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Vicky Froyen Product | AI | Growth and Change FacilitatorVF

Vicky Froyen

Product | AI | Growth and Change Facilitator
  • Suggested rate
    $922 / day
  • Experience15+ years
  • Response rate100%
  • Response time1 hour
The project will begin once you accept Vicky's quote.
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Arrondissement Leuven, Belgium
Can work on-site at your office in
  • and around Arrondissement Leuven (up to 50km)
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Vicky in a few words
Product leader with 15+ years of experience in AI and Machine Learning ranging from ideation to R&D to production. Creator of autonomous self-motivated teams, fostering environments for product and engineering teams to thrive. Championed data-driven decision making to build products that enhance customer experience and increase the products’ value proposition. Cultivated strategic relationships and partnerships, fostering innovation and growth.
Experience
  • foreplai
    CTO and Co-founder
    May 2024 - Today (1 year and 2 months)
    • foreplai is the pay-for-play streaming music platform that deepens connections between artists and fans with an expansive experience for sharing their favourite music.
    • Joined as co-founder to lead product and technology vision and strategy.
    • Pioneered novel content-driven user controlled recommendation algorithms.
    leadership
  • Collibra
    Product Leader, AI/ML
    TECH
    November 2021 - March 2024 (2 years and 4 months)
    ● Spearheaded and matured the (8+ member) AI team at Collibra consisting of AI engineers, data scientists and MlOps into a self-driven SaaS product team.
    ● Owned end-to-end product delivery from ideation and PoC, to development execution, to delivery. Successfully delivered multiple proprietary AI and GenAI features increasing ARR by $10 MM, while directing a 12-member matrix organisation.
    ● Reduced team operational cost by 80% by leading the initiative to redefine and rebuild Collibra’s MLOps infrastructure.
    ● Created and spearheaded long-term AI product strategy and vision to own the Global 2000 market.
    ● Managing all stakeholder communication, and influencing stakeholder consensus, including c-level.
    artificial intelligence Machine learning Product management Team management Communication Change Management Atlassian JIRA
  • Collibra
    Staff Research Scientist
    TECH
    October 2018 - December 2021 (3 years and 2 months)
    Brussels Metropolitan Area, Belgium
    ● Hired and worked directly for one of the co-founders to define, build and grow a Research Lab within Collibra.
    ● Headed up technology and product research resulting in patents and novel product innovations/features.
    ● Developed novel profiling technology severly reducing compute and storage costs, while increasing speed.
    ● Setup and nurtured collaborations with academic partners (such as MIT, NYU, Berkeley, Columbia University, and VUB
    Brussels) on AI/ML, Knowledge Graphs, and Privacy.
    ● Managed multiple funding pipelines (>$4 MM).
    artificial intelligence Data science Fundraising Python Docker Kubernetes Innovation
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Education
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Psychology - Cognitive Science
    Rutgers University-New Brunswick
    2013
    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Psychology - Cognitive Science
  • Master of Arts
    KU Leuven
    2010
    Master of Arts (M.A.), Experimental and Theoretical Psychology
  • Bachelor of Arts
    KU Leuven
    2008
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology
Certifications
  • PMC Level I, II, III
    Pragmatic Institute
    2023
    Product management
  • Facilitating Change Management
    HRD Academy
    Change management Team management Coaching