Downloadable CV

My current curriculum vitae can be downloaded or viewed from here.

Key Skills

Machine Learning & AI

Predictive Modeling, Data Analytics, Time Series Forecasting, Risk Modeling, Clustering, A/B Testing, Model Explainability (SHAP, feature importance)

Programming & Tools

Python (primary), SQL, Bash, Git, Excel/Google Sheets

Cloud Computing & DevOps

AWS (S3, EC2, Lambda, SageMaker, Redshift, VPC, ECR, etc.), Docker, Airflow

Databases

PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redshift

Visualization & BI

Tableau, Looker/LookML, Matplotlib, Seaborn

Libraries & Frameworks

pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, LightGBM, XGBoost, PyTorch

Education

Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
  • Certificate: Master's Degree in Applied Mathematics (Data Science)
  • Supervisor: Dr. Bubacarr Bah
  • Full scholarship by African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, (AIMS)
Cape Town, South Africa
2020-2022
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
  • Certificate: Master's Degree in Mathematical Sciences, Cum Laude
  • Supervisor: Dr. Bubacarr Bah
  • Full scholarship by African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, (AIMS)
Cape Town, South Africa
2019-2020
JKUAT
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
  • Certificate: Bachelors Degree in Science (Statistics), First Class Honors
Nairobi, Kenya
2013-2017

Work History

Sunking
SunKing Limited

Data Scientist,

A brief: Building and deploying models at scale using Python, SQL, and AWS to drive the efficiency in sales of solar products on loan and consequent repayment of loans. My team works on both Machine Learning and Deep Learning.
Nairobi, Kenya
Jan 2023 -
KMD
Kenya Meteorological Deparment (KMD)

Data Science Intern,

A brief: Working on techniques to improve weather forecasting. Techniques implemented include machine learning, testing new parameterization schemes and optimization of data assimilation procedures.
Nairobi, Kenya
Apr - Oct, 2022
Science of Intelligence
Science of Intelligence

Research Fellow,

A brief: Worked on a computer vision project at Technische Universität Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Feb-Aug 2021
CIHEb Kenya
PACT-Timiza

Data Assistant,

A brief: Data entry, management and analysis role involving HIV patients information aimed to improve adherence to anti-retroviral drugs.
Migori, Kenya
2013-2017

What I’m Doing Now

  • Working as a Senior Data Scientist at Sun King Limited, building and deploying ML models at scale across Africa.
  • Reading the book “The Almanack of Naval Ravikant” by Eric Jorgenson.
  • Learning — Deepening AWS knowledge and working toward the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03).
  • Writing Data Science articles on Medium and the Posts section of this site.

Award and Honors

  • Dedicated service award, for sterling performance at Sun King

    (November 2023)

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  • Golden Key Award, for being among the top 15% academic performers among the 2019 cohort

    (2020-2022)

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  • African Institute for Mathematical Sciences(AIMS) Scholarship, for MSc Mathematics at S.U

    (2019-2010)&(2020-2021)

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  • Award for Excellence, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences(AIMS)

    (Jan 2019- Nov 2019)

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  • Vice-Chancellor’s Academic Award, the best student in Bachelor of Science (Statistics option)

    (2014/2015, 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 academic years)

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  • First place, Mathematics contest with 1954 contestants

    (2012)

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