Michael Nana

Senior Data Engineer | Generative AI

Salary / Daily rate

Rose Belle, Mauritius

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Skills

PythonSQL QueriesDockerMachine Learning

Languages

EnglishFrench

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.

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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

Certified by Udacity

Applied Data Science Lab

Issued: Jan 2025

Certified by WorldQuant University

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2024 Certified Data Science Professional

Issued: Nov 2024

Certified by Oracle

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2024 Generative AI Certified Professional

Issued: Aug 2024

Certified by Oracle

Generative AI: Prompt Engineering Basics

Issued: Apr 2024

Certified by Needy Hand Foundation

Generative AI: Impact, Considerations, and Ethical Issues

Issued: Apr 2024

Certified by Needy Hand Foundation

Generative AI: Foundation Models and Platforms

Issued: Apr 2024

Certified by Needy Hand Foundation

Generative AI: Business Transformation and Career Growth

Issued: Apr 2024

Certified by Needy Hand Foundation

Generative AI for Executives and Business Leaders

Issued: Apr 2024

Certified by Needy Hand Foundation

Generative AI for Data Scientists Specialization

Issued: Apr 2024

Certified by Needy Hand Foundation

Generative AI Fundamentals Specialization

Issued: Apr 2024

Certified by Needy Hand Foundation

Generative AI: Introduction and Applications

Issued: Feb 2024

Certified by Needy Hand Foundation

McKinsey Forward Program

Issued: Aug 2022

Certified by McKinsey & Company

Certified Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Issued: Jun 2022

Certified by United States Artificial Intelligence Institute

SQL Intermediate

Issued: Sep 2021

Certified by HackerRank

Lâcher prise

Issued: Aug 2021

Certified by LinkedIn

Applied Data Science II: Machine Learning & Statistical Analysis (with honors)

Issued: Aug 2021

Certified by WorldQuant University

Create and Manage Cloud Resources

Issued: Jul 2021

Certified by Google Cloud Community India

SQL Basic

Issued: May 2021

Certified by HackerRank Campus Club, AUFS

Applied Data Science I: Scientific Computing & Python (with honors)

Issued: May 2021

Certified by WorldQuant University

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