Favour Oyelami, Senior Data Scientist
C1 (Advanced) English
Senior (5-10 years)
Summary
Expert data scientist with a strong engineering background, encompassing advanced competencies in Machine Learning, Data Engineering, and Business Intelligence. Holds an MSc in Computer Science with over 5 years of experience innovating at technology firms such as Interswitch Group and Bluechip Technologies. Proven track record in driving business decisions through data, such as enhancing credit risk models leading to a 12% loan uptake increase and implementing a Transaction Classifier with a 98% success rate. Technically proficient in Python, SQL, and a suite of analytics tools and platforms including AWS services, Sagemaker, and Evidently AI. Demonstrated excellence in employing Machine Learning and DataOps methodologies for project success.
Main Skills
AI & Machine Learning
Programming Languages
Python Frameworks
.NET Platform
Python Libraries and Tools
Data Analysis and Visualization Technologies
Databases & Management Systems / ORM
Amazon Web Services
Azure Cloud Services
Google Cloud Platform
Web/App Servers, Middleware
Version Control
Third Party Tools / IDEs / SDK / Services
Deployment, CI/CD & Administration
Other Technical Skills
Work Experience
Senior Data Scientist, Credit Scorecard Development
Duration: April 2024 – Present
Summary: Led the development of a rule-based scorecard using customer loan and transaction features to categorize users by credit and transaction behavior.
Responsibilities: Developing scorecard, enabling informed decision-making for Product and Risk teams, and increasing loan uptake by 12%.
Technologies: Machine Learning, Evidently AI, Business Intelligence
Senior Data Scientist, Credit Scoring Model Optimization
Duration: April 2024 – Present
Summary: Optimized the company's existing credit scoring model to improve risk differentiation.
Responsibilities: Enhancing ROC-AUC metric from 67% to 71% and reducing lending exposure to high-risk borrowers.
Technologies: Machine Learning, DataOps
Senior Data Scientist, Loan Portfolio Analysis Dashboard
Duration: April 2024 – Present
Summary: Led development of a loan portfolio analysis dashboard for loan reconciliation.
Responsibilities: Enabled successful loan reconciliation for top lenders, reducing unresolved loans.
Technologies: Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Machine Learning
Senior Data Scientist, Customer Account Integration
Duration: April 2024 – Present
Summary: Integrated various customer accounts into the company's transaction database.
Responsibilities: Achieved a 15% average increase in total customer account volume.
Technologies: Data Engineering, Cloud Computing, Big Data
Senior Data Scientist, AI Monitoring Deployment
Duration: Apr 2022 – Mar 2024
Summary: Deployed AI monitoring tool for model and data drift detection.
Responsibilities: Improved model reliability by monitoring data drift and model performance drift.
Technologies: MLOps, Evidently AI, Machine Learning
Senior Data Scientist, Transaction Classifier Development
Duration: Apr 2022 – Mar 2024
Summary: Built and implemented a high-accuracy Transaction Classifier using NLP.
Responsibilities: Categorized customer transactions with a classification success rate of 98%.
Technologies: NLP, Machine Learning, Python
Senior Data Scientist, Subscribers Transaction Analysis
Duration: Apr 2022 – Mar 2024
Summary: Conducted analysis of subscribers transactions to improve targeted marketing strategies.
Responsibilities: Provided insights to MTN Nigeria using data analytics techniques.
Technologies: Big Data, Machine Learning, Analytics
Senior Data Scientist, eNaira Machine Learning Models
Duration: Apr 2022 – Mar 2024
Summary: Developed machine learning models for CBN eNaira to predict customer lifetime value.
Responsibilities: Enhanced financial planning and decision-making capabilities.
Technologies: Machine Learning, Forecasting, Python
Data Scientist, Telecom Data Analysis
Duration: Jul 2021 – Mar 2022
Summary: Analysed telecom data to identify demographic and socio-economic trends.
Responsibilities: Provided key insights from analysis of over 80 million subscribers.
Technologies: Data Science, AWS QuickSight, Analytics
Data Scientist, Named Entity Recognition Model
Duration: Jul 2021 – Mar 2022
Summary: Engineered an NER model to automate entity extraction from transactional text.
Responsibilities: Significantly automated processes and enhanced transactional data handling.
Technologies: NLP, Spacy, Python
Data Scientist, Campaign Strategy Optimization
Duration: Jul 2021 – Mar 2022
Summary: Conducted A/B testing to optimize marketing campaigns for reach effectiveness.
Responsibilities: Maximized campaign performance and effectiveness through A/B experiments.
Technologies: A/B Testing, Data Analytics, Machine Learning
Data Scientist, Credit Risk Assessment
Duration: Jan 2020 – Jun 2021
Summary: Built and managed the implementation of machine learning algorithms for credit risk assessment.
Responsibilities: Developed credit risk scorecards and improved collection processes.
Technologies: Machine Learning, Risk Analysis, Python
Education
- Master of Science in Computer Science
- Mar. 2018 – Jan. 2021
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
- Aug. 2011 – June 2015