time he enjoys playing squash and chess.

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
Tide is a U.K.-based FinTech startup with offices in London, Sofia, and Hyderabad. It is one of the first, and the largest business banking platform in the UK, with over 150,000 SME members. As of 2019, one of Tide’s main focuses is to be data-driven. This resulted in the forming of a Data Science and Analytics Team with Hendrik Brackmann at its head. Let's witness Hendrik's personal anecdotes in this episode!

