Projects

Work Experience
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
February 2002 / 3 months
Project
Policy Lapse Modeling   

Industry
Insurance Industry
Project Scope
Creating and implementing predictive model capable of predicting which insurance policy will lapse within specific period of time.
Scope of Work
Model creation and assessment
Role
Data Miner
Results
Successful, model has reached minimum accuracy levels in testing and production environment.
Technology
Enterprise Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
May 2001 / 2 weeks
Project
POC – Clicks Customer Analytics Project

Industry
Retail
Project Scope
To showcase power of analytics on customer’s own data.
Scope of Work
Producing different type of analytical models
Role
Data Miner
Results
Successful
Technology
SAS Enterprise Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
May – October 2003 / 1 month
Project
Customer Analytics Models

Industry
Retail/financial
Project Scope
Market Basket Analysis, Customer Segmentation, Product Portfolio Analysis
Scope of Work
Creation of analytical mart and creation of various data mining models
Role
Consultant, Data Miner
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
Base SAS, Enterprise Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
September 2002 / 3 weeks
Project
Store Segmentation

Industry
Retail
Project Scope
Store segmentation based on customer’s purchasing behavior 
Scope of Work
Produce segments
Role
Consultant, Data Miner
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
Enterprise Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
May 2003 / 2 weeks
Project
Segment Migration

Industry
Retail
Project Scope
Create different models that would be effective in migration of customers from lower value segments to segments of the higher value
Scope of Work
Model Building
Role
SAS Consultant, Data Miner
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
SAS Enterprise Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
CAPE TOWN
Date / Duration of work
October 2002 / 3 weeks
Project
Demand Forecasting

Industry
Publishing
Project Scope
Forecast weekly demand for the specific product (magazine/paper) at the specific outlet
Scope of Work
Create forecasting models
Role
SAS Consultant
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
SAS ETS, SAS Times Series Forecasting System
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
February 2003 / 1 week
Project
Develop rating models

Industry
Short Term Insurance
Project Scope
Produce claim frequency and claim severity model using traditional and advanced methods and produce risk-rating tables
Scope of Work
Model Building
Role
SAS Consultant
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
SAS Enterprise Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
March 2003 / 2 weeks
Project
Policy Lapse Re-Modeling  
Policy Lapse Modeling   
Industry
Insurance Industry
Project Scope
Re-build existing lapse prediction model using fresh data
Scope of Work
Model creation and assessment
Role
Data Miner
Results
Policy Lapse Modeling  
Technology
Data Mining
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
April-May 2003 / 4 weeks
Project
Evaluating Customer’s Potential

Industry
Insurance
Project Scope
Build the model capable of predicting which currently dormant customers is likely to purchase and what
Scope of Work
Build appropriate re-activation and cross-selling models
Role
SAS Consultant and Data Miner
Results
Completed successfully / work published and presented on conferences  
Technology
Enterprise miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
November 2004 / 4 weeks
Project
Policy Lapse Modeling  
Policy Lapse Modeling  
Industry
Life Insurance Industry
Project Scope
Creating and implementing predictive model capable of predicting which insurance policy will lapse within specific period of time.
Scope of Work
Model creation and assessment
Role
Data Miner
Results
Policy Lapse Modeling  
Technology
Insurance Industry
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Johannesburg
Date / Duration of work
March 2008 / 3 weeks
Project
CI application in Retail

Industry
Retail
Project Scope
Describe and predict customer’s behavior in credit area, as well as being able to increase responses of relevant marketing campaigns.
Scope of Work
Model Building
Role
Analyst / Data Miner
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
Base SAS / Enterprise Miner




Work Experience
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
February 2005 / 1 months
Project
Policy Lapse Modeling  

Industry
Insurance Industry
Project Scope
Creating and implementing predictive model capable of predicting which insurance policy will lapse within next 3 months.
Scope of Work
Model creation and assessment
Role
Data Miner
Results
Successful, model has reached minimum accuracy levels in testing and production environment.
Technology
Enterprise Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
May 2005 / 2 weeks
Project
Rate Setting in short Term Insurance

Industry
Short Term insurance
Project Scope
Use of data mining for insurance rate-setting..
Scope of Work
Producing different type of rating scenarios by making use of Data Mining tools and techniques.
Role
Data Miner
Results
Successful
Technology
SAS Enterprise Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
July – October 2005 / 2 weeks
Project
Claims Scoring

Industry
Insurance
Project Scope
Improve on current claim scoring methods.
Scope of Work
Creation of analytical mart and creation of various data mining models
Role
Consultant, Data Miner
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
Base SAS, Enterprise Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
February 2006 / 6 weeks
Project
Claims Scoring

Industry
Insurance
Project Scope
Build claim scoring models, produce segmentation engine that can automatically differentiate between suspicious, normal and high value claims.
Scope of Work
Assisting to SAS Analytical partner in providing them support
Role
Senior consultant and advisor
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
Base SAS, Enterprise Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town / Nairobi
Date / Duration of work
March 2007 / 2 months
Project
SAS Solution for Airlines Pilot Projects

