Teachers

Teachers who practise what they teach

At ADA, no career teacher stands in front of the group. Our 25 teachers work on weekdays as data scientists, engineers, analysts or lawyers, and teach one evening or one hour a week about what they did that week themselves.

  • Groups of at most four
  • One hour live per week
  • Science Park, Amsterdam

Akos Steger

RAG, Language Technology, Deep Learning

Akos trained originally as a linguist before moving into AI and language technology, and now teaches machine learning, RAG, deep learning, and language-technology courses.

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Alessandro Vozza

Cloud and Digital Sovereignty

Alessandro works on cloud and AI infrastructure at Microsoft, holds a PhD in chemistry, and teaches where AI workloads run and what digital sovereignty means for organizations.

Ali Hurriyetoglu

Data Engineering and Data Stack

Ali holds a PhD plus degrees in cognitive science and computer engineering, and teaches data pipeline, data stack, and AI model courses, drawing on academic teaching experience at METU and Radboud University.

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Andreas Chitos

Machine Learning and Medical AI

Andreas is an AI engineer and owner of a medical-technology company, with a background in AI from the University of Groningen. He teaches how AI models work in practice, including Working with AI (Copilot).

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Arthur Vankan

AI Policy and Governance

Arthur is a partner at a Dutch research and policy consultancy, working on innovation and digitalisation policy, and teaches AI Strategy.

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Ben Galili

Python, SQL, Power BI, AI Agents

Ben has broad industry experience including eBay and Dell, and teaches across Python, SQL, Power BI, data storytelling, and AI agents in the Analytics and Data Engineering bootcamps.

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Fatemeh Ghaderinezhad

AI Transformation and Strategy

Fatemeh holds a PhD in statistics and founded a consultancy helping SMEs through AI transformation. She teaches Data Storytelling.

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Hanan ElNaghy

AI Literacy, Machine Learning, Python

Hanan holds a PhD in computer vision and is an Assistant Professor in Cairo alongside her work here. She teaches AI literacy and ethics, machine learning, Python, and prompt engineering.

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Ishan Singh

Growth Marketing and Customer Lifecycle

Ishan is a Growth Marketing Leader at Uber and previously led retention and activation work at Mindvalley and bunq.

Johanna Ott

Deep Learning and Computer Vision

Johanna is a Senior Deep Learning Engineer building computer vision for medical screening, and teaches machine learning, Python, and deep learning courses.

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Joris Merks-Benjaminsen

Leadership and AI Adoption

Joris founded a management consultancy after 12 years at Google, including leading Google's Digital Academy for EMEA, and teaches leadership readiness for AI adoption.

Leonie Havekes

Internship and Career Programme

Leonie runs internship and career counselling, helping participants choose programmes and connect with employers after graduating.

Lisa Knoll

AI Strategy, Governance and Literacy

Lisa holds a PhD in cognitive neuroscience and has worked across research, industry, and government, now focused on AI governance and regulatory literacy, including the EU AI Act.

Lucia Riscado Cordas

Data Visualisation and Storytelling

Lucia runs a data-visualization practice and teaches Microsoft Excel Essentials and SQL, combining analysis with design.

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Marek Durcek

AI Agents for Marketing and Sales

Marek is an AI and automation consultant who designs practical automations around existing workflows, and teaches Building AI Agents.

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Marta Strykowska

Vibe Coding and AI Native Apps

Marta has over a decade building digital products and now focuses on AI-native app development. She teaches Vibe Coding.

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Nicholas Kosmicki

Programming with Python

Nicholas is a Data Science Manager at Mews, leading a data products team, and teaches Programming with Python.

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Patrick Pisani

Data Analytics and Business Intelligence

Patrick is a data analyst with experience across finance, tech, and government, including forecasting models at Just Eat Takeaway.com. He teaches data and AI fundamentals courses.

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Robin van Veen

AI Agents and Automation

Robin moved from a long career in data-driven marketing into building practical AI agent systems, and teaches Building AI Agents, including with n8n.

Rohit Kumar Singh

AI Engineering and LangChain

Rohit spent nine years at IBM building production AI systems, including RAG pipelines and LangChain applications on Azure and AWS, and teaches AI Engineering and LangChain app-building.

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Sabine Joseph

Machine Learning and Data Science

Sabine holds a PhD in cognitive neuroscience from UCL and has worked at Microsoft, Accenture, and Reed building machine learning and recommender systems.

Sam van Buuren

AI Strategy and Applied AI

Sam has spent over 15 years helping organizations adopt AI practically, and founded one of the first Dutch Google Apps reseller companies. He teaches AI Strategy and Applied AI for Business Professionals.

Steven Nijman

Data Storytelling and Visualisation

Steven has a background in data journalism and teaches data storytelling and visualization, focused on turning raw data into clear narratives.

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Tristan Bains

Head of Technology

Tristan builds the technology behind the academy: our learning platform, the automations that keep everything running, and the adaptive learning work that personalises how you move through a programme.

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Yermo Rinsma

Statistics

Yermo teaches Descriptive Statistics within the Data Science and AI curriculum and is also affiliated with Hanze University's IT Academy Noord Nederland.

Our teachers work in the field on weekdays

That's why the examples in class are about this month, not about a dataset from a textbook.

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