Wayne Madhlangobe
Director, Innovation
South Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWayne Madhlangobe is a Director of Innovation and Certified Analytics Professional with nine years focused on building and scaling AI and data capabilities across utilities, aviation, and energy sectors. He bridges deep domain knowledge—from starting as an air traffic controller and private pilot to leading AI Centers of Excellence—with technical expertise in Python, predictive modeling, simulation, and optimization. Wayne has led large-scale transformation programs delivering applied solutions such as pipeline leak detection, EV detection, load forecasting, and predictive maintenance, and he organizes teams and governance to operationalize those capabilities. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems and an MBA, pairing rigorous research with pragmatic delivery and business case development. As a founder and CTO at OraQ AI and prior AI lead roles at Air Canada and Enbridge, he combines startup agility with enterprise-grade execution. Based in South Carolina, he’s known for translating high-stakes operational experience into robust, production-ready analytics that drive measurable business impact.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Information Systems, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Information Systems at Nova Southeastern UniversityPrivate Pilot License Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew, Private Pilot License Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew at Dallas College Mountain View CampusMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Administration Management and Operations, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Administration Management and Operations at University of PhoenixTower and Approach Control Air Traffic Controller, Tower and Approach Control Air Traffic Controller at Bailbrook College (UK)
Github Skills (14)
git6
typescript6
github5
trading5
electron5
api5
rest-api4
python4
interactive-brokers3
rest3
data-pipeline3
github-desktop2
data-pipelines2
api-platform1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Intelius/kube-cleanup-operator
Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
Kubernetes Operator to automatically delete completed Jobs and their Pods
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 day
operatork8skubernetespodskubernetes-operator
Intelius/automated-data-pipelines
Apr 2022 - Aug 2022
Source code for the Automated Data Pipelines (ADP) Dair BoosterPack
Contributions:10 commits, 3 PRs, 9 pushes in 3 months
data-pipelinedata-pipelines
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