Industry
Aviation
Project Scope
Build host of different forecasting and data mining models (CI) that can assist airline in running their operations more efficiently
Scope of Work
Build simulation platform and build several customer-based models that are applicable in airline industry.
Role
Solution Architect, Consultant, Data Miner
Results
Completed successfully / work published and presented on conferences   
Technology
SAS EIP with storage, analytics and reporting components
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
CAPE TOWN
Date / Duration of work
May 2007 / 8 weeks
Project
Customer Churn and Customer Value

Industry
Telecommunications
Project Scope
Build industrial-strength models that would assist the client in predicting churn and customer’s value for pre-paid customer segment.
Scope of Work
Create analytical mart, produce the models, provide guidance and leadership
Role
SAS Consultant, Analytical specialist
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
Enterprise Miner, Enterprise Guide
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
June 2007 / 2 weeks
Project
Demand Planning

Industry
Retail
Project Scope
Use  SAS Demand Planning Solution to improve store demand planning so that problems stock-outs and over-stocking is reduced
Scope of Work
Producing of forecasting models
Role
SAS Consultant, Forecasting specialist
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
SAS Forecasting Server
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Nellspruit
Date / Duration of work
September 2006 / 2 weeks
Project
Demonstrating applicability of analytics in government  

Industry
Provincial Government
Project Scope
Showcase how analytics can assist in service delivery
Scope of Work
Vision creation / Model creation
Role
Solution Architect, Analytical specialist
Results
Successful  
Technology
Business Intelligence, Analytical Intelligence
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Pietermaritzburg / Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
October 2007 / 2 weeks
Project
Demonstrating applicability of analytics in government  

Industry
Provincial Government
Project Scope
Use analytics to assist in service delivery
Scope of Work
Vision creation / Model creation
Role
Solution Architect, Analytical specialist
Results
Successful  
Technology
Business Intelligence, Analytical Intelligence
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Pretoria
Date / Duration of work
May 2006 / 2 weeks
Project
War / civil unrest prediction 

Industry
National government
Project Scope
Creating predictive model capable of scoring specific country on likelihood of sliding into war / civil unrest
Scope of Work
Data mart / Model creation
Role
Data Miner
Results
Successful  
Technology
Enterprise Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Johannesburg
Date / Duration of work
March 2007 / 2 weeks
Project
Investment / disinvestment in Africa using analytics

Industry
Life Insurance
Project Scope
Demonstrating how different analytical technologies can provide assistance into corporate decision making on highest strategic levels
Scope of Work
Solution architect, Vision creation, Model Building
Role
Analyst / Data Miner
Results
Completed successfully



Technology
Base SAS / Enterprise Miner

CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Port Elizabeth / Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
June2006 / 1 month
Project
Demonstrating applicability of analytics in government  
Policy Lapse Modeling  
Industry
Provincial Government
Project Scope
Showcase how analytics can assist in service delivery on municipal level
Scope of Work
Vision creation / Model creation
Role
Solution Architect, Analytical specialist
Results
Successful  
Technology
Business Intelligence, Analytical Intelligence
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town / East London
Date / Duration of work
August 2007 / 2 weeks
Project
Customer Analytics Project

Industry
Automotive
Project Scope
Models developed were: Client Complaint Model (Text Mining), Client Value Model, Gender Model, Product Models, Lifestyle Profile Models>     
Scope of Work
Producing different type of analytical models by making use of Data Mining tools and techniques.
Role
Analytical Specialist
Results
Successful
Technology
SAS Enterprise Miner, SAS Text Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
May – October 2003 / 1 month
Project
Customer Analytics Models

Industry
Wellness
Project Scope
Employee pattern analysis which shows data patter associative to the specific wellness issue (depression, sickness, alcohol-related problems, absenteeism, etc)
Scope of Work
Creation of various data mining models
Role
Consultant, Data Miner
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
Base SAS, Enterprise Guide
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
February 2007 / 1 week
Project
Forecasting Proof of Concept

Industry
banking
Project Scope
To forecast sales revenue for different lines of business. 
Scope of Work
Produce forecasting models and create business case
Role
Consultant, Data Miner
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
Enterprise Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
May 2006 / 2 weeks
Project
Credit Scoring Project

Industry
Banking
Project Scope
Improve quality of their current credit scoring models.
Scope of Work
Model Building
Role
SAS Consultant, Data Miner
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
SAS Enterprise Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
CAPE TOWN
Date / Duration of work
October 2007 / 3 weeks
Project
Text mining exercise

Industry
Banking
Project Scope
Analyze customer surveys data conducted at different branches using text mining
Scope of Work
Create text mining models
Role
SAS Consultant
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
SAS Text Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
February 2003 / 1 week
Project
Proof Of Concept using SAS Enterprise Miner

Industry
Banking
Project Scope
Fraud detection
Scope of Work
Model Building
Role
SAS Analytical Specialist
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
SAS Enterprise Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
March 2003 / 2 weeks
Project
Customer Intelligence in banking    

Industry
Banking
Project Scope
Customer Segmentation and Cross-sell
Scope of Work
Model creation
Role
Analytical Specialist
Results
Successful  
Technology
Data Mining
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
March 2008
Project
Analytical applications in e-retail  

