E321 Rachel Warren, Senior Data Scientist at Buzzer

Today's guest is Rachel Warren, Senior Data Scientist at Buzzer in New York. Founded in 2020, Buzzer allows sports fans to discover the live moments that matter the most to them and is the best way to experience “lightning in a bottle” moments live from anywhere. Buzzer work with some of the largest sports leagues in the world such as the NBA League Pass, NHL and PGA Tour. With their partnership deals, they will be identifying, notifying and providing their users access to short-form live content for the best moments in their respective sports.

Buzzer is powered by their proprietary algorithm and partners with the most-watched sports leagues and media companies to bring fans thrilling real-time Buzzer Moments. Their team of developers, partner managers, designers, data scientists, product managers and more work diligently and thoughtfully to deliver sports fans these live moments they can't live without. This distributed team of over 50 people was formed in the midst of a global pandemic and they have also built their culture remotely.

In the episode, Rachel will discuss:

The fascinating work they do at Buzzer,

What their mobile sports platform offers to users,

Three trends they focus on the sports media industry,

The role of Data Science and ML in the platform,

What it’s like to be part of the team, and

What excites her for the future at Buzzer