Experience

Hydrostasis, Inc.

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Data Scientist

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Hydrostasis Inc. is developing a Personal Hydration Index based on scientific methodologies, advanced wearable technology and machine learning. Applied signal processing and statistical/machine learning to predict human hydration using a wrist-worn optical sensor. Hydrostasis Inc. is developing a Personal Hydration Index based on scientific methodologies, advanced wearable technology and machine learning. Applied signal processing and statistical/machine learning to predict human hydration using a wrist-worn optical sensor.



Ingane Health

• Co-Founder

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  Co-founder of mobile health platform that enables child care workers to identify at-risk children, provide information on management of conditions, and connect clients with local health care services. Co-founder of mobile health platform that enables child care workers to identify at-risk children, provide information on management of conditions, and connect clients with local health care services.



Galvanize Inc

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Instructor, Senior Data Scientist

  • Sep 2020 - Aug 2021

  Galvanize is a 21st century school for engineers, entrepreneurs and data scientists, with eight campuses across the U.S. that promote belonging and celebrate courage and growth. Teaching: Statistics, Probability, Machine Learning/ Deep Learning, Python, SQL, AWS, MongoDB, Tableau, Excel. Galvanize is a 21st century school for engineers, entrepreneurs and data scientists, with eight campuses across the U.S. that promote belonging and celebrate courage and growth. Teaching: Statistics, Probability, Machine Learning/ Deep Learning, Python, SQL, AWS, MongoDB, Tableau, Excel.



Umuzi.org

• South Africa
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Science Consultant

  • Jun 2018 - Oct 2019

  Training the next generation of data scientists in programming, analytics and database skills.

• Head: Data Science

  • Jun 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Head of tech departmento Supervised management team of 7 web developers, data scientists and data engineerso Initiated company partnerships with BBD, PWC, Primedia and others• Teaching and curriculum developmento Created data science curriculum, going from 0 to 17 students in a span of 8 months o Taught students Python, Machine Learning, and Statistical Analysis via lecture, one-on-one training, and self-published assignmentso Held workshops on negotiation, public speaking and technical interviews, increasing student placement by 20%• Analyticso Designed and implemented psychological testing of internal applicants, created ETL pipeline, and obtained actionable insights from data. o Surveyed and conducted focus groups for Uber to create a part-time training course for driver partnerso Consulted on data ETL pipeline, analysis, and monitoring and evaluation strategy for Allan Gill Gray Philanthropy• Languages/ Technologies used: Python (incl. Numpy, Scipy, Pandas, Scikit-learn), R, MySQL, Linux, Docker, Airflow, Git, Google Data Studio Show less



Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fellow: Global Initiative in Neuropsychiatric Genetics Education in Research

  • Feb 2017 - Feb 2019

  GINGER is a two-year global neuropsychiatric genetics training program established by the Broad Institute, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and research and academic institutions in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda. GINGER is a two-year global neuropsychiatric genetics training program established by the Broad Institute, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and research and academic institutions in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.



University of Cape Town

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Feb 2017 - Jun 2018

  • Researched genetic risk for developmental disorders in collaboration with the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Harvard and the Univ. of Cape Town • Used general additive and hierarchical linear models to predict risk factors for poor fetal and infant growth outcomes

• Contract lecturer

  • Jul 2011 - Dec 2017

  Lecturing in research methods and neuropsychology.

• Tutor

  • Feb 2009 - Dec 2017

  Statistics (postgraduate); developmental psychology; cognition and neuroscience.

• PhD Psychology (Neuropsychology)

  • Jun 2011 - May 2017

  Psychophysiological research, including electromyography, electrocardiography, impedance cardiography and electrodermal measurement, as well as cognitive and behavioural assessments.

• Research Assistant

  • 2011 - 2014

  Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, a NIH/NIAAA U01 multi-centre study (2011 - 2012). Duties: Preparing and habituating children for magnetic resonance imaging; administering neuropsychological tests; data analysis.University of Cape Town Autism Research Group (2011 - 2014). Duties: Conducting clinical observations, semi-structured interviews and focus groups with families.



International Society for Autism Research

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Student & Trainee Committee

  • 2015 - Jun 2018

  - Chair, Student and Trainee Committee, Africa-Regional International Meeting for Autism Research - Organisation of the annual INSAR Summer Institute, a free online webinar series for autism researchers and students - Organisation of student & trainee events at the annual International Meeting for Autism Research. - Chair, Student and Trainee Committee, Africa-Regional International Meeting for Autism Research - Organisation of the annual INSAR Summer Institute, a free online webinar series for autism researchers and students - Organisation of student & trainee events at the annual International Meeting for Autism Research.