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Q & A with Michael Ita, Commercial Manager - Shipping Michael is a Commercial Manager - Shipping, based in the London office, responsible for realising the ambitious growth plans in the shipping industry. Prior to joining Vortexa, Michael worked at ExxonMobil, as a Freight Trader. Fun Fact: Growing up as part of the only half Nigerian and half Polish family in a town of 100,000 people, Michael found passion in discovering cultural diversity - travelling across 70 countries and counting! We wanted to find out what Michael keeps an eye out for when searching for new hires, how he sums up our company culture and what day-to-day life as Commercial Manager - Shipping really looks like…
Q & A with Sabrina Gross, Head of Customer Success Sabrina is Head of Customer Success, based in the London office, responsible for product specialists and support teams. Prior to joining Vortexa, Sabrina worked at Vizolution, as Director of Customer Success. Fun Fact: For 2022, Sabrina has set herself the challenge of taking a photo of nature every day, with stunning results so far! We wanted to find out what Sabrina keeps an eye out for when searching for new hires, how she sums up our company culture and what day-to-day life as Head of Customer Success really looks like…
A day in the life of…Arthur Degonde, Data Engineer Arthur Degonde is a Data Engineer, responsible for designing and building data processing systems coupled with machine learning algorithms to feed into the rest of the company. Prior to joining Vortexa, Arthur finished his studies in Data Science and Business Analytics at ESSEC and Centrale Supelec.
Celebrating Movember at Vortexa: Things have been getting hairy… As the month of November draws to a close, it marks the end of the annual Movember movement, a time dedicated to raising awareness of men’s mental and physical health, covering a wide range of issues from suicide prevention to prostate cancer.
Q & A with Joanna Campos, Senior NGL/LPG Analyst Joanna is a Senior NGL/LPG Analyst, responsible for improving the overall data quality of ethane and LPG flows. Prior to joining Vortexa, Joanna worked at IHS Markit as an NGL analyst covering global supply and demand balances. Fun Fact: Joanna has successfully run diagnostics on her major appliances, (including a fried motherboard on a clothes drier, and a faulty igniter on an oven) and managed to fix them without calling a handyman! We wanted to find out what inspired Joanna to join Vortexa, what some significant milestones have been and what advice she would give those hoping to join the company…
Q & A with Stefan Mihaylov, Software Engineer Stefan is a Software Engineer in the Signal Processing and Enrichment Team (SPET), responsible for designing and building data processing systems that empower the rest of the company. Prior to joining Vortexa, Stefan worked at Morgan Stanley as a Software Developer, looking after the services that enable the Equity Swaps business. Fun Fact: Stefan is a fierce anime fan! We wanted to find out what inspired Stefan to join Vortexa, what some significant milestones have been and what advice he would give those hoping to join the company…
Q & A with Radu Ghitescu, Senior Software Engineer Radu is a Senior Software Engineer in the Predictions and Market Modelling Team (PMMT), responsible for designing and building reliable, scalable and maintainable Machine Learning products. Prior to joining Vortexa, Radu worked at Lloyds Banking Group as a Software Engineer, where he produced Machine Learning pipelines and built an internal library for model monitoring and metric generation. Fun Fact: Radu used to be a child star on Romanian prime-time TV! We wanted to find out what inspired Radu to join Vortexa, what some of his biggest milestones have been to date, and what day-to-day life really looks like for a Senior Software Engineer...
Celebrating Black History Month: Q&A with Leke Sholuade, Founder of Black Valley Leke Sholuade was a welcomed special guest at Vortexa during Black History Month (BHM). The death of George Floyd in 2020 acted as a catalyst for Leke, who felt the tragedy amplified the struggle and challenges Black people face. As the global outcry reverberated around the world, Leke found himself wondering how are we still here in 2020? Is this a world we want to raise kids in? Following his work at a Social Integration Charity, Leke founded ‘Black Valley’; an immersive person-centric mentoring programme, improving access to tech industries for Black people. Vortexa invited Leke to speak to the company to broaden our understanding of the BLM movement and deepen our knowledge of the biases Black people still face within the technological world of today.
A day in the life of… Michael Omoregbee, Senior Finance Analyst Michael is a Senior Finance Analyst based in the London office, responsible for the day-to-day activities in the Finance department. Prior to joining Vortexa, Michael worked at Endeavour Streaming as a Finance Analyst. Fun fact: Michael is part of a four-man Boxing podcast called “The Canvas”.
Q & A with Atin Kapur, Managing Director, APAC Atin is Managing Director, APAC, responsible for the overall APAC strategy including partnerships, sales and Go To Market activities. Prior to joining Vortexa, Atin worked at Fastmarkets as the Global Head of Sales - Strategic Accounts. Fun Fact: Atin has done business in 32 different countries around the world and has lived in 4 of them! We wanted to find out what inspired Atin to join Vortexa, what some of his biggest milestones have been to date and what day-to-day life really looks like for a Managing Director…
