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Gerald Muriuki

Senior Data Scientist

Nairobi County

Overview 

Gerald Muriuki is a Senior Data Scientist based in Nairobi County with a background in Machine Learning and Deep Learning. He has held key roles at companies like Twiga Foods and Nestmetric, showcasing expertise in software deployment, business strategy, and entrepreneurship. Gerald's career highlights include co-founding Letaji and Nestmetric, along with his significant contributions as a Senior Data Scientist at Vibes and Twiga Foods.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder

    2023 - Current

  • Senior Data Scientist

    2023 - 2023

  • Senior Data Scientist

    2020 - 2023

  • Co-founder & Machine Learning Engineer

    2017 - 2020

    Nestmetric is a customer retention platform for Software as a service (SaaS) companies, that utilizes the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and customer behavioral data of your customers to predict churn and likelihood of purchase and send real-time alerts to help you convert and retain your customers. Milestones so far: Machine Learning algorithm development from inception, initial implementation to evaluation and deployment. Part of the team that lead the Nestmetric pre-seed round fundraising (Backed by MEST Africa). Lead the team on product, was responsible for product development

  • Entrepreneur In Training

    2016 - 2017

    Backed by the Meltwater Group (50+ offices, 1,000+ employees, 24k clients), the Meltwater School of Entrepreneurial Technology runs a training program that invests and incubates software technology ideas by aspiring technology entrepreneurs from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Ivory Coast. The Incubator has invested between $50,000 to $100,000 in over 20 startups on the ground in Africa. MEST companies have raised external capital from Silicon Valley and European investors, as well as gained admittance to top global accelerator programs such as 500 Startups, Techstars, and Y Combinator. The school frequently hosts domain experts in business and government from around the world to share insights with the community of African makers and founders. Recent guests include representatives from Facebook, Google, Uber, and the United States Government

  • Software Engineer

    2014 - 2016

    Oversaw implementation and maintenance of the frontend and backend features of the flagship projects

  • Credit Assistant

    2013 - 2014

    Responsible for: Achievement of a daily electronic summary of complete, incomplete, co-pay of patient discharges Achievement of an up to date reconciliation of pending and unbilled report with admissions, discharges and transfer

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