Joan Kangu
Data Analyst
Based in Nairobi, Kenya
About
I am an analytical, strategic and solutions- oriented risk and finance expert with specialties in corporate finance, audit and insurance, investment and data analysis career distinguished by commended performance and proven results.
Skills
Projects
Experience
2020- 2021
Junior ERP Specialist at Seamline Innovations
Worked with the Software Development team in the configuring of the Enterprise Resource Planning applications, for different projectsincluding hospital management software. Key Results: Managed, tracked, and provided solutions to reported issues. Provided on-going training to both internal and external users. Executed testing of software updates/patches. Assisted in analysis of existing business practices and mapping those practices and procedures to the existing functionality within the ERP.
2021- date
Data Analysis Associate at Samasource Company.
Recruited to help in the initiation process for a new Artificial Intelligence project that wasstill in the piloting stage whereby I took part in the data training process of the project. Worked with senior management in processing data as per the client’s specifications. Key Results: Played a key role in initiation of the Face Tracking project in processing and cleaning of the data, performing Exploratory Data Analysis(EDA), of the data, selecting, building, testing and deploying the models that resulted to a great success of the project. Analyzing data, developing and presenting learning including actionable insights. Creating dashboards and data visualizations for performance reports. Data collection and preparation through cleaning and categorization.
Education
2016-2020
Actuarial Science at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology.
Here I took modules in Finance, Statistics, Economics and Mathematics fields that equiped me with skills in Insurance Product Design, Actuarial Mathematics, Financial Mathematics, R and C programming, Database Management Systems and Probability and Statistics. I also took part in leadership, as a Class Representative for the 4 years and the Secretary for the Actuarial Club.
2023
Data Analysis at ALX
I completed my 6-months, Data Analysis course at ALX, in collaboration with Mastercard Foundation, whereby I got an in- depth, real-life, experience in the whole Data Analysis process, from data retrieval, transformation, cleaning, exploration and integration, using SQL, and also Power BI for visuals.