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Machine Learning Data Scientist

Location:
Hamden, CT
Posted:
May 15, 2025

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Jeffrey Voke Ojuederhie

US Citizen

+1-914-***-**** ********@*******.*** https://github.com/vgauss07 Summary

Data-driven Senior Data Scientist with 7+ years of experience delivering impactful analytics and scalable machine learning systems. Proven expertise in designing and deploying predictive models, automating ETL pipelines, and translating business goals into actionable insights. Adept at mentoring teams in data science methodologies and fostering cross-functional collaboration. Passionate about continuous learning and staying on the forefront of AI and analytics innovation.

Experience

Photon III

Senior Data Scientist - Engineering, Analytics

Jan. 2024 - Present

Remote

Designed and deployed a real-time recommendation system using neural collaborative filtering and LSTM to enhance booking conversion rates by 12%.

Built and deployed end-to-end health risk prediction systems including with AWS-deployed machine learning models using advanced feature engineering and model interpretability techniques (SHAP). Automated ETL workflows and data cleaning scripts, saving more than 10+ hours/week in manual prep. Championed best practices and mentorship in creating data pipelines, machine learning pipeline, GIT-Hub based development, automating CI/CD process.

Collaborated with commercial and engineering stakeholders to ensure models aligned with objectives, key results and stakeholders' expectations.

The Vanguard Group

Machine Learning Engineer Product Insight Scientist Apr. 2021 - Jan. 2024

Pennsylvania, USA

Developed and deployed an LLM-powered chatbot integrated into Vanguard's web products that enhanced customer experience and increased customer engagement. Spearheaded KPI design, churn prediction, and A/B testing initiatives that drove a 60%+ increase in deeply engaged users.

Automated legacy reports and redundant processes using Python, resulting in $24K/month in savings. Hosted weekly Machine learning workshops, Q&A sessions for junior data scientists, and collaborated with engineers and researchers to enhance model deployment strategies. West Bend Insurance

Data Scientist (Contract)

May 2020 - May 2021

Remote

Built an end-to-end fraud detection system, using deep learning and anomaly detection methods. Created and managed interactive Tableau dashboard (transferable to PowerBI) for real-time fraud monitoring and risk scoring.

Collaborated with stakeholders across actuarial and underwriting teams to ensure fraud detection models were aligned with business risk tolerance thresholds. Gap Inc.

Data Scientist (Contract)

Dec. 2018 – May 2020

New York, NY

Designed demand forecasting and inventory optimization models (including Economic Order Quantity models), reducing overstock costs by 15%.

Analyzed multi-source customer data for personalization strategies and marketing insights. Ran A/B tests to assess effectiveness of site enhancements and marketing campaigns. Education

Hult International Business School

Finance

Distinction

2017-2018

Masters

Hult International Business School

International Business

Distinction

2016-2017

Masters

Benson Idahosa University

Physics and Mathematics. (Double Honors)

4.98 out of 5.0

2009 - 2013

Bachelors

Projects

Real-Time Fraud Detection System

Built and deployed a real-time fraud detection

system using a hybrid of deep learning and

anomaly detection techniques.

Designed RESTful APIs for model serving and

created an interactive Streamlit app for real-time monitoring and visualization of flagged

transactions.

Apartment Rent Price Estimator

Built an end-to-end rent price estimator for

apartments.

Health Risk Prediction Systems (Photon III)

Diabetes Prediction: Supervised classification

using clinical-style datasets; optimized for recall and interpretability.

Heart Attack Risk System: Built explainable,

clinical-grade models (Random Forest, SHAP,

XGBoost) to enable actionable health insights.

World Happiness Predictor

A machine learning project that predicts the happiness score of countries based on factors like GDP, social support, life expectancy, freedom, and more.

Skills

LLM and LLMOps Prompt Engineering

Hugging Face, Transformers, OpenAI

Programming

Python, SQL, R, Node.JS, Flask

Cloud Computing

AWS, Azure, GCP

Machine Learning & Deep Learning

Scikit-Learn, PyTorch, Tensorflow

Machine Learning & Statistical Modeling

Scikit-Learn, Tensorflow, PyTorch

Identity Data Systems Fraud Detection Risk

Assessment

Large-Scale Data Processing

Spark, Pandas, Numpy, SQL, Dask

Data Pipeline & MLOps

Docker, GitHub actions, Bitbucket, CI/CD Automation Experimentation

A/B Testing, KPI Design, Impact Measurement

Visualization

Matplotlib, Seaborn, Tableau, PowerBI

Relational Databases

Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server

Certifications

Python for Data Science

IBM

LLMOps

DeepLearning.AI

Deploying Machine Learning Models in Production

DeepLearning.AI

Advanced SQL for Data Scientist

LinkedIn

Machine Learning in Production

Udemy



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