Independent Consultant
Computer Software/Engineering
Consumer Goods
Financial Services
Information Technology/IT
Kenya
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
United States
English
Swahili
I am a PhD trained Technical Leader with 15 years’ experience in Data Science Practice; data mining, modeling (Machine Learning, Deep Learning) and Analytics and providing innovative business intelligence (strategic business insights) to Executive Leadership and Business Unit Managers.
My career is founded on executing leadership in data science practice spanning across functional business and finance units; investments, insurance, consumer welfare, marketing, product, sales, and IT (engineering).
Over the course of my career I have been driven by taking on new challenges. I have led teams of IT professionals in development of PoCs and Softwares that have had immense impact on Businesses. More recently, at CPG Financials in NYC, I led a team of 12 Business analysts, Software Designers & Developers, Testers, and DevOp Engineers in Development of Customer Self-Service Transactional Software that greatly reduced the customer service costs in addition to improving customer relations.
My strengths, according to independently evaluated ‘CliftonStrength’ test by Gallup, include; Individualization, Learner, Restorative, Achiever and Includer where I work independently and build teams and draw up the best in each team player for efficient delivery of business insights/innovations that lead to transformative growth across corporations (efficiency-increased revenues and cut costs). I have expertise and experience in evaluating minute technical details of data, innovating and reinventing systems to embolden C level executive leadership while remaining calm under pressure and acting as a positive role model and representative to my Corporation.
I have,
• Extensive experience in all aspects of Data Science which involve; Data and Graph mining, Machine Learning, Artificial and Business Intelligence, Data and Business Analytics and Statistical and Mathematical Modelling.
• Deep expertise and knowledge in mathematical, statistical, econometrics modeling and development of machine learning and deep learning algorithms and prototypes ready for production.
• Statistical, Machine and Deep Learning techniques: Clustering (SOM-Self Organizing Maps, BM-Boltzmann Machine, AE-AutoEncoders), Classification (ANN-Artificial Neural Networks, CNN-Convolutional Neural Networks, RNN-Recurrent Neural Networks), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Regression Techniques (Linear, Logistic, Hierarchical, Spatial, Time Series)
Experiences in a variety of computing languages (Python, R, JavaScript, NodeJS, HTML, CSS, MySQL/Hive, Mongo/DB, JQuery), platforms (Windows, Linux) cloud and distributed computing environments (Hadoop/MapReduce, MS Azure & AWS) and Machine learning/Deep learning (SciKit-Learn, NLTK, Keras, Theano, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
Scrum Team Owner of transactional enterprise software development projects in an agile software development framework
Ongoing and Completed Projects.
Completed POC/Prototypes.
Completed Projects: World Bank DECRG Short Term Consultancies.
Completed Projects:.
College: Purdue University in USA
College: Purdue University in USA
College: Columbia University in NY, NY, USA
College: University of Nairobi in Nairobi Kenya