
Michael Nana
Senior Data Engineer | Generative AI
Salary / Daily rate
Rose Belle, Mauritius
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Data & AI Consultant with expertise in advanced data engineering, generative AI, and AiOps automation. Skilled in transforming complex data flows into actionable intelligence using Azure, Python, and ML technologies. Proven track record of reducing manual intervention by 50% through automation initiatives and designing AI architectures adopted by 194+ leaders. Delivering data-driven solutions that combine technical excellence with business acumen.
Work experience
Data & AI
Accenture
Oct 2023 - Present
3 years 1 month
Ebene, Maurice · On-site
Consultant Data Engineer As a Senior Data Engineer, I analyzed complex client dataflows to uncover strategic insights. Using Azure Storage Blob, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Power BI, Python, PySpark, Pgadmin, Confluence, JIRA, ArgoCD, Git/Github, and SQL, I built data pipelines to transform raw data into actionable business intelligence. Techno: Azure Data Factory, ETL, Azure SQL Server, T-SQL, Power Query, Hive, impala, Hbase, SQL, Data Modeling,. AiOps -Automation Engineer ● I have a robust background as an AiOps Automation Engineer, designing high-level and detailed architectures to automate IT infrastructure, including ticket resolution and root cause analysis. ● I’ve participated to the development of Accenture’s hybrid SaaS for AI operations (myWizard) and managed GenWizard's architecture, providing technical mentorship to foster team growth ● I’ve delivered automation projects like optimizing SharePoint management, automating disk space verification, and analyzing data with Splunk macros, leveraging tools like Docker, Ansible, and Rundeck. ● Led automation initiatives optimizing SharePoint space management and disk verification, reducing manual intervention by 50%. Generative AI Technical Practionner ● As a Generative AI Technical Practitioner, I designed architecture decks adopted by 194 leaders, identified and proposed generative AI solutions for six key HR challenges, and proposed alternative solutions on how we can use generative AI to address them. ● Identify and propose to Generative AI relatives solutions to companies, and coordonate implementation with our local team ● Fine-tuned, Retrieved-Augmented Generation LLMs using business data to drive value to specific domain, Automate repetitive tasks, ● My tech stack includes LangChain, LLaMA, GPT, Mistral, and tools like Synthesia and Columns.AI for AI-driven business impact. Tech : Vector Database, NLP, GAN, VAE, Transformer, DL, GenWizard, GenLite, Tensorflow, sklearn, PyTorch.
Lead Data Scientist
AfroLeadershipFreelance
Jan 2021 - Present
5 years 10 months
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Skills: Technologies de l’information
Cooperative Master Tutor Fellow
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
Oct 2022 - Aug 2023
11 months
Limbé I, Sud-Ouest, Cameroun · On-site
• Participate in empowering talented young Africans to be creative leaders in science and technology at AIMS Cameroon by assisting in teaching Data Science. Delivered Leadership and Entrepreneurship courses to AIMS students. • Find internship opportunities for 15 AIMS Cameroon students. Thus 9 Coop Master Students out of 10 from 4 different countries and 6 students of the programme Industry Immersion Africa (5) partnering with AIMS Network. • Successfully delivered a hundred percent satisfactory content about leadership: “Structured your career vision” • Negotiate a data science professional certification for all the students of AIMS Cameroon. • Organising a successful career fair where each of the eight (08) finalist students presented their research topic in three minute at AIMS Cameroon with the participation of five(05) companies, the intervention of a USA expert on the future of work on the topic of building a plan for a successful career, and a panel discussion on positioning yourself for the opportunities of the future: How should students be prepared? • Manage the relationship and cooperation with corporate companies in the industrial initiative • Manage the students related to the Cooperative Master (10) and Industry Initiative Africa Programme (16 students). Courses tutored: ----> High Dimensional analysis (42 hours of tutorials) with Dr. Chamberlain MBA ( Gent University) ----> Numerical Optimization (42 hours of tutorials) with Prof. Antoine Tambue (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Norway) ----> Data Science (Supervised Learning) and Deep Learning (45 hours of tutorials) with Prof. Bubacarr Bah (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) ----> Advanced Data Science (Unsupersived Learning): PCA, CA, Clustering(42 hours of tutorials) with Prof. Ndeye ----> Big Data Analytics with Python (42 hours of tutorials) with Dr. Dunstan Matekenya (World Bank) ----> NLP (42 hours of tutorials) with Dr. Elvis Ndah (Gent University)
Data Science Facilitator
CAYSTI
May 2022 - Oct 2022
6 months
I help empowered women in technological science, specifically data science through CAYSTI in partnership with Cuso International. This is part of my contribution to helping impact the community through science and technology.
