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A snapshot of what has my attention. If you want the whole picture, the work and publications pages go deeper.
The day job
AI and Data Science Leader with 10+ years of experience operationalising enterprise machine learning across banking, insurance, and telecommunications. Currently Acting Head of Data Science at ABSA Insurance. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Research
PhD candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand, building on the MSc work on learning the level set method with echo state networks for image segmentation. The published papers are on the publications page.
Teaching
6 courses in preparation, from zero-code AI agents through to agentic engineering and production ML. Details and waitlists on the courses page.
- AI Agents for Everyone
- AI Productivity Mastery
- Agentic Engineering with Claude Code
- MCP & Agentic Infrastructure
- Multi-Agent Development: Codex, Gemini & Beyond
- Production ML Systems
Writing
Away from the screen
- Photography & Filmmaking
- Music Production
- Calisthenics & Exploring
- Skydiving
- Drag Racing
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