Anel Leenen (Oppel)
Data Scientist
Garsfontein, Pretoria,GP
Summary
I enjoy using machine learning and analytics to produce business insights and sustainable business solutions. I am excited by the digital transformation of industries, driven by data science. I enjoy taking part in all stages of the project life cycle including stakeholder engagement. I am a hardworking, motivated person who likes the challenge of solving problems. I continuously strive to do my best and I take pride in my work. I deliver results even in high pressure situations. I easily adapt to work within a project team of multi-disciplined and multi-cultural groups to ensure that high quality deliverables are achieved.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Data Analyst/Scientist Consultant
Knowledge Integration Dynamics
Johannesburg, Gauteng
07.2017 - Current
- Permanently employed at Knowledge Integration Dynamics (KID).
- When not contracted out to clients, I was helping to train new graduates that joined the team.
- Consulting experiences are outlined below.
Senior Data Scientist (Consultant)
Knowledge Integration Dynamics - Consulting at MultiChoice
Johannesburg, Gauteng
07.2021 - Current
- “Business as Usual” role
- Mainly building propensity models to size market for new products launched and inform marketing strategies
- Additionally, set-covering optimizations to determine placement of service kiosks throughout S.A
- This position did require ownership of the full lifecycle: sourcing data, building, and deploying models, visually presenting model results to business
- These activities were done on the full Microsoft cloud stack using Azure Databricks and PowerBI.
- Collaborated with team members to achieve target results
Data Scientist (Consultant)
Knowledge Integration Dynamics - consulting at Adapt IT
Midrand, Gauteng
09.2020 - 11.2020
- Project Consultant for mobile reseller in USA
- Reviewed forecasting model, predicting monthly mobile data usage
- Results were to be digested by a Voronoi optimization algorithm
- After which high usage and low usage customers were bundled to qualify for discounts
- Forecasting and optimizations were written in Julia programming language.
- Learned new skill to program in Julia language and applied to daily tasks
Data Scientist (Consultant)
Knowledge Integration Dynamics - consulting at AVI Limited
Johannesburg, Gauteng
02.2019 - 12.2020
- Project consultant. Built and delivered sales forecast model to aid in production and distribution planning.
- Model automated distribution planning and there was a measurable reduction in human "work hours"
- Model is continuously improving as new data becomes available with passage of time.
- Also, studied pricing strategies to improve decisions regarding discounts provided.
- Maximizing revenue through improved price elasticity modelling.
- This was done using R within SQL Machine Learning Services
Data Analyst
Knowledge Integration Dynamics - consulting at MMI holdings
Centurion, Gauteng
07.2017 - 01.2019
- Consulted in Data Analyst role for MMI Investment’s data management team
- Responsibilities included acquiring data from various data sources, presenting data in custom- formatted data reports, or allowing interaction with data by building and designing dashboards
- Technologies employed towards this end, being QlikView and SQL
- Other day-to-day responsibilities were, troubleshooting data issues to ensure quality and accuracy of data/information provided.
- Learned new technology, being Qlikview, and quickly became a valuable member of the team
Junior Lecturer
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, Gauteng
01.2017 - 06.2017
- Employed as lecturer for STK 133 (Statistics – first semester)
- Main responsibilities were to teach and administrate statistics at undergraduate level
- This involved contributing to development, planning and implementation of a high- quality curriculum
- Also, assisting in development of learning materials, preparing schemes of work, and maintaining records to monitor student progress and achievement
- Lastly, participating in development of exams and other assessments.
Education
Master of Science - Mathematical Statistics
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, GP 01.2015 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Mathematical Statistics
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, GP 01.2014 - 12.2014
Bachelor of Science - Actuarial and Financial Mathematics
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, GP 01.2009 - 12.2013
Skills
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Hobbies
I like traveling, reading, and spending time with friends and family.
Timeline
Senior Data Scientist (Consultant)
Knowledge Integration Dynamics - Consulting at MultiChoice
07.2021 - Current
Data Scientist (Consultant)
Knowledge Integration Dynamics - consulting at Adapt IT
09.2020 - 11.2020
Data Scientist (Consultant)
Knowledge Integration Dynamics - consulting at AVI Limited
02.2019 - 12.2020
Data Analyst/Scientist Consultant
Knowledge Integration Dynamics
07.2017 - Current
Data Analyst
Knowledge Integration Dynamics - consulting at MMI holdings
07.2017 - 01.2019
Junior Lecturer
University of Pretoria
01.2017 - 06.2017
Master of Science - Mathematical Statistics
University of Pretoria
01.2015 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Mathematical Statistics
University of Pretoria
01.2014 - 12.2014
Bachelor of Science - Actuarial and Financial Mathematics
University of Pretoria
01.2009 - 12.2013
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