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Irakli Rekhviashvili

@iraklirekhviashvili

Growth lead at BizNews who scaled organic reach to 62M+ impressions.

South Africa
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At BizNews, I scaled organic reach to 62M+ impressions and grew social into 60% of website traffic, converting 160+ first-time premium subscribers. I overhauled the newsletter strategy, doubling open rates to 50.7% for 26K daily readers.

At Discovery Bank, I used consumer engagement, spending, and repayment data to inform product decisions, and was part of the core team that launched the Revolving Credit Facility, Home Loan, and Personal Loan products. At Discovery Health, I built 100+ XGBoost models on claims records to flag wasteful spend and operationalized a “Virtual Twin” machine learning pipeline.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

DB

Quantitative Analyst

Discovery Bank

Jul 2023 - Apr 2026 (2 years 9 months)

Leveraged consumer engagement, spending, and repayment data to inform product decisions for executives. Contributed to the launch of Revolving Credit Facility, Home Loan, and Personal Loan products.

DH

Junior Data Scientist

Discovery Health

Sep 2021 - Jun 2023 (1 year 9 months)

Built 100+ XGBoost models on 500M+ claims records to flag wasteful spend, tracked in MLflow. Presented post-COVID impact analysis to the Executive Actuarial Committee and operationalized a 'Virtual Twin' machine learning pipeline.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Boston University logoBU

Boston University

Master of Science, Media Ventures

2017 - 2018

Grade: GPA 3.94

Activities and societies: Entrance scholarship (25% of tuition). Thesis selected for International Advisory Board.

Master of Science in Media Ventures with a GPA of 3.94. Received an entrance scholarship and thesis selected for the International Advisory Board.

University of Cape Town logoUT

University of Cape Town

Bachelor of Business Science, Economics

2013 - 2016

Activities and societies: Honors Class Representative. Day Students Representative (SRC). Commerce Faculty Scholarship.

Bachelor of Business Science in Economics. Served as Honors Class Representative and Day Students Representative (SRC), and received a Commerce Faculty Scholarship.

HS

Harvard Extension School

Graduate Courses, Marketing

2015 - 2015

Completed graduate marketing courses at Harvard Extension School.

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