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A day in the life of… Emma Li, China Oil Market Analyst Emma works as a China Oil Market Analyst in the Market Intelligence, Analytics & Customer Experience team in Singapore. Prior to joining the company, Emma worked at Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters) to cover Asian crude market research.
November 2022 drew to a close last week, and we wanted to take the opportunity to mark the end of the annual Movember movement at Vortexa, a time that we and others dedicate to changing the face of men’s mental and physical health. The Movember movement is a chance for all of us to focus on Men’s Mental health, suicide prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer – it’s our opportunity to take them all on.
A day in the life of… Mike Rosado, Product Designer Mike studied graphic design in Portugal. After moving to London Mike worked as a chef before slowly moving back into design and eventually making the move toward product design. Prior to joining the company, Mike worked at Recruitd as a Head of Design Fun fact: Mike’s hobby is painting plastic miniatures
Q & A with Christopher Dancel, Senior Data Scientist Chris works as a Senior Data Scientist in the Data Production team here at Vortexa. Chris used to be a Climate Research Scientist but left early to pursue a career in industry. Since leaving academia Chris has built experience working in technology roles within corporate retail, healthcare, travel, and now the energy industry. Fun fact: Chris was an avid practitioner of Tae Kwon Do and competed in many student competitions a lifetime ago. Up until a few months ago, Chris was the Head Instructor of Tae Kwon Do at his old university club before stopping to pursue other passions. We wanted to find out what inspired Chris to join Vortexa, what some of his biggest milestones have been to date, and what day-to-day life really looks like for the Senior Data Scientist…
October is Black History Month, a yearly marker for us all to celebrate the achievements and contributions of the Black community. This time also offers us all a chance to reflect on how far we’ve come and to look forward with hope on how we can all do more. Vortexa met with Paff Evara, Co-Founder of Take Up Space, the company on a mission to empower the next generation of diverse leaders, to learn more about their journey and thoughts on these themes for Black History Month 2022.
Q & A with Chris Dixon, Product Analyst Chris is a Product Analyst in Vortexa’s Product Team, and is responsible for helping shape the product roadmap. Prior to joining Vortexa, Chris worked at a logistics company as a product analyst and before that at Shell helping build a risk dashboard for the Environmental products trading desk. Fun fact: Chris has a top score of 590 in scrabble. We wanted to find out what inspired Chris to join Vortexa, what some of his biggest milestones have been to date, and what day-to-day life really looks like for the Product Analyst…
A day in the life of… Ioannis Papadimitriou, Senior Freight Analyst Ioannis is the Senior Freight Analyst at Vortexa. He studied Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde followed by an MSc in Shipping Trade and Finance at Bayes Business School. He is also a Board Member of the Shipping Professional Network London (SPNL). Prior to joining the company, Ioannis worked at Affinity Shipping as a Shipping Trade Analyst. Fun fact: Ioannis holds a motorboat licence, unfortunately, he has never had the opportunity to use it. Ioannis came close to piloting a VLCC at one point but the dimension requirements proved to be slightly larger than his motorboat licence would allow.
New joiner spotlight: meet Virginia Dean, Account-Based Marketing Manager Meet Virginia Dean who recently joined Vortexa as an Account-Based Marketing Manager. Virginia shares how she has found her first few months with us, what inspired her to join, and of course gives you some great insights into Vortexa’s culture!
Q & A with Christian Borresen, Lead Full Stack Engineer Before I was a software engineer, I spent 5 years as an engineer in the shipping industry. In fact, I was working for one of the companies whose vessels we track, Teekay! When I transitioned into software engineering, I always wanted to find a place where I could use my experience (and fondness) for shipping together with building software. That place was Vortexa, and I’ve been here for 4 years now. Fun fact: I recently crossed the pacific in a 36-foot sailboat with two friends, sailing from Chile to French Polynesia. We went 37 days, and 4000 nm without seeing land. We wanted to find out what inspired Christian to join Vortexa, what some of his biggest milestones have been to date and what day-to-day life really looks like for the Lead Engineer…
New joiner spotlight: meet Roslan Khasawneh, Fuel Oil Senior Market Analyst Meet Roslan Khasawneh who recently joined Vortexa as a Fuel Oil Senior Market Analyst. Roslan shares how he has found his first few months with us, what inspired him to join and of course gives you some great insights into Vortexa’s culture!
