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Podcast: Behind the Growth
Episode: Zain Abbas on Blending Data Science with Business Acumen
Description: In this episode of Behind the Growth, host Imran Mian sits down with Zain Abbas, AI and machine-learning expert and Director of Data Science at Sun Life. Zain shares his journey from academia to the financial sector, highlighting key turning points and challenges, such as transitioning from academia to industry and adapting to the Canadian job market. He emphasizes the importance of stepping out of comfort zones and continuous learning. Zain discusses a notable project involving predictive modeling for financial analyst calls at a bank, where he used NLP and GPT to predict questions. He explains the c...