Today's guest is Adam Waksman, Director of Engineering at BlackRock. Adam is an Executive Technology Leader with a focus on enterprise software delivery, product strategy, data management and data science, as well as CTO experience and knowledge of organizational design. He is also an accomplished scientist and mathematician, having made scientific contributions across fields in computer science, data science and neuroscience.

BlackRock is a global asset manager who helps investors build better financial futures. As a fiduciary to investors and a leading provider of financial technology, BlackRock's clients turn to them for the solutions they need when planning for their most important goals. Launching over 30 years ago, their founding mission was to establish a firm that thinks differently about managing investment risks to best serve our clients, and this is still at their core today.

In the episode, Scott will discuss:

Transitioning his career into leadership,

Advice to academics moving into industry,

What to expect in your first Data Science role,

What he enjoys about his role,

How to best approach an interview,

What excites him for the future within Data,

and Advice on moving into leadership/management roles.