Data Scientist (Consultant)
AIRA Analytics LimitedFreelance
Oct 2020 - May 2022
1 year 8 months
Ouganda
• Produce the answer to crucial research projects ties to Data Science.
Microsoft Interns4Afrika
The CRM Team
Mar 2021 - Aug 2021
6 months
Afrique du Sud
• Microsoft 4Afrika Sales University • Microsoft 4Afrika Power Platform Functional Consultant • Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals: PL-900 • Microsoft Dynamics 365 Fundamentals: MB-901 • 4Afrika Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Marketing functional consultant
Data Science Engineer Candidate
The African Leadership University, and General Electric
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
1 year
Pamplemousses, Maurice & Johannesburg, South Africa
• Detection of anomalies in the data flow of several sensors in a big data environment with alarm triggering. • Developed an application for forecasting energy production using wind and solar farms based on weather data. • Developed a dashboard to display the forecasted energy production for both plants incorporating a button to send a forecast summary message using Twilio. • Digital twins of a two-axis rotating sun-tracking plate. • Create a web dashboard using Flask and DashPlotly to display the business case for the utility of the digital twin in this scenario.
Engineer IT Support (Professional Intern)
TotalEnergies
Jan 2019 - Jul 2019
7 months
Douala, Cameroon
• Support and helpdesk management • Analysis, management, and treatment of technical incidents; • Assist employees in the usage of their new collaborative work environment of office 365; • Implement a data replication server with Bacula technology and draft of the technical documents; Technologies: LInux: Ubuntu & Fedora, Bacula, BackupPC, Intune, Office 365
Engineer IT Support (Professional Intern)
Total
Oct 2017 - Jul 2018
10 months
Douala, Cameroon
• Participe a la migration de l'infrastructure de TOTAL vers le cloud. • Analysis, management, and treatment of technical incidents • Design and development of a workflow application for the management of invoice tracking; • Design and implement an application of dematerialization for the management of shareholder securities.
Engineering Intern and Help Desk
Groupe SABC(Societe Camerounaise de Verrerie)
Aug 2017 - Oct 2017
3 months
Douala, Cameroon
• Suggest a methodological approach for physical access control systems. • Drafting of specifications for a physical access control system integrating time management.
Intern and Help Desk
ASECNA
Sep 2016 - Oct 2016
2 months
Douala, Cameroon
• Development of the functional specifications • Development of the analysis and design document of a video surveillance system in the two administrative buildings of ASECNA, Cameroon.
Education
Quantic School of Business and Technology
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2023 - 2024
1 year 3 months
ALX-Holberton School
ALX-Software Engineering
2022 - 2023
1 year 1 month
DataCamp
Data Science Professional
2022 - 2022
1 year
WorldQuant University
Applied Data Science II
2021 - 2021
4 months
WorldQuant University
Applied Data Science Module
2021 - 2021
1 month
The African Leadership University
Postgraduate in Data Science
2020 - 2020
1 month
The African Leadership University
Venture Certifcate
2020 - 2020
1 month
Swiss eLearning Institute
Mini-MBA
2017 - 2018
1 year 1 month
University of Douala
Professional Master's degree MIAGE
2015 - 2017
2 years 1 month
University of Douala
Diploma of advanced studies in Mathematics
2014 - 2015
1 year 1 month
Douala Linguistic Centre
Bilingual Training Certificate
2012 - 2014
2 years 1 month
University of Douala
Bachelor's degree
2008 - 2012
4 years 1 month
Licenses & certifications
LLMOps: Building Real-World Applications With Large Language Models
Issued: Mar 2025
Applied Data Science Lab
Issued: Jan 2025
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2024 Certified Data Science Professional
Issued: Nov 2024
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2024 Generative AI Certified Professional
Issued: Aug 2024
Generative AI: Prompt Engineering Basics
Issued: Apr 2024
Generative AI: Impact, Considerations, and Ethical Issues
Issued: Apr 2024
Generative AI: Foundation Models and Platforms
Issued: Apr 2024
Generative AI: Business Transformation and Career Growth
Issued: Apr 2024
Generative AI for Executives and Business Leaders
Issued: Apr 2024
Generative AI for Data Scientists Specialization
Issued: Apr 2024
Generative AI Fundamentals Specialization
Issued: Apr 2024
Generative AI: Introduction and Applications
Issued: Feb 2024
McKinsey Forward Program
Issued: Aug 2022
Certified Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Issued: Jun 2022
SQL Intermediate
Issued: Sep 2021
Lâcher prise
Issued: Aug 2021
Applied Data Science II: Machine Learning & Statistical Analysis (with honors)
Issued: Aug 2021
Create and Manage Cloud Resources
Issued: Jul 2021
SQL Basic
Issued: May 2021
Applied Data Science I: Scientific Computing & Python (with honors)
Issued: May 2021