Ben Newton Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Data Science consultant applying advanced analytics and ML techniques for South African and global clients.Key achievements:1. Developed ensemble ML model which doubled customer engagement, significantly improving profitability.2. Developed novel analytical tool to understand temporal store performance in relation to nearby competitors.3. Co-developed RAG.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Worked as a Data Scientist within the Shoprite Financial Services division, developing data-driven projects to track competitor behaviour / optimise resources.Part of this was the development of geospatial models using a combination of proprietary and open source data sets. The outcome was optimisation of Shoprite Financial Services resource allocation.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Bachelor Of Commerce Honours - Bcom Hons, Operations Research

Dissertation: "Technical indicators in a deep reinforcement learning forex trading model" (Grade - 80%)

Bachelor'S Degree, Operations Research