I lead strategic initiatives in blended learning and AI integration, conceptualising and piloting educational tools for secondary education.- Product Owner and Project Management roles: Directed blended learning pilots across South Africa, coordinating internal and external stakeholders.- Project and People Management: Managed content development teams, scaling from 2 to 27 members over keyperiods, achieving programme goals within tight timelines.Data Analysis and Data Engineering:- Gather and translate business requirements into actionable dashboards for UCT Online HighSchool using Snowflake and Looker, facilitating data-informed decisions across the organisation.- Design and maintain data pipelines and visualisations to support blended learning initiatives and organisational decision-making.Tools used: Looker Studio, Neo LMS, Google CloudTechnical Development (Software Engineering):- Engineered and deployed AI-powered tutoring prototypes, deploying to AWS- Developed a production-ready AI content tool that reduced core content update time from 30minutes to 5 minutes, increasing team productivity six-fold.- Tools used: AWS, Snowflake, React, Django, Gitlab

- Co-founded Uthini, a mobile chat-based language learning platform focused on South African indigenous languages, growing the business to over 50 part-time staff and thousands of paying users, including more than 2 700 medical students.Technical Architecture: - Built the Uthini tech stack, including high-volume chatbots, SQL databases, a multi-layer integration system, payment processing, and administrative portals. Deployed on Google Cloud.- Currently maintain Uthini’s robust tech stack, ensuring reliable operation with minimal ongoing intervention.Played a key role in product design, pedagogy, and business development, achieving sustained profitability and operational stability.