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Malebo Gift Maboko

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Lead Data Scientist at Standard Bank – Unu Health building enterprise LLM and RAG solutions for knowledge access and decision support.

South Africa
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At Standard Bank – Unu Health, I lead the design of LLM-driven intelligence solutions using RAG, semantic search, and natural-language querying to improve access to organisational knowledge. I also develop analytics for customer segmentation and behavioural modelling across banking and digital healthcare initiatives.

At the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), I designed enterprise RAG systems combining vector databases, semantic retrieval, and knowledge graph reasoning. I also integrated healthcare information from more than 10 data sources and developed ML and robotic process automation pipelines that reduced processing time by a reported 25%.

At Rain Networks, I developed neural-network prototypes to detect abnormal electricity consumption in telecommunications base stations. My MSc in Engineering (Artificial Intelligence) research included a hybrid machine-learning framework for electricity theft detection, with classification models reporting an F1-score of 96%.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

SH
Current

Lead Data Scientist (Intelligent Analytics)

Standard Bank – Unu Health

Nov 2025 - Present (11 months)

Leading design and development of LLM-driven enterprise intelligence solutions with RAG and semantic search. Developing analytical solutions for customer segmentation and marketing optimization, and leading intelligent analytics initiatives in digital healthcare.

CC

Lead Data Scientist

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Nov 2023 - Nov 2025 (2 years)

Designed and implemented enterprise RAG systems integrating LLMs, vector databases, and knowledge graph reasoning. Spearheaded healthcare data integration for South Africa's National Digital Health System and developed ML and RPA pipelines reducing processing time by 25%.

PB

Candidate Control & Automation Engineer

Proconics & BBE

Aug 2019 - Oct 2021 (2 years 2 months)

Developed Python and MySQL pipelines for industrial analytics and Tableau dashboards for operational reporting. Programmed PLCs using Rockwell and Schneider Electric platforms and supported HMI/SCADA systems.

IJ

Junior Software Engineer

iThemba LABS, Sedna, Syntel, JCSE

Jan 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 11 months)

Developed Java-based Android applications for monitoring high-performance computing systems. Designed web applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for mining operations and created C# automation tools for document processing.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of the Witwatersrand logoUW

University of the Witwatersrand

Master of Science in Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

2021 - 2025

Grade: Summa Cum Laude

Master of Science in Engineering (Artificial Intelligence) with a research thesis on electricity theft detection in smart grids using a hybrid machine learning framework with IoT integration.

University of the Witwatersrand logoUW

University of the Witwatersrand

BSc Honours in Engineering, Electrical (Information) Engineering

2019 - 2019

BSc Honours in Engineering: Electrical (Information) Engineering with a research project on the design, analysis, and simulation of unmanned fixed-wing aircraft.

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AWS

AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate, Machine Learning

AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate.

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AWS

AWS Certified AI Practitioner, Artificial Intelligence

AWS Certified AI Practitioner.

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AWS

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Cloud Computing

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.

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Schneider Electric

Unity Pro PLC Programming – Control Expert, PLC Programming

Unity Pro PLC Programming – Control Expert certification.

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UiPath

UiPath Robotic Process Automation, Robotic Process Automation

UiPath Robotic Process Automation certification.

DS

Data Science

Data Science and Machine Learning with Python, Data Science

Data Science and Machine Learning with Python certification.

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Google Africa ULC

Android Mobile Development, Android Development

Android Mobile Development certification.

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