About
Astrophysics BSc graduate blending analytical rigor with programming enthusiasm. Accomplished in Physics, Mathematics (Statistics), and Computational Applied Mathematics. Proficient in Python, MATLAB, and Javascript. Geophysics graduate with a honours degree from the University of the Witwatersrand. Dedicated to unraveling geological complexities. Currently, I am advancing my skill set as a Data Scientist through learnership at ExploreAI. My role involves collaborating within a dynamic team to harness data-driven insights, develop machine-learning models, and craft informative visualizations. I am a self-driven student who is passionate in the fields of data analytics and data science. I like to play with data and derive some useful information and meaningful insights from it.
Data Scientist
Skilled data scientist with almost a year of industry experience in collecting, organizing, interpreting, and disseminating various types of statistical figures. Energetic presenter and confident communicator with the ability to circulate information in a way that is clear, efficient, and beneficial for end users. Creative in finding solutions to problems and determining modifications for optimal use of organizational data. Enthusiastic at providing realistic projections and establishing various scenarios to determine viable process strategies to utilize. Organized and timely in providing staff, departmental members, and executive management with reports on specific data findings and their impact on organizational growth and success.
- Birthday: 16 Jul 1998
- Phone: +27 727910473
- City: Pretoria
- Country: South Africa
- Age: 25
- Degree: Bachelors of Astrophysics
- Email Address: tshepoelifa238@gmail.com
- Freelance: Available
Skills
- Detail-oriented, thorough, and vigilant to collect all necessary data without missing critical components.
- Skilled understanding of data analysis to effectively interpret findings in a way that makes sense to end users.
- Proficient knowledge of statistical analytic procedures like regression, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, bayesian statistics, etc.
- Competent communicator and confident presenter to report analytics findings to members of senior management.
- Creative in putting together projections for a variety of scenarios to assist departmental experts in making future decisions regarding the organization’s growth.
- Technologically-savvy to assist end users with understanding technology, software updates and changes to existing protocols.
- Enthusiastic and friendly team player who can motivate colleagues and contribute to shared objectives in efforts to accomplish departmental goals.
Resume
Highly analytical and process-oriented data scientist with in-depth knowledge of database types; research methodologies; and big data capture, curation, manipulation and visualization. Furnishing insights, performing predictive analytics through machine learning and utilizing business intelligence that is used to advance opportunity identification, process reengineering and corporate growth.
Summary
Tshepo Serumula
- Street No. 523, De Kock ST, Pretoria
- +27 727910473
- tshepoelifa238@gmail.com
Education
Higher Certificate in I.T Systems Development
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
ExploreAI
Bachelor (Honors) of Geophysics
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
University of the Witwatersrand
Bachelor of Astrophysics
2017 - 2020
University of the Witwatersrand
High School
2012-2016
Mosepedi Secondary School
Professional Experience
Data Scientist
August 2023 - Dec 2023
Nedbank
As an intern
- Performed exploratory data analysis (EDA) on several categories of food products in Chennai.
- Determined the best quality cuisines having leading customer reviews and affordable price ranges.
- Implemented a few statistical techniques like hypothesis testing, regression modelling, etc. in order to derive meaningful relationships between various numerical attributes.
- Generated insightful business conclusions regarding the most popular weekend exotic dishes and presented reports to the Product team leader for efficient marketing and promotion of those cuisines.
Data Scientist
Jul 2023 - Aug 2021
Wits University
Vacation Work
- Cleaned all the datasets systematically and prepared them for analysis
- Performed exploratory data analysis(EDA) on various related datasets and derived several business insights, observations and conclusions.
- Created reports based on all data findings.
As a Team Leader
- Delegated tasks to all interns of the data analyst department and provided counselling on all aspects of the project.
- Supervised the assessment of all tasks performed by each intern
- Collaborated with co-TLs for developing weekly reports, maintaining attendance records and deciding the best performers.
Geophysicist
Jul 2022 - May 2023
ASST Group
- Applied Refraction Seismics, Reflection Seismics, and Electrical Resistivity Imaging techniques in various survey projects.
- Collaborated with field teams to acquire and process geophysical data.
- Assisted in data processing and analysis tasks in the office to contribute to project outcomes.
