De CIENTISTA DE DADOS a GERENTE DE IA na STONE: a trajetória de Mariele por Serasa, Itaú e Natura

Her first contact with data was in a swimming pool, collecting lactate samples to measure athletes' performance. Today, Mariele Tarallo is the Data and AI Manager at Stone, with 17 years of experience built within some of Brazil's largest companies. In the new episode of WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY, ANDREA PAIVA talks with MARIELE TARALLO about a journey that includes Santander, Serasa, Itaú, and 9 years at Natura, where she helped build a machine learning operations platform for personalization at scale, before moving into leadership in 2021. Mariele discusses what really matters in a data career: understanding the business, truly programming, and having the courage to start before knowing everything. Feel free to share your questions and comments. We'd love to chat with you! 🎯 WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: ▶ How swimming was Mariele's first contact with data and what that says about her career ▶ Her journey through Santander, Serasa, Itaú and 9 years at Natura until Stone ▶ How a machine learning operations platform works in practice ▶ Why understanding business is harder to learn than programming ▶ The real difference between a data scientist, data engineer, and analytics engineer ▶ Why the data team needs to be embedded with the business team ▶ What is the current landscape for women in the data field ▶ What to do to enter or transition to a data career 💡 MARIELE'S TIPS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ENTER OR GROW IN DATA: ✅ Invest in the basics: SQL, Python, and Spark are the foundation ✅ Learn statistical and machine learning techniques before jumping to advanced tools ✅ Don't wait to know everything to start, the Learning comes from practice ✅ Develop a problem-solving mindset: understand the pain before thinking about the solution ✅ Measure everything: every solution needs a success indicator ✅ Participate in communities, seek mentors, and never stop studying 👥 MEET THE PARTICIPANTS: ✅ Andrea Paiva — Host of the web series Women in Technology | Director of Pós Tech (FIAP + Alura)   / apaivag   ✅ Mariele Tarallo — Data and AI Manager at Stone | Statistics from UFSCar | Postgraduate student in AI for Business at FIAP   / marielle-tarallo-628b2917   🎬 ABOUT THE WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY WEB SERIES: A series of real conversations with women who have built solid careers in technology, about their journeys, challenges, overcoming obstacles, and everything that nobody talks about in selection processes. 💭 TO REFLECT ON: Have you ever had to completely change industries to grow in your career? Have you ever been afraid to start before you felt ready? How do you balance the technical and business aspects of your daily life? Share in the comments! 🔔 SUBSCRIBE to the channel and ACTIVATE THE BELL so you don't miss the next episodes! SHARE with someone who wants to enter the data field! 💬 LEAVE IN THE COMMENTS: Which of Marielle's tips made the most sense to you? Are you just starting out or already working in the data field? Tell us about it! #womenintech #dataandcompany #techcareer #datascience #machinelearning #artificialintelligence #stone #natura #career #womenintech #programming #sql #python