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letele motebang

@letelemotebang

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Statistician and data scientist with strong web-development skills building data-driven applications.

Lesotho

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles where I can apply statistical modelling and full-stack data engineering to build production data products, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and grow into technical leadership.

I am a statistician and data scientist with a strong foundation in mathematical sciences and practical experience building data-driven web applications and ETL solutions. I co-founded a construction and WASH start-up, led data management using Python and PostgreSQL, and completed honours-level projects combining machine learning and Monte Carlo methods.

I have delivered full-stack prototypes and reusable components (React, Flask, Next.js), developed production ETL pipelines, and built interactive dashboards and published open-source projects. I bring hands-on problem solving, cross-functional communication with stakeholders, and a focus on reproducible, well-documented analytical solutions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Co-Founder

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Montsa Construction (Pty) Ltd

Mar 2019 - Present (7 years)

Co-founded and managed a start-up delivering rural water and sanitation projects, overseeing construction scheduling, stakeholder reporting, and company data management to improve project delivery.

Project Management Scheduling Stakeholder Management Python Pandas PostgreSQL Data Management

Project Manager

Teflo Contractors

Jun 2011 - Jan 2020 (8 years 7 months)

Managed building and water/sanitation construction projects, created project schedules, and communicated progress to stakeholders to ensure timely delivery.

Project Management Construction Management Scheduling Reporting

ETL Developer (Intern)

Eighty20

Aug 2018 - Jan 2019 (5 months)

Built ETL pipelines to ingest SPSS data into Eighty20’s data portal, developing object-oriented Python workflows and prototyping a React + Flask ETL web application.

Python ETL Jupyter Notebooks SPSS React Flask Data Pipelines SQL

Library Assistant

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Jan 2018 - Aug 2018 (7 months)

Supported library operations by assisting with book circulation and student enquiries and maintaining organization and resource upkeep to improve user experience.

Customer Service Library Operations Organization Record keeping

Mathematics Coach

Numeric

Feb 2018 - May 2018 (3 months)

Coached Grade 7 mathematics learners at Merry Dale Primary School during university breaks, improving student understanding through targeted instruction.

Tutoring Lesson planning Classroom Management

Lab Technician

Camara Education

May 2008 - Aug 2009 (1 year 3 months)

Refurbished donated computers and installed Ubuntu, preparing hardware and software for educational deployment across multiple summer placements.

Ubuntu Imaging Troubleshooting IT Support Deployment

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Cape Town

BComm Honours, Statistics and Data Science

2024 - 2025

Completed BComm Honours in Statistics and Data Science with advanced coursework and a final-year project on game state evaluation combining Machine Learning and Monte Carlo Tree Search.