Professional Experience

Graduate Research Assistant - AI & Data Science

University of North Florida - Transportation Research Laboratory | Jacksonville, FL, USA

Jan 2026 - Present

  • ActiveVision Roadway Incident Evaluation: In collaboration with FDOT District 2, built and deployed a full-stack roadway-incident dashboard with daily data ingestion, quality checks, and analytics for duration, false alarms, correlations, and maps.
  • TEU Volume Forecasting: In collaboration with Crowley Maritime, developed import/export forecasting and scenario-analysis workflows across 12-60-month horizons using sparse-demand models and macroeconomic drivers.
  • Wrong-Way Driving Detection: Developed an FDOT District 2 side project under ActiveVision Roadway Incident Evaluation: a traceable YOLO/ByteTrack workflow with camera-shift safeguards, roadwork context, and vehicle-role classification; manual review found correct direction in 27/27 replay runs.
  • Stadium Events Systems Evaluation: In collaboration with North Florida TPO and FDOT District 2, conducting an ongoing independent evaluation of DERQ, Omnisight, SpotGenius, and Modii using ground truth and vendor-reported results.

Data Science & Analytics Advisor

Afya Intelligence Limited | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Sep 2024 - Dec 2025

  • Built dashboards and forecasting modules from eLMIS and DHIS2 data for the U.S. Department of State NextGen Ugavi Bora/Afya Bora project, strengthening public-health supply-chain monitoring.
  • Partnered with Tanzania Ministry of Health teams on data quality, infrastructure assessment, system architecture, and user acceptance testing.
  • Mentored stakeholder teams on analytics tools, reporting, and data-quality standards.

Leadership and Roles

Software Development Facilitator

Youth for Children (Y4C) Innovation Hub | Full-time | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Dec 2023 – Aug 2024

  • Guided project teams and developed and maintained the hub's website.

Technical Writer

UDSM AI Community | Full-time | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (on-site)

Dec 2023 – Aug 2024

  • Wrote technical articles on AI, machine learning, and related fields.

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