Chisomo Makombo Sakala

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EDUCATION & TECHNICAL SKILLS

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with Actuarial Science. Truman State University, USA

In the Top 9% of Developer Professionals on Stackoverflow

Angular, Lit, Ionic, NativeScript, Typescript, Tensorflow: 5 years of Experience

Node.js, NPM ecosystem, MongoDB, PostgreSQL: 7+ years of Experience

React, Redux, React-native, JEST, Firebase, GraphQL: 4 years of Experience

Others: Python, Rust, Golang, R, Java, C#, GCP/AWS, bash, Docker, git, linux, Deno WORK EXPERIENCE

Analytics and Financial Software Engineering Lead March 2021 to Present Balena Inc Remote, Global (Seattle, USA HQ)

Leading engineering efforts to convert our recurring revenue/expenses models and financial reporting into self-serve automated software accessible to all investors; on- demand rather than quarterly.

Develop and maintain AI models that intelligently recommend service subscriptions to new employees and propose how best to allocate resources while guarding against insolvency

Built accountant bots that automate reconciliation/consolidation of all transactions and recurring revenue/expenses projections.

Principal Data Scientist and Software Engineer May 2016 to Present Mombo Solutions, LLC Dallas, Texas and Remote, USA

Lead incorporation of Agile, TDD/BDD, CIs & CDs, serverless workflows and architectures

Wrote app that performs online supervised learning on the municipality’s geospatial data

Built isomorphic PWA applications, with react-native/ionic/Nativescript counterparts. Software Integrations Manager Mar 2014 to April 2016 IABA Technology International Association of Black Actuaries (IABA)

Spearhead appraisals of contractors for website projects and provide recommendations.

Set year-round strategic goals, report team performance and recruit/train new members.

Identify web-data security risks and perform bug triages of IABA software and services. Actuarial Analyst 2011 to 2014

Willis Towers Watson: Benefits & Insurance Consulting St. Louis and Boston, USA

Life Insurance – Conducted stochastic modeling of COLI Reinsurance and parallel testing of actuarial modeling on high-profile Embedded Value securitization.

Health Insurance – Developed software that automates generating Frequency & Severity distributions; published in HealthMAPS® health insurance rating manuals.

General Insurance – Collected and consolidated data for annual U.S. Tort Costs Publication

Completed actuarial valuation of Defined Benefit Pension and Retiree-Welfare plans.

Performed benefit benchmarking and comparative Defined Contribution plan projections. Chisomo Makombo Sakala – Page 2

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Software Developer at Truman State University Aug 2007 to Apr 2011

Developed web/mobile applications and contributed to opensource projects such as jQuery

Provided client support and updated applications with aesthetic & usability enhancements. Researcher: Department of Mathematics & Computer Science Aug 2011 to May 2012

Designed and programmed mathematical models for plausible scenarios of epidemics.

Completed and Presented research paper on, “Foundations of Actuarial Valuations”. IABA Foundation Aug 2009 to May 2013

Served as Mentor Resource to new IABA college student members

Attended IABA's continuing education actuarial conferences – Annually, 2008 to Present

Gave presentations about activities of various committees at annual IABA meetings Founding Actuarial President: Society of Actuaries at Truman (SATSU) 2008 to 2009

Organized social gatherings and presentations by practicing actuaries

Delivered motivational speeches to students about the prospects of becoming an actuary

Tutored Financial Mathematics and Probability for students preparing for actuarial exams HONORS & AWARDS

Scholarships Received

SOA Committee on Actuarial Diversity (Actuarial Foundation) 2008, 2009 & 2010

IABA (International Association of Black Actuaries) Foundation 2008 & 2009

Truman Presidential Honorary and Truman Foundation 2007 to 2011 Other Awards

Included on the President’s Lists for achieving 4.0 semester-GPAs

African Students’ Association (ASA) Academic & Commitment Award – Spring 2008 & 2009

National Society of Collegiate Scholars’ Certificate for Scholarship/Leadership ideals – 2008 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER WORK

Worked with Habitat for Humanity and Towers Perrin to build house for homeless mother

Read/reenacted African folktales to elementary school children to help improve literacy

With ASA members; cleaned the yard of local community member suffering heart disease Academic Tutor & Mentor Oct 2009 to May 2012

Success and Multicultural Affairs Center Truman State University

Met with students on a one-to-one or small-group basis to provide tutoring and learning assistance. Assessed the tutees’ progress throughout tutoring sessions.

Visited tutees' classes and made contact with their instructors to obtain any necessary course syllabi, materials, and tutoring expectations. Referees, Recommendations & Sample Projects available

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