Eric Bieschke joined Pandora as its second employee in 2000. He built the first prototypes for playlist algorithms — the machine intelligence that determines which songs you hear in a Pandora music station. Over the ensuing 14 years, Pandora’s Music Genome Project has added a deep layer of human music analysis. Beischke leads the team of data scientists, recommendation specialists, and engineers to combine a nearly infinite universe of data points into delivering Pandora’s goal of “the right track to the right listener at the right time.”
Pandora serves 250-million registered users and 77-million active monthly listeners. Over time, the data operation has compiled more than 40-billion points of user feedback (voting on songs with thumbs-up and thumbs-down, plus song-skipping data). Bieschke helms the entire opration, combining collective intelligence and large-scale machine learning to deliver a highly personalized radio experience.
Eric Bieschke will bring his unique depth of experience and preeminent reputation as a data guru to RAIN Summit Indy on September 9 at the Indiana Convention Center. RAIN Summit Indy is a partner event of The Radio Show. CLICK HERE for continually updated information, and to register.