Dr. Martin Kithinji, PhD

Experience

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  Meru University of Science and Technology (MUST)

  Sept 2016 - Jan 2017

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Facilitating a discussion section and tutorials, grading Programming assignments, Exams, and projects. • Prep supplementary notes.• Supervising research projects for Bachelor students

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  National Transport and Safety Authority

  Feb 2017 - Aug 2019

  Strategy Officer – Enforcement Department

  • Analyze data to inform optimal road safety strategies to be implemented.• Supervise patrols to identify and deter traffic violations.• Review and update road safety policies and regulations.

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  Kirinyaga University

  Sept 2019 - now

  • Lead committee meetings on developments in science.• Facilitate programming hackathons on use of machine learning in solving societal challenges.• Select and design curricula to meet academic objectives.• Implementing instructional technologies in course delivery to engage and educate students.• Mentoring and supervising graduate students in practical next steps for career preparedness. • Research and lecturing (Actuarial Science, Financial Mathematics, Machine Learning and Statistics)• Facilitate programming hackathons on use of machine learning in solving societal challenges.• Delivering optimal teaching and exam timetables for the School of Pure and Applied Sciences• Designing and administering tutorials to undergraduate students.• Mentoring undergraduate students in practical next steps for career preparedness.

  • Lecturer

    Nov 2021 - now

  • Tutorial Fellow

    Sept 2019 - Oct 2021
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  Firstdata Ventures Limited

  Nov 2021 - Dec 2022

  Lead Data Scientist

  • Lead development of Quantitative and Qualitative Data collection tools• Coding quantitative data collection tools using Kobo Collect/ ODK.• Retrieving and altering data from databases using SQL.• Mentoring junior data analysts.• Managing teams of data collection enumerators.• Monitoring data quality and carrying out data cleaning• Preprocessing of structured and unstructured data using Python.• Performing statistical analysis using R, Python and SPSS.• Writing reports to communicate findings Show less

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  Blackhedges

  Dec 2022 - now

  Quantitative Researcher / Trader

  • Use statistical analysis and machine learning techniques to develop quantitative trading strategies.• Leveraging extensive datasets to fine-tune trading parameters.• Analyze data and market trends to generate hypotheses and draw meaningful conclusions.• Option Analytics.