Industry
e-retailer
Project Scope
Build the variety of models that would increase revenue and improve sales, as well help with recommendations, product categories, and improve overall customer-centricity of the organization.
Scope of Work
Build models
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
July 2008 / 2 weeks
Project
Competitive  Intelligence and analytics
Policy Lapse Modeling  
Industry
Insurance
Project Scope
Showcase how text mining can be used to generate competitive intelligence from the web
Scope of Work
Model creation
Role
Analytical Specialist
Results
Insurance  
Technology
Text Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Johannesburg
Date / Duration of work
March 2008 / 2 weeks
Project
Usage segmentation

Industry
Energy
Project Scope
Creating models that can produce different usage-based market segments, as well as build specific profiles of usage.
Scope of Work
Model Building
Role
Analyst / Data Miner
Results
Completed successfully
Technology
Base SAS / Enterprise Miner




Work Experience
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
July 2008
Project
Energy loss 

Industry
Energy
Project Scope
Creating descriptive and predictive models that can lead to better understanding of patterns that lead to different categories of loss of energy and interruption of electricity generation.
Scope of Work
Model creation, knowledge transfer
Role
Analytical specialist
Results
Successful, project still ongoing
Technology
Enterprise Miner
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
May 2005 / 2 weeks
Project
Analytics and Revenue collection

Industry
Government
Project Scope
To showcase how data mining can be used to improve revenue collection
Scope of Work
Model building, knowledge transfer
Role
Analytical specialist
Results
Successful
Technology
SAS Enterprise Miner, Text Miner
Work Experience
CUSTOMER NAME
Red Cross Children’s hospital and Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
May 2008
Project
Data Mining for Children’s hospital 

Industry
Medical
Project Scope
Creating variety descriptive models that can lead to better understanding of patterns that lead to different categories of children’s injuries. Derived patterns would then be used to assist in injury prevention programs.
Scope of Work
Model creation
Role
Analytical specialist
Results
Successful
Technology
Enterprise Miner
Work Experience
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
May 2009
Project
Claims segmentation and allocation 

Industry
Short Term Insurance
Project Scope
Showing how analytics can be used to automatically segment claims. Approach used was hybrid (rules + analytical models), and claims were segmented based on how assessment would be carried out (digital or mobile), and based on whether claims are suspicious or not. 
Scope of Work
Model creation
Role
Analytical specialist
Results
Successful
Technology
Enterprise Miner
Work Experience
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Pretoria
Date / Duration of work
June 2009
Project
Predicting Cost of Death and Disease Profiling 

Industry
Healthcare
Project Scope
Analyze segment of pensioner population to differentiate between diseased and still-alive grouping in terms of their claim and disease patterns as well as on their demographic and lifestyle characteristics.
Scope of Work
Model creation
Role
Analytical specialist
Results
Successful
Technology
Enterprise Miner
Work Experience
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Johannesburg
Date / Duration of work
May 2008
Project
Text Mining for Customer Insights 

Industry
Banking
Project Scope
Creating variety of descriptive models that could lead to better understanding of what is causing customer to leave, what are the grievances, problems as well as positive experiences, so that these learning can be used to improve on customer interaction at all levels.
Scope of Work
Model creation
Role
Analytical specialist
Results
Successful
Technology
Enterprise Miner


Work Experience
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Johannesburg
Date / Duration of work
September 2010
Project
Text Mining for Customer Insights 

Industry
Banking
Project Scope
Use text mining technologies to segment customer feedback based on type of comments given in customer surveys.
Scope of Work
Model creation
Role
Analytical specialist
Results
Successful
Technology
Enterprise Miner


Work Experience
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
April 2010
Project
Crime Analysis 

Industry
Safety and Security
Project Scope
Use of analytics to analyze crime per area, type of crime, demographics, etc.
Scope of Work
Crime Analysis
Role
Analytical specialist
Results
Successful
Technology
Enterprise Miner





Work Experience
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Johannesburg
Date / Duration of work
November 2010
Project
Analysis of Driving Behavior 

Industry
Short-term Insurance
Project Scope
Use of analytics to analyze driving data which was captured by tracker system and use this information for rate setting.
Scope of Work
Predictive and Descriptive modeling
Role
Analytical specialist
Results
Successful
Technology
Enterprise Miner




Work Experience
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
November 2010
Project
Customer profiling and look-a-like modeling 

Industry
Retail
Project Scope
Use of analytics to profile customer that buys into specific range of products, then find out which of the customers that is not yet buyer of the current range would fit the profile of current buyers.
Scope of Work
Predictive and Descriptive modeling
Role
Analytical specialist
Results
Successful
Technology
Enterprise Miner



Work Experience
CUSTOMER NAME
Hidden
Place of Work
Cape Town
Date / Duration of work
July 2010
Project
Intermediary performance analysis 

Industry
Insurance
Project Scope
Use of analytics to differentiate between performing and non-performing intermediaries, and create the models that can predict performance 1 month ahead. 
Scope of Work
Advisory
Role
Analyst
Results
Not available
Technology
Enterprise Miner