Thuso Simon
Senior Data Engineer
Albuquerque-Santa Fe Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThuso Simon is a Senior AI and Data Engineering leader with 13 years of experience building production ML systems and data platforms across fintech, consumer, and media companies. He holds a PhD in Astrostatistics and blends rigorous research instincts with pragmatic engineering—shipping credit scoring, fraud detection, OCR, and forecasting models that moved organizations to data-driven decisions. Currently a Sr Data Scientist at Kuunda after senior engineering leadership at ZEDGE and head-of-data roles at startups, he excels at turning complex, noisy data into actionable products. Outside work he conducts planetarium talks and maintains a playful “Data Dino” presence on GitHub, reflecting a curiosity-driven approach that connects scientific communication with scalable analytics.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Astrostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Astrostatistics at University of Cape TownBachelor of Science (BS) Astronomy and Astrophysics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Astronomy and Astrophysics at The University of New Mexico
English
Github Skills (30)
pydata7
dask7
currency-converter7
genetic-programming7
python7
currency-exchange-rates6
parallel-computing6
scikit-learn6
pandas6
scipy6
currency5
gpu5
data-sync5
digital-assets4
bitcoin4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
thusodangersimon/ageDate
Dec 2012 - Sep 2014
Contributions:49 commits in 1 year 9 months
drdangersimon/mcmc_phylo
Jan 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:5 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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