Bianca Furtuna
Head Of Data Science
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBianca Furtuna is Head of Data Science with 11 years’ experience building applied machine learning teams and delivering production-grade AI solutions, especially in healthcare. She has led technical strategy and recruitment across startups and enterprise, scaled ML initiatives at Microsoft, and now drives data and product momentum for startups at Founders Factory. Her work spans computer vision, time-series forecasting, NLP, hybrid search and responsible AI, and she contributed image anonymization and OCR features to Microsoft’s widely used Presidio project. Bianca is known for creating inclusive team cultures and mentoring scientists and engineers beyond her direct reports to accelerate their careers. She combines hands-on engineering with strategic product thinking, helping founders define data-driven execution and fundraising narratives. Based in London, she’s passionate about using ML to transform healthcare and believes current progress is only the beginning.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master's Degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Imperial College London
English, Romanian, Spanish, French
Github Skills (7)
data-protection10
python10
image-processing10
ocra9
image-analysis9
ocr9
unit-testing9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/presidio
Jan 2021 - Feb 2021
Context aware, pluggable and customizable data protection and de-identification SDK for text and images
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:27 reviews, 13 commits, 1 PR in 7 days
Contributions summary:Bianca primarily contributed to the development of the image anonymization and analysis features within the Presidio project. Their work involved creating and implementing class interfaces, specifically for image recognition and anonymization engines. They also integrated OCR functionality using pytesseract and developed unit tests, demonstrating a focus on core backend logic and functionality related to data protection and PII anonymization within images.
pythonde-identificationpluggablemicrosoftdata-loss-prevention
biancafbmd/Workshops
Dec 2016 - Dec 2019
Contributions:8 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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