Summary
Emmanuel Okiria is a Senior Data Scientist based in Kampala with 13 years of experience building data-driven solutions across telecom, healthcare, finance, and marketing. He combines strong engineering fundamentals from a BSc in Computer Software Engineering with hands-on expertise in Python, R, Scala, Java, SQL, and big data technologies to design scalable ML models, ETL pipelines, and reporting ecosystems. As a former Senior Data Architect for MTN Uganda, he has deep experience documenting enterprise data warehouses, designing ERDs and KPI monitoring dashboards, and performing gap analyses that translate into actionable business intelligence. Emmanuel is also a passionate Python developer and educator who balances rigorous data engineering practices with exploratory analysis and visualization to turn messy source data into trusted insights. Notably, he brings consultant-level client collaboration skills—taking business requirements from concept through production—while staying current with emerging data science best practices.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Software Engineering at Makerere University