Now

The day job

Lead Data Scientist, Absa Group. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Research

A doctoral research proposal is in preparation at the University of the Witwatersrand, building on the MSc work on learning the level set method with echo state networks for image segmentation. It is at proposal stage and not yet registered. The published papers are on the research 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

• The Practical Roadmap to Building With AI Agents, Part 6: From One Agent to an Agentic SystemSeptember 12, 2026
• The Practical Roadmap to Building With AI Agents, Part 5: Making Agents Reliable Enough to ShipSeptember 12, 2026
• The Practical Roadmap to Building With AI Agents, Part 4: Making Agents Safe Enough to ActSeptember 12, 2026

Away from the screen

• 📷 Photography
• 🏁 Drifting & drag racing
• 🥊 Muay Thai
• 🏃 Sprinting, running & cycling
• 🪂 Skydiving & paragliding
• 🧗 Rock climbing (learning)
• 📺 Anime