Project Intern
Mar 2022 - Aug 2022
Water Research Commission
- Collaborated closely with the host team to investigate and implement data curation methods for enhanced quality and reliability.
- Utilized ArcGIS Pro to create and analyze maps focused on assessing water availability in rivers and tracking the decline in water content.
- Conducted thorough research leading to the production of a comprehensive report centered on water exploration and the meticulous curation of collected data.
Codsoft Machine Learning Intern
Aug 2023 - Sep 2023
Codsoft
- Selected and created relevant features (input variables) from the raw data to improve the performance of machine learning models
- Performed exploratory data analysis(EDA) on four different projects data.
- Derived discrete statistical insights for boosting up sales and enhancing net revenue.
Tutor
Jan 2022 - Dec 2023
TeachMe2
- Resolved doubts of students.
- Mentored their progress throughout the course.
- Guided students about the course materials and learning methodologies.
Projects Portfolio
Services
Data Collection
Skilled in various data collection methods like web scraping, surveys, case studies, etc.
Data Cleaning
Proficient in various data cleaning methods like removal of irrelevant values, elimination of duplicate data, correction of typos(spelling errors,etc.), conversion of data types and transformation of missing data.
Data Preprocessing
Expert in transforming raw data into a well organized and understandable format. Consummate in several methods of data transformation like normalization and data type conversion.
Exploratory Data Analysis
Dexterous in performing exploratory data analysis(EDA). Knowledgeable about various aspects of data analysis like univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis. Competent in conducting various forms of statistical analysis like confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, bayesion statistics and distributions.
Data Visualization
Skillful in plotting a wide variety of visualizations like charts, plots and statistical figures. Accomplished in developing dashboards and stories using Tableau.
Data Storytelling
Adept at presenting reports and presentations to business stakeholders and company management.
Machine Learning
Competent in developing machine learning models by training and testing various supervised and unsupervised algorithms such as Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, K Nearest Neighbors, Support Vector Machines, Decision Tree Classifier, Random Forests Classifier, Naive Bayes, etc. and performing predictive analytics by leveraging those models.
Model Deployment
Capable of establishing exemplary web applications using Flask and Streamlit framework by leveraging and deploying machine learning models and algorithms for performing predictions.
Testimonials
Tshepo has got good data analytics skillset, his exploratory data analysis, and data visualization skills are impressive, that's the skill you look for in data analyst and he is well versed with it, he is self-motivated and organized - it was a pleasure working with him on a project.
Mkhanyisi Mlombile
Aspiring Data Scientist
Tshepo is a true example of how one can solve problems creatively.His knowledge in the domain of Python and data science is so versatile,that any project he works in will be really innovative and commendable.
Edna Kobo
Aspiring Data Scientist
Tshepo is the hardest working member of the group. He puts diligent efforts in the work he is allotted, and respects his deadlines to the core. He also offers help to other members in the team, if they are facing any difficulty, thereby acting as a wonderful team player. His data analytics and visualization skills are quite impressive. I learnt a lot while working with him.
Ghaalib Van Der Ross
Aspiring Data Analyst
Tshepo possesses very good technical skill sets and his area of expertise is mainly in data analytics and business intelligence. I have done a project with Sayam and he brings valuable insights to the project with his creativity, work ethic, and ability to drive project responsibly. He is self-motivated and organized - it was a great pleasure working with him. I wish him success in all his future projects and endeavors.
Katlego Mthunzi
Aspiring Data Scientist
We've worked together on a project and Tshepo Serumula is one of the best individuals to have as a partner. His project management and leadership skills along with his ability to solve complex and tedious problems on his own are some of his best qualities. Moreover, he is very enthusiastic and a hardworking person. He is well aware about how to help his colleagues and get the best out of them. I highly recommend him because of his exceptional skills in data analytics and business intelligence.
Mpho
Data Scientist
Tshepo is one of the most valuable people I've ever worked with. When you really get to connect with him, you will find an incredible person with exceptional skills! Energetic and broad-minded data analyst - that's him! The success achieved in his job required extensive knowledge and dedication. I enjoyed working with him on the various tasks assigned to us.
Abidance
Aspiring Data Scientist
Contact
Location:
Street No. 523, Sunnyside, Pretoria
Email:
tshepoelifa238@gmail.com@gmail.com
Call:
+27 727910473