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I'm passionate about transforming data into actionable insights. Let's unlock the power of data together!

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Discover my externships in data analytics, where I analyze trends, build dashboards, and generate insights across various industries.

  • Beats by Dre Data Analytics: Qualitative & Quantitative Insights Externship
    Beats by Dre Data Analytics: Qualitative & Quantitative Insights Externship
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    Beats By Dre · Nov 2025 · ✅ Verified by Extern

    Beats by Dre Data Analytics: Qualitative & Quantitative Insights Externship

    A Beats by Dre externship in data analytics focused on extracting consumer insights from survey and review data using quantitative, qualitative, and AI-assisted methods.

    Top performerData AnalysisAI & MLPython
  • NASCAR NY Racing Sponsorship ROI Externship
    NASCAR NY Racing Sponsorship ROI Externship
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    NY Racing · May 2026 · ✅ Verified by Extern

    NASCAR NY Racing Sponsorship ROI Externship

    A NASCAR NY Racing externship focused on measuring sponsorship visibility and building a data-driven ROI analysis across a full Cup Series season.

    Top performerPythonData Analysis

About me

I'm passionate about transforming data into actionable insights. Let's unlock the power of data together!

I am an aspiring data analyst passionate about uncovering insights from data. As I begin my career, I am excited to improve my technical skills and seek new opportunities in data analytics. I hold an associate's degree and have completed several externships, which gave me hands-on experience in analyzing market trends and understanding consumer behavior. I enjoy the challenge of turning complex data into meaningful stories that can drive decisions.

Externships

Beats by Dre Data Analytics: Qualitative & Quantitative Insights Externship

Beats By Dre

Experience

Senior Vehicle Engineer

Go-Ahead London (London General Transport) | Sutton Bus Garage, London SM1 · Nov 2025 – Present

Vehicle Mechanical Engineer

J & K Coaches Limited | Moneymore, Co. Londonderry · Oct 2024 – Oct 2025

HGV Mechanic

Walter Watson Limited | Castlewellan, Co. Down · Jul 2023 – Sep 2024

HGV Mechanic

CeeFast Logistics | Harare, Zimbabwe · Mar 2019 – Jun 2023

Assistant Mechanic

Allied Forklifts | Harare, Zimbabwe · Mar 2018 – Feb 2019

Education

Harare Polytechnic

National Certificate in Diesel Plant Fitting (RQF Level 3 equivalent)

Skills

Data AnalysisPythonStatistical ModelingTrend AnalysisSentiment AnalysisData Visualization

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Beats by Dre Data Analytics: Qualitative & Quantitative Insights Externship

A Beats by Dre externship in data analytics focused on extracting consumer insights from survey and review data using quantitative, qualitative, and AI-assisted methods.

Data AnalysisAI & MLPython

Overview

The work combined survey cleaning, segmentation, sentiment concepts, and executive presentation planning for Beats wireless speakers. Deliverables included a segmented Ideal Consumer List, statistical analysis with charts, five sentiment-analysis concepts, and a 7-slide executive presentation plan. The work was awarded Top Performer by Beats By Dre.

Beats by Dre Data Analytics: Qualitative & Quantitative Insights Externship

What I've accomplished

I produced a prioritized segmented Ideal Consumer List, statistical analyses with charts and key correlations, five concrete sentiment-analysis concepts with implementation phases, and a 7-slide executive presentation plan with speaker notes.

Top performer

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NASCAR NY Racing Sponsorship ROI Externship

A NASCAR NY Racing externship focused on measuring sponsorship visibility and building a data-driven ROI analysis across a full Cup Series season.

PythonData Analysis

Overview

The project produced a season-long visibility and ROI analysis for NY Racing, combining race results, social media, video, and news metrics into a unified methodology. Deliverables included a visibility scoring model, ranked sponsor scores, and an executive presentation. The work was awarded Top Performer by NY Racing.

NASCAR NY Racing Sponsorship ROI Externship
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What I've accomplished

I built a season-level visibility and ROI pipeline: a cleaned 2024 race dataset, EDA with statistically supported relationships, a Python visibility scoring model with sensitivity analysis, sponsor rankings and an executive slide deck.

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TruBridge Healthcare Data Analytics Externship

A TruBridge externship in healthcare data analytics focused on analyzing public health datasets and building dashboards, models, and presentations to surface patterns in clinical and population data.

Data AnalysisGoogle Colab

Overview

The work framed a focused research question on male suicide disparities and assembled multiple public datasets to investigate state-level risk factors. The project merged federal sources into a master file, ran exploratory analyses and Pearson correlations, and produced visualizations and an interactive dashboard. Results reported correlations for top predictors and an overall model R² of 0.71.

 TruBridge Healthcare Data Analytics Externship

What I've accomplished

I produced a merged state-level master dataset from six federal sources, identified top predictors of male suicide with Pearson correlations (including r=+0.67 and r=+0.52), and built a 6-tab interactive dashboard (13 charts) deployed to Vercel with an analytic model reaching R²=0.71.

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Mangusta Capital Deal Sourcing & Startup Analysis Externship

Join a new VC fund launched by a former SoftBank Vision Fund leader and backed by the Ray-Ban/Oakley family to identify high-potential Vertical AI startups. Gain hands-on experience sourcing deals, analyzing markets, and writing compelling investment memos.

Investment AnalysisEntrepreneurship

Overview

The externship produced deal-sourcing and diligence artifacts for Mangusta Capital's Vertical AI thesis. Work included a ranked shortlist of five startups, a competitor analysis for an AI compliance and TPRM company, synthesized diligence reporting on technology and risks, and a three-slide investment memo with TAM/SAM, positioning, technical moat, traction, and a closing investment question.

Mangusta Capital Deal Sourcing & Startup Analysis Externship
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What I've accomplished

I delivered a scored shortlist of five startups, a ranked competitor analysis for an AI compliance/TPRM company, synthesis reports on technology and risk-scoring features, and a 3-slide investment memo for Kobalt Labs with TAM/SAM and a final investment question.

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