It’s certainly no breaking news – artificial Intelligence is taking over the world. Yet, it appears there’s no straight path to the top in an AI career. In this episode of Upgrade Your Career, you’ll be hearing from Ben Taylor, and how he found a fulfilling connection between snowboarding, calculus, high-performance computing, and a cutting-edge career.

How exactly did Ben Taylor go from living in a tent in the woods – with his entire belongings holed up in six lockers in a gym – to redesigning his life and the future of artificial intelligence? 

Ben’s eighteen-year journey first took him from studying chemical engineering at the University of Utah to working on photolithography, process control, and yield prediction at Intel and Micron. Next stop was taking on the role of High-Performance Computing and AI expert at AIQ, an artificial intelligence hedge fund, building models on a 600-GPU cluster to make stock predictions from the news. 

Seven patents later, he helped to deliver HireVue’s AI insights product for candidate interviews. He eventually co-founded Zeff.ai, to provide deep learning insights for enterprises. All of this, before a phenomenal upgrade as Chief AI Strategist at DataRobot. 

This podcast is all you need to reboot your career as Ben shows you there’s virtue in taking the bull by the horn and looking forward. Listen to the show and let Ben Taylor show you how.

If you have feedback on today’s episode, find me over on Instagram @johnpackercoaching, or email john@johnpackercoaching.com – I’d love to hear from you. Thanks to our guest for this episode, Ben Taylor. You can find him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/bentaylordata/ . Join me again next time for more tips on how to advance your career so you can make more money, and live a more purpose-filled life. Thanks for listening.