Dr. Zhao Yiliang heads the data science team as Director of Openspace Ventures (OSV), and advises OSV’s portfolio companies on how to improve their AI and machine learning strategies to accelerate growth. He also plays an important role in assessing new opportunities from a data science perspective. He has more than a decade of experience in managing and developing end-to-end machine learning projects from ideation to production. Previously, he was a J/APAC Machine Learning Practice Lead at Google, where he oversaw the regional ML practice, ML pipelines and also managed training/enablement programs/initiatives. He has worked with multinational industry leaders including Fast Retailing, Netmarble, AirAsia, AU Optronics and UOB on various machine learning projects. Yiliang has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Nanyang Technological University (1st Class Honours.)