Ewald Zietsman
Data And Analytics Lead
Gauteng, South Africa
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Top SchoolEwald Zietsman is a Data and Analytics Lead with 14 years of experience applying scientific rigor to real-world products, blending an academic background in astrophysics with deep expertise in machine learning, NLP, recommender systems and big-data engineering. He has advanced from lecturing and technical coordination at the University of Cape Town and Siyavula to leading data science and engineering teams at 24.com and now steering analytics strategy at The Empathy Lab. Ewald pairs hands-on software engineering and test automation experience—evidenced by contributions to the JSBSim flight-dynamics test suite—with leadership in production ML systems and mentoring of junior engineers. Comfortable translating complex research problems into scalable production pipelines, he brings a rare mix of astronomical problem-solving instincts and pragmatic product delivery. Based in Gauteng, South Africa, he is motivated by using computational methods to drive impact across scientific and commercial domains.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Astrophysics and Space Science, MSc, Astrophysics and Space Science at University of Cape Town
English, Afrikaans
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Github Skills (3)
python10
testing10
virtualenv6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
JSBSim-Team/jsbsim
May 2018 - May 2018
An open source flight dynamics & control software library
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 6 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Ewald primarily focused on updating and fixing tests within the repository. They modified existing test files, including `TestInputSocket.py`, `CheckOutputRate.py`, and `TestEngineIndexedProps.py`, to ensure compatibility and functionality. These changes included adjustments for Python 3.6 compatibility and incorporation of the `fpectl` module, indicating a focus on maintaining and improving the testing infrastructure.
flight-simulationaircraftaircraft-controlpythonrobotics
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