Sep 2025 – Present · 8 mos

• Define and drive the execution of enterprise-wide data and analytics unified governance strategy, aligned to business objectives
• Lead and embed robust data governance, quality, and compliance frameworks across all business units
• Establish and enforce corporate governance, risk and compliance policies and data architecture standards to ensure consistency, transparency, and scalability
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing data and analytics team, fostering accountability and collaboration
• Partner with senior stakeholders to translate business priorities into scalable data solutions

Sep 2025 – Present · 8 mos

• Oversee and lead AI Group Projects and Teams:
• Building and operationalising AI-powered solutions, including LLM implementations, Prompt Engineering, RAG architectures, custom DAG development, agentic workflows, and Document AI processing and generative solutions, and copilots etc.
• Graph RAG, complex knowledge graphs, Neo4J and Cypher query language
• RAG architectures and AI-powered knowledge retrieval
• Backend engineering and Frontend development
• Integration patterns and messaging frameworks
• Midjourney: For producing artistic images with Discord bot and web interface.
• Higgsfield, DeepSeek AI, Flora, Runway Gen 4.5,Hailuo (MiniMax), Vidu AI, Lovable AI,
• Kling AI, Seedream, Mistral AI,Kamo-1
• Google Veo: A text-to-video generator in the Google AI system.
• Nano Banana Pro Gemini 3: Photorealistic images and multi-view character sheets from existing images.
• LangChain: Chain prompts, models, and external APIs together into coordinated workflows.
• LlamaIndex: Data framework designed to connect LLMs to external data sources (RAG applications) for data ingestion, indexing, and querying.
• Haystack: An open-source NLP framework that helps structure prompt pipelines, particularly effective for document search and retrieval tasks.
• OpenPrompt: An open-source library focused on constructing, testing, and deploying prompts, particularly used in academia and research for systematic experimentation.
• OpenAI Playground: OpenAI's official web interface for real-time experimentation and prototyping with various models and parameters without writing code.
• Azure Prompt Flow: Microsoft's visual tool within Azure AI for building, testing, and deploying LLM workflows using a drag-and-drop canvas.
• Google Cloud Vertex AI: A unified platform for managing the entire machine learning lifecycle, including tools for generative AI models and prompt engineering.
• Sora: OpenAI AI video generation model for creating longer, high-quality videos.

Aug 2025 – Aug 2025 · 0 mo

• Data Domain Delivery Leadership
• Oversee and lead group projects and teams
• Platform vs Data Engineering,AI Agent Automation,AWS/GCP/Azure Architect & Infrastructure Engineer,DevOps,CI/CD Kubernetes Admin using (Databricks,Hadoop,Azure Data Factory,Azure Synapse,DBT,CRM Dynamics D365,Cloudshell,Spark,HBase,Cassandra & Hive)
• Whole BI stack (Data Warehouse Design(Preferably Kimball methodology),ETL,OLAP Analysis Server, MDX,DAX)
• Real Time Data Processing with Apache Spark Structured Streaming and Kafka
• Well-Architectured Assessment (Cost,Performance,Security,Reliability, Operations Excellence, Sustainability), Infrastructure-As-Code (IaC) (Bicep,ARM Template)
• CI/CD(Jenkins,Terraform,AWS,Openshift/Kubernetes,Helm,Docker)
• Azure Administrator and Data Engineer (Azure Entra ID,Zero-Trust Architecture,Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics,IAM,Azure AD,VNETs,Subnets,VNET peering,Azure Storage,Azure VMs, NSGs,Event Grid,Azure Functions,Azure Monitoring & Log Analytics,Azure Database PostgreSQL, MongoDB,IoT/IIoT Protocols (HTTPS,SSH,MQTT,CoAP,TLS,SNMP,Websockets)
• Programming (Cloudshell,Javascript,.Net C#,SQL,PL/SQL,Scala ,Python,Spark)
• AWS Kubernetes( EKS ) Admin-Setup, Deploy, Autoscaling( HPA, Cluster Autoscaling ), Security, Network Policies, Troubleshooting, Logging (EFK), Monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana)
• GCP Cloud Engineer(VPC, Subnets, Cloud DNS,NAT & Load Balancing, GKE(Kubernetes),Cloud Functions & Cloud Run,IAM,KMS,Cloud Storage,Big Query,Big Table,Cloud Logging,Cloud SQL, FireStore)
• MSSQL, SQL-PL/SQL Developing and Tuning and shell scripting
• UNIX OS (Solaris,AIX,Linux) and Windows Server tech
• In-depth major databasing: PostgreSQL,Oracle,SQL Server,Informix,DB2,as well as Non-Relational NoSQL,MongoDB,Hbase,Cassandra,DynamoDB
• Automated Testing
• Programming (Cloudshell, Javascript, .Net C#, SQL, PL/SQL, Scala , Python , Spark)
• Big Data technologies such as Apache NiFi, Apache Spark,Airflow and Kafka
• Message brokers for data exchange and event-driven architectures

