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Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computer Science and Information Systems

University of the Western Cape

My Top Skills

Software Engineering Product | Project Management Database Design System | API Architecture Cloud Architecture AI Research UI/UX Design E Commerce Fashion Design Music Production SEO Public Speaking | Storytelling

About

Hi 👋, I'm a computer scientist passionate about solving complex problems and building Industry-leading applications. I thrive in solo work, teamwork, or leadership roles, blending technical skills with product management and customer engagement. My expertise spans software engineering, system architecture, API, and database design. I've worked across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Agile and always eager to innovate, I'm on a mission to make technology fun and impactful 🚀.

Industry Experience

Present (knowledge upskill)

AI Researcher

● Skilled in foundational machine learning, encompassing both supervised (such as regression and neural networks) and unsupervised techniques. ● Since the release of OpenAI Codex in 2021 ( https://openai.com/index/openai-codex ), I have been conducting AI research in the domain of building compliant mechanisms to address African operational inefficiencies. ● I am working on an open-source leapfrog manual that will be a guideline for leveraging existing systems available in Western regions to solve African operational problems with Artificial Intelligence.

AI Machine Learning Python Neural Networks System Architecture

Present (In closed beta)

Founder | Leading Research & Engineering at fima AI ( https://fima.ai )

● Building efficient work systems alongside human well-being

AI Python Cloud Architecture System Architecture

Present

Technical Lead at R. O. N ™ - Media Group

● Next Gen - AI powered Research, Media, Design & Engineering

AI Research Media Design Engineering Computer Science Data Science | Analytics

October 2023 - Sept 2024

Senior Software Engineer at SweepSouth

● Conducted software audits for the existing tech stack to identify bottlenecks in codebase. ● Migrated legacy code into a new SPA framework, SvelteKit, for the delivery platform. ● Developed backend features using Python Django.

Python Django SvelteKit JavaScript | Typescript System Architecture

February 2022 - October 2023

Technical Lead at SovTech

● Conducted software audits to ensure incoming software products could integrate seamlessly into available teams. ● Provided technical oversight, sharing insights from past project successes and failures. ● Conducted 1:1 sessions with developer teams to gauge career progress, set new growth milestones, identify team inefficiencies, and enhance overall developer happiness.

Software Engineering Software Auditing Technical Oversight Technical Interviewing

June 2021 - October 2023

Senior Full Stack Engineer at SovTech

● Individual contributor on a local e-hailing platform. ● Managed the development of two mobile apps, one web app, and the connected backend. ● Built automated tests that could virtually simulate the driver and passenger network. ● Involved in company-wide innovation projects, including hackathons.

JavaScript | Typescript Mobile Development Python Node.js MongoDB SQL Cloud Engineering

October 2020 - June 2021

Software Engineer at Warp Development

● Implemented end-to-end test automation for the Karri Pay mobile app using Appium. ● Developed a mobile application for a fruit packing warehouse. ● Contributed to the development of the Medihelp health insurance PWA.

JavaScript | Typescript Angular Appium Node.js Ionic MongoDB MySQL AWS Firebase | GCP

September 2018 - October 2020

Software Developer at Lava Lamp Lab

● Individual technical contributor on a mobile app project for a fitness on-demand startup, utilizing a hybrid app tech stack (Ionic/Angular) and Laravel on the backend. ● Part of a team that built a security alerting platform for a company managing Microsoft Azure Tenants for its clients.

Ionic Angular Laravel Node.js Azure Cosmos DB JavaScript | Typescript

September 2017 - September 2018

Technical Intern at WC Colab for eInclusion and Social Innovation | Core Team

● Focused on projects centered around applications development, robotics, machine learning, and designing courses to teach other students. ● Built a mobile application serving as a social hub for students to interact and share information about campus events.

Python Linux Mobile Development Machine Learning Robotics

February 2015 - November 2015

Physics 151 Tutor at the University of the Western Cape

● Worked as a tutor for a first-year physics laboratory course, assisting students in scientific experimentation with a focus on conceptual physics and measurement concepts.

Mathematics Physics

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