Experience

Fly.io

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Primarily focused on our public and private networking functionality Primarily focused on our public and private networking functionality



Allan Gray Orbis Foundation

• South Africa
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Fellow

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  On successful completion of my undergraduate degree and having met all the requirements of the Foundation, I became a Fellow.

• Candidate Fellow

  • Jan 2016 - Feb 2020

  The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation is dedicated to creating and enabling high impact entrepreneurs. They hope to build individuals who will contribute to positive economic, social and political change. From their website, "The Foundation takes a holistic approach to entrepreneurship development with a focus on three critical aspects: cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset in our Scholars, Candidate Fellows and Fellows; developing entrepreneurial skills in our Fellows; and being relevant in… Show more The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation is dedicated to creating and enabling high impact entrepreneurs. They hope to build individuals who will contribute to positive economic, social and political change. From their website, "The Foundation takes a holistic approach to entrepreneurship development with a focus on three critical aspects: cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset in our Scholars, Candidate Fellows and Fellows; developing entrepreneurial skills in our Fellows; and being relevant in the African context while understanding global entrepreneurial ecosystems."



Aerobotics

• South Africa
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer - Platform

  • Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

  Grown into an engineering heavy role. Currently focusing on the backend engineering and infrastructure to support our machine learning and data science efforts.

• Junior Data Scientist

  • Nov 2019 - Jan 2021

  Responsible for productionising machine learning algorithms - evaluation, packaging and deployment to our cloud environment. Additionally involved in the backend engineering to support our machine learning efforts.

• Data Science Intern

  • Nov 2018 - Nov 2019

  Working part-time whilst finishing my final year of undergraduate studies. Work ranges from leveraging machine learning and computer vision techniques to solve complex computer vision problems to backend software engineering.



UCT Cryptocurrency and AI Society

• Head of Corporate Relations

  • Apr 2018 - Oct 2019

  Responsible for communications between corporates. This mainly involved organising events and making sure the administration that comes with this is flawless between us and our corporate partners. Responsible for communications between corporates. This mainly involved organising events and making sure the administration that comes with this is flawless between us and our corporate partners.



University of Cape Town

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Computer Science Tutor

  • Feb 2019 - May 2019

  Tutored first year computer science. This involved helping students with their assignments as well as sharing knowledge and explaining concepts. Tutored first year computer science. This involved helping students with their assignments as well as sharing knowledge and explaining concepts.



Red Bull

• Austria
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Brand Manager

  • Jan 2017 - Aug 2018

  Responsible for all aspects of Red Bull at UCT including but not exclusive to on-campus event organisation, supporting UCT events, administration regarding the two entities, sorting out distribution for on-campus stores. I was also responsible for driving brand awareness through high-impact, low cost ideas. These help to bring the Red Bull brand to the UCT community and drive consumers to become lovers of the brand and the product. Responsible for all aspects of Red Bull at UCT including but not exclusive to on-campus event organisation, supporting UCT events, administration regarding the two entities, sorting out distribution for on-campus stores. I was also responsible for driving brand awareness through high-impact, low cost ideas. These help to bring the Red Bull brand to the UCT community and drive consumers to become lovers of the brand and the product.



Gravity Ideas

• South Africa
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

  Researched and designed the tech stack and functionality for a web platform. Researched and designed the tech stack and functionality for a web platform.



DataProphet

• South Africa
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Science Intern

  • Dec 2017 - Jan 2018

  I began the development of object detection software for detecting information on engine castings using the Tensorflow object detection API. I began the development of object detection software for detecting information on engine castings using the Tensorflow object detection API.

• Electrical Engineering Mentor

  • Mar 2017 - Nov 2017

  Mentoring first year electrical engineering students to cope with the adjustments of university.

• Computer Science Tutor

  • Mar 2017 - Nov 2017

  Tutored first year computer science. This involved helping students with their assignments as well as sharing knowledge and explaining concepts. The languages used were python and java.