Sep 2025 – Present · 8 mos

• All Areas to Cover End-to-End :
• Inception Phase
• Develop a detailed workplan and methodology
• Conduct initial consultations with key stakeholders
• Submit an inception report and workplan
• Manage budgets
• Review internal reports and resources, inc. consultant
• Desk Review Reporting
• Review existing documentation, including RED strategy guidelines, training materials, implementation reports, and sub-district and facility level analysis of data comparative analysis of routine data to compare ELMA and non-ELMA districts over time.
• Produce a synthesis report highlighting key themes and gaps
• Research Design & Ethics
• Develop a comprehensive research proposal including objectives, methodology, and tools
• Submit for ethics clearance through a registered Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC),
• and for administrative approval from the DoH, at national, provincial and district level.
• Finalize interview guides and consent forms
• Data Collection
• Extract relevant data vs information
• Conduct Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) and focus group discussions across multiple levels and cities, Provincial, District/Sub-District, and Facility
• Ensure ethical standards and informed consent procedures are followed
• Data Analysis
• Analyse comparative data between Elma and non-Elma districts and priority facilities, over time
• Transcribe and code qualitative data
• Identify themes, patterns, barriers, and facilitators
• Draft preliminary findings
• Reporting & Dissemination
• Prepare a draft report for review
• Incorporate feedback from stakeholders
• Submit final report, presentation materials
• Publication in agreed academic journal
• Develop draft journal article for review
• Submit final journal articles for publication

Sep 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Steinhausen, Zug, Switzerland · Remote

• Bussmann Advisory AG has a worldwide reputation and proven track record driving large-scale digital transformation and innovation in both high-tech and financial services, and staying ahead of the digital disruption..

Jul 2025 – Present · 10 mos · Paris, Île-de-France, France · Remote

• The OW2 Consortium (formed in January 2007 from the merger of the ObjectWeb Consortium and Orientware) is a not-for-profit, international consortium mainly devoted to producing open source middleware, EAI, e-business, clustering, grid computing. It was founded by INRIA, Groupe Bull, and France Télécom. OW2 aims at developing high-quality open-source components for distributed applications (Web applications, grid computing, clusters, business integration, nomadic systems, etc.).
• At the end of 2009, OW2 merged with the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), a primarily U.S.-based consortium of open source software companies with the mission of fostering the adoption of open source software in enterprise level companies.

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos

• As part of my professional journey, I actively contribute to and advocate for open-source technologies, fostering adoption across engineering teams and organizations. My focus has been on data platforms, cloud-native tools, AI frameworks, and DevOps utilities—integrating them into enterprise-grade products to enhance scalability, security, and innovation.
• I promote a culture of collaboration by encouraging engineers to contribute back to the community while leading initiatives that evaluate, customize, and implement open-source technologies into production systems. This approach has reduced costs, accelerated delivery timelines, and improved product reliability.
• Key contributions include:
• Driving adoption of cloud-native and DevOps open-source frameworks.
• Contributing to data engineering and AI-related projects in the open-source community.
• Building organizational practices that align with open-source governance and compliance standards.

Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 · 11 mos · Netherlands

Dec 2023 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos · Gauteng, South Africa · Remote

• Lead Delivery across Workstreams
• Project Delivery and Managed Services Outputs etc across all clients with overall excellent service delivery consistency including value-added continuous improvement strategies
• Lead or support all Data,AI/ML/D365 multi-cloud initiatives
• Lead multi-client Platform Engineered Infrastructure,(IaC) efforts & upgrades
• Lead and oversee the data foundation and delivery management strategy and framework
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to ensure effective service delivery and operational efficiency
• Identify and manage deployment of cost-effective solutions and ensure operational efficiency
• Microsoft 365 & Azure services (Power Automate, Power Apps, Logic Apps, Functions, Graph, Key Vault)
• AI/NLP for document classification and extraction (Azure AI, Copilot, OpenAI)
• Security & compliance: GDPR,ISO 27001,Microsoft Purview (DLP,Labels, retention, eDiscovery)
• Leverage Azure AI Document Intelligence, Azure AI Foundry, Purview Data Governance, Azure App Services, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Microsoft Graph for classification, data extraction, and template population. DevOps & Modern Engineering Practices
• Enabled development teams to adopt Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD methodologies using Azure DevOps (VSTS), DevTest Labs, ARM templates, PowerShell, and Azure CLI—improving deployment speed and engineering efficiency
• Built trusted advisor relationships with key technical and business decision-makers (TDMs and BDMs), supporting long-term Azure adoption and strategic IT alignment
• Assisted with implementation and support for cloud-native and hybrid solutions using Azure Compute (VMs, Networking, Storage, Containers) and Platform Services (App Services,Functions,Kubernetes, Service Fabric)
• Accelerated Azure Adoption consumption by delivering technical leadership on deployment architecture, cloud adoption strategies, and issue resolution.Partnered closely with sales teams to identify and grow high-impact workloads across enterprise accounts

Oct 2023 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo · Gauteng, South Africa · Remote

• Group-Wide rollout of Enterprise Data Warehousing, Governance, Quality & (EDM) platform
• establishments.
• Responsible for Overall Onboarding, Unified Data Governance & Policy Setup, Release Management across the Sandton Hub's Bidvest Bank Group-Wide Enterprise Governance & Datawarehouse Design (EDW) & Integrations Architecture for platform establishment starting with Master Data on Big Data & Integration components.
• Design and build Bidvest Bank's Enterprise Integrative Upstream vs Downstream Data Quality Framework.
• Design, model, build the Bidvest Bank's General Ledger (GL) Framework, Central repository for the bank's financial data for all Accurate Financial Transactions Reporting, Reconciliations, Audit Trails, Regulatory Compliance and holistic Banking Financial Control.
• Design, build and deploy the Banking, Finance & Operations Blockchain Architecture, Platform and Technology Framework, including Distributed Ledger Systems Integration and Management, Hardware and Infrastructure Layer Design, Protocol(Consensus) Algorithmic Mechanisms and Layer Design, Network Layer Design,Application and Data Layer Design, which together form a peer-to-peer (P2P) network secured by elliptic curve cryptographic hash based algorithmic security,Multi-Party Computation (MPC),Homomorphic Encryption,Public-Key Cryptography (Asymmetric Encryption), Digital Signatures, Hashing, Immutable Chaining Architecture ,Chain of Blocks Design, Multi-Layered Defense and Intelligent Governance Design, Smart Contracts and Automated Agreement Execution. .
• Design, setup and deploy platform engineered infrastructure-as-code (IaC) across workstreams, define infrastructure in code, version control, for use as automation tools to provision and manage environments consistently, ensuring security and compliance from development to production.

Nov 2022 – Oct 2023 · 11 mos · Remote

Mar 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Data Domain Delivery Leadership
• Craft and Design Overarching Multi-Client(Banking vs Retail) Solutions Architecture and Infrastructure Framework (Modelling,Datawarehousing,,Integrations,OLAP cubes),utilizing well-established frameworks while leading sessions and project teams to enhance organizational efficiency.
• Design,build and deploy web API and credit risk modelling applications integrated with all credit bureaus.
• Design, implement and deploy organization-wide Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and Performance Management systems with data scientist machine learning (ML) capability.
• Integate ML capabilities into the traditional Balanced Scorecard (BSC) framework to enhance strategic planning and performance management with advanced more dynamically multi-scenario based generated Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) via web applications.
• Design and maintain System Operations Manuals(SOM) and Standard Operating Procedures(SOP).

Jan 2019 – Sep 2025 · 6 yrs 8 mos

• Business Intelligence Consulting for various industries
• Project Management
• Data Visualizations
• Digital Transformations
• Games Development

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 4 mos · Zurich, Switzerland · Remote

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