The team

Jelena Grujic

Jelena is a co-founder of the DataBeers Brussels chapter. She is a Data Engineer working for Dataminded. Previously she spent years in academia, most recently at AI Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussels. She has a background in physics and she worked in game theory, complex networks, machine learning and big data. She has a lot of experience with public speaking, training people to give public talks and organizing scientific events for the general public. Learn more.

Johan Loeckx

Johan is the Lab Manager at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel’s AI Lab. He’s open minded, empathetic and like to get things done. He’s allergic to borders, creative and T. His passions are music, education, and AI. Learn more.

Eline Vanwalleghem

Eline is a data scientist at Datashift. She loves applying her data wrangling and modeling skills in the field of customer intelligence and marketing optimization. While having a beer, you can talk to her about LEGO, Playmo(bil) and Robo(ts). Learn more.

Ramanuja Rao

Ramanuja (Ramji) is a consultant in Data Science. He is passionate about applications of AI for natural language processing and participant of the Effective Altruism moment. Learn more.

David Fernandez

David is a senior consultant in the private sector with a Software Engineering educational background. He is focused on helping to define and implement corporate Data Management strategic plans. Passionate about Belgian chocolate and Flying Simulators, he has tons of fun playing in Brussels parks with his dog. Learn more.

Christina Makarona

Christina is a Project Coordinator at European Schoolnet. Her background is in Physics but she has worn many hats – researcher, educator, science communicator. She loves data (naturally) because that’s how she learns and understands the world. Learn more.