E464 Mike Salem, Associate Director of Data Science at Gilead Sciences

Today's guest is Mike Salem, Associate Director of Data Science at Gilead Sciences. Founded in 1987, Gilead set bold ambitions to create a healthier world for all people. From their pioneering virology medicines to their growing impact in oncology, they are delivering innovations once thought impossible in medicine. Their focus goes beyond medicines as they also strive to remedy health inequities and break down barriers to care. Gilead empower their people to tackle these challenges and they are all united in their commitment to help millions of people live healthier lives.

Mike is an experienced Data Scientist & Mathematician with over ten years of experience utilizing Artificial Intelligence to solve unique problems across multiple domains including robotics, sensors and IoT. He has a demonstrated ability working with large, unstructured and messy data sets, responsible for architecting, building and maintaining automated pipelines. Mike is also a strong technical lead that mentors co-workers by building skills with a demonstrated history of identifying, defining and solving hard, ambiguous problems.

In the episode, Mike will discuss:

Gilead’s work in medicine and drug discovery,

His role and responsibilities at Gilead,

Their approach to solving problems using AI and Data Science,

Two key areas the Data Science team focus on,

What excites him for the future,

Why Gilead is a great place to work