Experience

NumberBoost

• South Africa
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder, CEO

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  * Won Mercedes-Benz Innovation Competition * Won NTT Japan Open Innovation Challenge ZA * Won Lloyd's Register London A.I. Real-time Error Detection Challenge * Won MultiChoice Innovation Competition We build custom artificial intelligence solutions: > Automated vehicle inspection on smartphones using computer vision > Automated manufacturing inspection using computer vision > Video analytics platform for theft and order collection anomaly detection in mining > Video moderation pipeline deployed at scale for dating app > Geospatial recommendation engine deployed at scale for dating app > Bank transaction classification models > Optical character recognition engine for digitizing KYC data > Churn, LTV and customer deactivation models > Custom voice-to-text models for call-center NLP topic modeling > Automated infrastructure inspection using computer vision > etc. Show less



AppSmash

• Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Founder

  • Jul 2023 - Present

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AiSupervision (YC W22)

• Germany
• Industrial Automation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-founder, CTO

  • Sep 2020 - May 2023

  The operating system for factory production lines. The operating system for factory production lines.



Ethereum

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Independent Developer

  • Nov 2018 - Nov 2020

  * Won awards at ETHCapeTown 2019 from MakerDAO, ETHGlobal, Raiden & NuCypher * Won awards at ETHOnline 2020 from ETHGlobal, Biconomy & Pokt * Won grand prize in SeedClub hackathon 2020 * Won awards at ETHCapeTown 2019 from MakerDAO, ETHGlobal, Raiden & NuCypher * Won awards at ETHOnline 2020 from ETHGlobal, Biconomy & Pokt * Won grand prize in SeedClub hackathon 2020



Superbalist

• South Africa
• Retail
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Data Scientist

  • Feb 2016 - Jan 2017

  Applied machine learning to predict retention/churn, customer lifetime value, clustering/customer cohorts, recommendation engines and other applications in e-commerce. Applied machine learning to predict retention/churn, customer lifetime value, clustering/customer cohorts, recommendation engines and other applications in e-commerce.



Mergence Investment Managers

• South Africa
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quantitative Analyst & Data Engineer

  • Jul 2013 - Dec 2015

  Conducted quantitative analysis and research (equity screening models, valuation models, portfolio optimization, attribution, multi-asset class, etc.) Developed databases and software (incl. custom excel add-in built with C#) for the input, compilation and manipulation of data obtained from market data vendors, general publicly available information and company financial statements. Developed and automated systems and processes across the investment, risk management, trading and administrative functions of the business Show less



Mergence Investment Managers

• South Africa
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quantitative Analyst Intern

  • Jan 2012 - Jul 2012

  Back-tested investment process, strategies and equity valuation models Back-tested investment process, strategies and equity valuation models