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Ngozi Emeh-Festus

Raleigh,NC

Summary

AI/Machine Learning/Data Science/Software Engineer.

Expert in machine learning and large dataset management. Demonstrated success in identifying relationships and building solutions to business problems.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Data Scientist - Practicum Tech Lead

Fifth Third Bank
08.2023 - Current
    • Clean and analyze account-level data for 3 million+ households to compare deposit information across 1000+ branches.
    • Perform geospatial analysis to construct and deploy a model for identifying optimal branch locations, comparing among logistic regression, explainable boosting machine, decision tree, and others.
    • Utilize Python to identify key performance metrics from 120+ variables and curate a set of custom engineered features that predict branch success.
    • Design and develop a Tableau dashboard to provide stakeholders actionable insights into a branch's performance.
    • Work collaboratively under an agile framework to accomplish project goals.

Software Engineer

Sancoj
01.2017 - 06.2023
  • Built AI platform design strategies, from scratch.
  • Developed application's Python Django based backend with JWT token and hosted on Linux based Apache server with Postgresql database.
  • Configured dedicated linux apache server with NginX & Gunicorn.
  • Developed responsive Angular based frontend while writing services to consume RestAPI.
  • Develop smart contract for Ethereum blockchain based cryptographic token with solidity.
  • Generated SANC token which is currently held by approximately 29,000 blockchain wallets.
  • Created solidity based smart contract that powers token distribution across wallets.
  • Analyzed, developed and documented requirements for our Artificial Intelligence models.
  • Managed development team and code reviews for team that developed our multi-signature fund wallet.

Data Science Intern

Esupply Canada
09.2021 - 01.2022
  • Predicted optimal franchise fees and life-time value of each franchisee using linear regression model.
  • Discovered and corrected 49% ecommerce bounce rate using A/B testing.
  • Utilized clustering techniques to develop geographically based franchise slots.

Software Developer

CountryScan
08.2015 - 01.2017

Some of the projects i worked on:

1. Staff Training Application for Cancer Treatment owned by ROCHE PHARMACEUTICALS.

  • I analyzed client requirements, translated them into development requirements.
  • Managed project and coded Full Stack.

2. United Nations Vision 2020 Application for Delta State Government,Nigeria

  • Coded part of Django backend and React frontend platform.
  • I analyzed client requirements, translated them into development requirements.
  • Designed project's SCRUM sprints.

3. E-library for Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria. The project is owned by Federal Government of Nigeria.

4. CRM and ERP software for Delta State Government with plain JS (No framework) & Django backend.

  • Data acquisition, cleaning and analyses.

Project Manager

CountryScan
08.2009 - 08.2015
  • Provided detailed technical and operational direction in projects and ensuring consistent meeting of deliverables according to deadlines.
  • Primary and secondary research of clients' businesses, their product market, competition, customer relationship channels, challenges and narrowing them down to possible development requirements.
  • Managed teams & development timelines.
  • Coordinated cross-functional teams and resolved conflicts, maintaining positive work environment throughout our project lifecycle.

Education

Master of Science - Data Science And Analytics

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
04.2024

MBA - Business Administration And Management

University of Buckingham
United Kingdom
04.2009

Bachelor of Science - Economics

University of Uyo
Nigeria
09.2005

Skills

  • Python Programming
  • Machine Learning
  • Data operations
  • SQL
  • Back-End Development
  • ETL
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Big Data Analytics
  • AWS
  • R Programming
  • Generating AI
  • LLM

Timeline

Data Scientist - Practicum Tech Lead

Fifth Third Bank
08.2023 - Current

Data Science Intern

Esupply Canada
09.2021 - 01.2022

Software Engineer

Sancoj
01.2017 - 06.2023

Software Developer

CountryScan
08.2015 - 01.2017

Project Manager

CountryScan
08.2009 - 08.2015

Master of Science - Data Science And Analytics

North Carolina State University

MBA - Business Administration And Management

University of Buckingham

Bachelor of Science - Economics

University of Uyo
Ngozi Emeh-Festus