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Ricki Davimes ConsultingProduct Consultant
Jul. 2022Product Consultant to Tech led businesses
Valenture InstituteProduct Architect
Oct. 2021 - Jun. 2022Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Valenture InstituteHead of Systems and Technology
Aug. 2020 - Sep. 2021Cape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaLed the implementation of a customised version of Salesforce Education Cloud to serve as Valenture Institute's Student Information System, including integration with an LMS, billing management software and various other systems Managed relationships with key third party stakeholders such as Salesforce consulting services, IT management
Valenture InstituteProduct Manager
May. 2020 - Jul. 2020Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
The Human Potential CompanyFounder and Chief Coach
Apr. 2020Helping people transcend the limitations of their mind to find freedom and unlock greater levels of performance across all areas of life
JUMO.WORLDSenior Product Owner
Feb. 2018 - Nov. 2019Cape Town Area, South AfricaThis role provided me with the opportunity to work with and lead cross-functional teams (Data Science, Product, Customer Intelligence and Design) to dive into core product-related issues to further develop and enhance Jumo's customer value proposition by keeping the customer at the core of the problem and designing to match their circumstances. Highlights include evolving the lending product construct to better match the unpredictable cash flow nature of our customers, designing our customer education and incentives framework and innovating on how we define and create risk profiles to enable customers to fully benefit from the information contained in their data. Represented Jumo in engaging with various partners and investors.
JUMO.WORLDSenior Data Scientist
Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018Cape Town Area, South AfricaAs a Data Scientist at Jumo I was involved in and lead a diverse range of projects across multiple touch points of the business. These included credit risk predictive modelling, measuring and projecting customer lifetime value and working with partners to model and quantify the impact we had on their Mobile ecosystems. I Getting into the intricacies of the data and observing and studying the behaviours of our customers allowed me the fortunate position of developing an intuitive grasp of who our customers were and the nature of their lives. This has provided critical insights that helped drive our products to better fit the natural cadence of their lives. Represented the data teams in engaging with various partners and investors.
EskomJunior Engineer and established the operating unit's Data Science team
Dec. 2014 - Nov. 2015Cape Town Area, South AfricaMy role at Eskom was that of a Data Scientist/Engineer: As part of a team I developed an application that automates the process of data extraction, formats and cleans the data and performs statistical analysis on the data for the purpose of network planning, network optimisation and metering of Eskom electrical networks. This application reduced administration time by 80% and allowed for more accurate and reliable business and engineering decisions. The application allowed the end-user to build and load customer models and to obtain data-driven insights to better plan Eskom's electrical networks, investigate faults and prepare for short term contingency plans. Applied principle component analysis (PCA) to stats and tariff meter recordings to retrieve load profile data and to act as a form of dimensionality data compression. KMeans clustering on time series as well as dimensionally reduced data (vector represented principle components) for the purpose of customer segmentation and analysis using various tested and proven distance metrics. This introduced the business to customer centric business models in order to help understand customer activity and user specific load changes. This lead and prepared the business for customer specific tariff models through smart meter rollout.
EskomEngineer in Training
Mar. 2014 - Nov. 2014Cape Town Area, South AfricaTraining Period:
Major Engineering Works:
My time in MEW was spent predominantly on site of the Stikland substation where a five year refurbishment programme is taking place. Exposure here included the installation of new line bay equipment as well as exposure to new technologies being implemented within Eskom. Customer Network Centre:
Working at the Airport CNC (technical depot) exposed me to the customer side of electricity delivery where I learnt about distribution network faults, LV and MV, line construction, cable laying and substation switching and operation. My time here also afforded me the opportunity to learn about the difficulties faced by the residents in the Airport CNC area of service giving me a grass roots level understanding of what the customer desires and needs. Project Engineering:
This design based job has given me the chance to work on new projects to be implemented within Eskom. I was the Project Engineer for the installation of a new recloser to facilitate the installation of a solar PV installation on a customer's premises. I am also co designing a new electricity reticulation project. Work at Eskom has given me not only design and technical experience, but also customer services, financial and project management experience.
City Energy Support UnitIntern/Project Coordinator
Sep. 2013 - Feb. 2014Cape Town Area, South AfricaCESU is a subsidiary of Sustainable Energy Africa, through which I worked on a SALGA (South African Local Government Association) financed project aimed at helping municipalities implement renewable energy and energy efficiency practices. This position involved data collection and analyses of municipality specific information as well as workshop consultations with various municipalities.
Sustainable Energy AfricaIntern/Project Coordinator
Sep. 2013 - Feb. 2014Cape Town Area, South AfricaCoordination of a solar PV project funded by the British High Commission. This project aims to initiate and provide support to the City of Cape Town, eThekwini and Ekhuruleni via feasibility analyses and system installation as well as capacity building of other South African Cities. Through this position, I gained thorough knowledge and understanding of solar PV system design and implementation as well as a technical understanding of the electricity grid and the effects that such systems can have. This job has also afforded me experience in national legislation and the write up of city tender documents.
JonkershuisWaiter
Oct. 2012 - Jan. 2013Cape Town Area, South Africa• Setup and set down of restaurant
• Serving and attending to high-end guests
• End of day cash up
UCT Med SchoolIntern
Jan. 2012 - Feb. 2012Cape TownMathematical modeling of nonlinear mixed-effects of lumefantrine in mice. Lumefantrine is an anti-malarial drug already on the market, and this study consisted in comparing the exposure arising from the administration of different formulations under different fasting conditions.
Electrical EngineeringUniversity of Cape Town
Jan. 2009 - Jun. 2013Cape TownThesis in next generation network congestion control
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