Chigozie Obika

Chigozie Obika

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  • About me

    | Software Engineering | Machine Learning | Data Analytics |

  • Education

    • Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply

      2013 - 2013
      Diploma Procurement and Supply
    • Coursera

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      Google Data Analytics Certificate
    • Nnamdi Azikiwe University

      1998 - 2004
      Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering Second Class Upper
    • Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)

      2021 - 2021
      Certificate Applied Machine Learning Certificate of Achievement

      The applied machine learning bootcamp at SAIT provided a learning environment for the concept of machine learning and data analysis. There was also a personal and emotional development curriculum of the program which provides a balanced learning for a career in machine learning. The core concepts of the processes involve in turning everyday data into meaningful assets where covered, hands on experience of building machine learning for various use cases were adequately taught as well as… Show more The applied machine learning bootcamp at SAIT provided a learning environment for the concept of machine learning and data analysis. There was also a personal and emotional development curriculum of the program which provides a balanced learning for a career in machine learning. The core concepts of the processes involve in turning everyday data into meaningful assets where covered, hands on experience of building machine learning for various use cases were adequately taught as well as topics on MLOPs and deployment of machine learning models. Show less

    • Obafemi Awolowo University

      2017 - 2019
      Master of Business Administration - MBA Marketing
  • Experience

    • Tecon Oil Services Ltd.

      Oct 2005 - Feb 2014

      Managed over $50million procurement services for oilfield equipment and services including oil rigs, inspection and delivery of oil rigs, drilling equipment, inspection and maintenance servicesEarned two 1-year extensions of a contract based on satisfactory project delivery reportsIssue POs to international suppliers with different incoterms as appropriate to the transactionEstablished technical partnerships with international oilfield service companies to improve quality of work and ensured contract terms and conditions are amended accordingly Show less

      • Procurement Contract Specialist

        Feb 2009 - Feb 2014
      • Field Service Engineer

        Oct 2005 - Feb 2009
    • Baker Hughes

      Mar 2014 - Jul 2016
      Sales Specialist, Completions systems

      Increased targeted revenue from completions project by 25% through analyzing business requirements for upselling opportunities and negotiating for expanded work scopeReduced time to complete a field project by 30% through collaborating with OEMs and logistics operators to freight specialized equipment from overseas and directly to field locationCompleted well completions projects with 0% non-productive time from equipment failure by analyzing workshop reports and identifying inconsistent equipment test resultsReduced operations cost for a customer by improving an oil well design with a more effective equipmentUsed SAP for billing customers and monitoring payments, sourcing equipment from company-wide inventory, requesting new equipment from manufacturing facilitiesCollaborated with legal and tax department to ensure terms and conditions of contracts are compliant with government regulations and tax laws Show less

    • CENTDOOR LIMITED

      Aug 2016 - Apr 2019
      Business Development Analyst

      Earned a 1-year extension of a maintenance contract by developing and implementing supply chain strategies to support field operations and ensuring availability of service materials and equipment worth over $5million per yearCommunicated contract award recommendations to management generated from analysis of suppliers’ technical and commercial submissionCollaborated with technical department to identify and compile operations needPrepared list of invoices to generate annual total business transactions per supplierReduced network downtimes by 30% through prompt delivery of materials for reactive and proactive maintenanceEstablished a business unit for providing remote monitoring, collection, and storage of data from oil wells Show less

    • Matpatson Petroleum Services Ltd

      Apr 2019 - Jul 2019
      Technical Sales Specialist

      Prepared responses to ITTs and RFx for timely submissionDeveloped strategies for growing business footprint across the industryImproved partnerships with Baker Hughes and other international service providers to expand capabilities in completions technology

    • Union Energy Services Ltd

      Jul 2019 - Sept 2021
      Contract/Sales Analyst

      Achieved a 10% increase in contracts win rate by analyzing the business requirements for scope of work to formulate an effective pricing strategyGenerated revenue forecast based on analysis of market intelligence and business requirementsAnalyzed the business requirements to identify cost-saving alternatives and communicated the results to stakeholders, led to a 5% reduction in budget costNegotiated proposals for amending contracts and POs to include new work scope, new prices, and relevant shipping termsNegotiated terms and conditions in contracts for the supply of long lead items to guarantee customer’s obligation to partly cover cost of manufacturing Show less

    • AltaML

      Jan 2022 - Apr 2022
      Associate Machine Learning Developer

      Automated an image classification process for an oil and gas company by designing and implementing a machine learning model using agile methodologiesCollaborated with subject matter experts and team-mates to brainstorm for solutions that aligns with the business need of eliminating inconsistencies in manual rock-type classificationExtracted insights from the data that supported the decision-making process of automating facies classificationPresented results of EDA, feature engineering and model experimentation to technical and non-technical audience using audience specific language as appropriate Show less

    • TD

      Dec 2022 - now
      Associate Software Engineer
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