{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fa58959e64011214fbf140d/69e1f1a00b4baf3bf2285c99?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"🇪🇺 #266 - Flix: Leveraging data to scale operations","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5fa58959e64011214fbf140d/1776414077468-c19c8e11-60e5-4070-b484-c74a32758c06.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Manoj Raghavan is a Staff Data Strategist at Flix, the affordable travel tech scaleup based in Germany, solving technology for long-distance buses and trains. Flix operates in 40+ countries, has 5,000 employees, including around 100 data &amp; AI experts.</p><p><br></p><p>We cover :</p><p><br></p><p>🔥 Their data organisation: decentralized and with no central data leadership</p><p>🔥 One of the main projects he worked on to improve customer experience: bus partner classification</p><p>🔥 Their stack: AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Power BI…</p><p>🔥 One of their main current challenges: build vs. buy when it comes to AI tools</p><p><br></p><p>📚 <strong>RESOURCES</strong></p><p><br></p><p>- <a href=\"https://bit.ly/4tUEH4h\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Manoj’s</a> LinkedIn profile</p><p>- The book of book Chip Huyen <a href=\"https://amzn.to/4uWofSC\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Designing Machine Learning Systems</a></p><p>- The book of book Chip Huyen <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47SaNVI\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">AI Engineering</a></p><p><br></p><p>🎬 <strong>CHAPTERS</strong></p><p><br></p><p>00:00 What is Flix?</p><p>02:38 Manoj's journey</p><p>06:28 The Data team organization</p><p>10:43 One of his main projects</p><p>16:35 Their stack</p><p>19:02 Their main challenges</p><p>21:17 Their next step</p><p>23:40 Resources he recommends</p><p>24:42 His career advice</p><p><br></p><p>🤩 <strong>OTHER EPISODES YOU SHOULD LOVE</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://bit.ly/4cN83f8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">#6 - HelloFresh: Building and scaling a Product Analytics culture</a></p><p><a href=\"https://bit.ly/4ciICSF\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">#5 - N26: Building and scaling the Data team for Marketing</a></p><p><a href=\"https://bit.ly/4vBGtsO\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">#1 - BlaBlaCar : Managing 50 Data People with Manu, VP Data</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>👋 MORE DATA CONTENT?</strong></p><p><br></p><p>1/&nbsp;Follow me on LinkedIn <a href=\"https://bit.ly/3Fdi97D\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>&nbsp;🤳</p><p>2/&nbsp;Sign up for the newsletter (summaries, events) <a href=\"https://bit.ly/3NgWtff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>&nbsp;💌</p><p>3/&nbsp;Check out the podcast in video format on YouTube <a href=\"https://bit.ly/3Il1Jvp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>&nbsp;📹</p><p><br></p><p><strong>🎙 SUPPORT THE PODCAST FOR FREE</strong></p><p><br></p><p>1/ Subscribe 🔔</p><p>2/ Leave a 5 stars review on Apple Podcasts <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/data-gen/id1539383194\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> 🥰</p>","author_name":"Robin Conquet"}