André Brink

Experience

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  Solve Business Consulting (Pty) Ltd

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2017

  Consultant

  + Mapping and documenting business processes of asset management companies.+ Designed and implemented a portfolio forecasting algorithm as a consultant at Citadel Wealth Management, leading to a full-time position at the company.+ Developed a database for trade reconciliation.+ Automated calculations including fund pricing, management fees, and performance fees.+ Built dashboards to keep track of projects.

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  Citadel Investment Services

  Dec 2017 - Jun 2020

  Analyst Programmer

  + Modern Portfolio Theory forecasting model. Optimising asset class distributions and forecasting through Monte Carlo simulations on Stochastic Differential Equations to model the price action. Quantifying portfolio probability of survival.+ Model for calculating required monthly contributions into a portfolio to reach a desired probability of survival.+ Designed and developed a system to re-balance and distribute new funds in a portfolio.+ Developed other algorithms including bond/loan, net worth, and efficient debt reduction calculators, as well as a forecasting model on hypothetical portfolios. Show less

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  Sabbatical

  Jun 2020 - Feb 2021

  English Teacher/ Sabbatical

  Teaching English internationally.Upskilling in Data Science

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  Clearwell Capital Limited

  Feb 2021 - Jan 2022

  Data Scientist

  + Housing market forecast model through statistical modeling, Monte Carlo simulations and machine learning models.+ Database design and implementations.+ Scheduled ETL pipelines.+ Development of APIs.+ Web based dashboards.+ Classification methods for lenders and borrowers.+ Web scraping for data collection and analysis.+ Classification using NLP models for handling unstructured datasets.+ Designed and improved on risk assessment model for residential development and construction loans. Show less

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  Plastic Energy

  Jan 2022 - now

  Software Engineer

  + Data Platform Development: Design and development of a web-based data platform enabling employees and customers to access and visualize live and historical data from recycling plants.+ Predictive Modeling: Built models to flag anomalies, predict failures, and model temperature profiles and other systems in recycling plants.+ Database Management: Designed and implemented SQL databases and data pipelines to process and store data, making it available through the company’s data portal.+ Cloud Solutions: Utilized Azure services for hosting applications, databases, and other code.+ CI/CD Implementation: Created continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines for applications.+ Digital Twin Creation: Developed a 3D digital twin model of the recycling plant using Unity.+ Advanced Modeling: Worked on statistical analysis, mathematical modeling, Monte Carlo simulations, Fourier analysis, and machine learning algorithms to optimize plant control systems and provide insights on the data portal. Show less