Resume

Johannesburg, South Africa
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Data Science and AI leader with 10+ years of experience delivering enterprise-scale analytics, machine learning, and AI solutions across banking, telecommunications, research, and higher education.

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2024 - Present

PhD in Computer Science (In Progress)

University of the Witwatersrand

Distributed AI systems, probabilistic modelling, self-supervised learning, AI operationalisation, and distributed computing systems.

Mar 2024 - Present

Lead Data Scientist (Acting Head of Data Science)

ABSA Insurance

Leading enterprise AI, analytics, and data science initiatives. Built scalable ML pipelines on Databricks reducing latency by 80-90%. Led telematics and rewards analytics modernisation, geospatial flood-risk modelling, and AI governance frameworks.

Nov 2021 - Mar 2024

Senior Data Scientist

Vodacom

Real-time analytics and optimisation systems for national telecommunications infrastructure. Led the Smart Generator Optimisation platform contributing to ~R1B in annual operational savings. Received Vodacom Star Award.

Apr 2020 - Nov 2021

Machine Learning Research Scientist

IBM Research

ML and geospatial analytics for environmental intelligence and climate-risk applications. Built predictive systems with TensorFlow, COVID-19 analytics dashboards, and integrated ML workflows into the IBM PAIRS Geospatial Platform.

Jun 2018 - Apr 2020

Data Scientist

Business Intelligence Services - University of the Witwatersrand

Recommendation and analytics systems for institutional planning and student success. Built clustering-based systems generating over R2M annually in government subsidy impact.

Nov 2017 - Jan 2018

Data Scientist & Software Engineer

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Predictive analytics and decision-support systems for municipalities. Recognised by Mail & Guardian, CSIR, and DST for innovation in predictive modelling.

2018 - 2019

MSc in Computer Science (Distinction)

University of the Witwatersrand

Thesis: Learning Level Set Method by Echo State Network for Image Segmentation. Recurrent neural network approaches for computationally efficient image segmentation.

2017

BSc Honours in Computer Science

University of the Witwatersrand

Project: Wildfire Estimation Using Kernel Density Estimators.

2014 - 2016

BSc in Computational & Applied Mathematics and Astronomy

University of the Witwatersrand

Mathematical modelling, astrophysics, simulation, and numerical methods.