Lonimi Olatona

Data-powered Public Health Professional with robust skills in analyzing intricate data, distilling comprehensive information, and presenting compelling reports to key stakeholders. Leveraging experience in navigating innovation, and government policies. Expertise in project management principles with the ability to effectively plan, execute, and drive initiatives toward successful outcomes.

DATA SCIENTIST 04/2024 to DATE 

Data for Good YYC, Human Venture Institute & Human Venture Leadership Project

• Managed and synthesized data from various sources, ensuring accurate name matching and data integrity. 
• Employed data analytics and visualization techniques to identify trends and insights into alumni and non-alumni engagement. 
• Provided baseline data for future engagement evaluations and contributed to the enhancement of community engagement and impact.
• Collaborated with the communications and fundraising committee to support their initiatives with actionable data insights.
• Explored and proposed future data analysis possibilities, including quantitative, qualitative, and unstructured data, to further the goals of the Human Venture Institute & Human Venture Leadership.

Immigrant Services Calgary

• Responsible for sourcing and identifying relevant immigrant data from reliable sources for the Newcomer Knowledge Hub (K-Hub) team.
• Conducted literature review scans for key metrics and measures of performance related to the key Determinants of Health of immigrants in Canada.
• Performed data linkage from multiple sources, data transformation, and exploratory analysis using R Studio. 
• Developed an R script to automate the data cleaning and transformation of regular survey data thereby streamlining the process and reducing manual work in Excel from 1 hour to a few seconds.
• Conducted correlation, regression, and statistical testing to provide insights into client data.
• Created visualizations, designed dashboards, and crafted data stories to communicate key metrics and measures of performance to K-Hub stakeholder groups using Power BI.

Design Aura Ltd.

• Collected data regularly using survey tools such as Google Forms, Formstack, and Survey Monkey.
• Identified, analyzed trends, and performed forecast analysis, resulting in the discovery of critical insights that informed business strategy.
• Created and presented visually engaging data visualizations using Tableau, resulting in a 25% improvement in data communication and understanding among stakeholders.
• Developed and performed regular updates and maintenance of reporting dashboards.
• Collaborated with business-unit leaders to identify and prioritize critical business problems, successfully resolving five high-priority issues within a quarter, increasing operational efficiency.

Action Health Incorporated

• Facilitated over 50 events and sensitization workshops to equip stakeholders from both public and private sectors
• Prepared and presented monthly reports and dashboards on project progress and impact to funders and stakeholders using data analysis and visualization tools such as Power BI. This resulted in a 15% increase in stakeholder engagement.
• Managed information database of over 25,000 project beneficiaries and stakeholders.
• Worked with the project team to develop and implement a monitoring and evaluation framework to track project performance, resulting in a 30% increase in project accountability.
• Collected, cleaned, and managed data from over 13 communities. Also worked with project staff to ensure the data was accurate, complete, and timely.
• Fostered new relationships and built trust with internal and external stakeholders, leading to easy access and improvement of the lives of more than 15,000 marginalized girls

World Health Organization

• Monitored and supervised 50 walk-through activities for polio vaccination, resulting in almost a 95% coverage rate.
• Reviewed and analyzed daily reports of micro-plans, work rationalization, and recording of house enumeration statistics, resulting in a 20% increase in efficiency and accuracy of data collection and reporting.
• Promoted continuous improvement by problem-solving and sharing suggestions to optimize team operations.
• Demonstrated respect, friendliness, and willingness to help by providing support and assistance to team members and stakeholders, resulting in an increase in team morale and a more positive work environment.

Equip Africa

• Collaborated with senior leadership team to implement youth development projects, increasing program and organizational capacities.
• Created and implemented program frameworks, standard operating procedures, and quality assurance requirements.
• Negotiated with local and state officials to secure additional resources, enhancing program offerings by an extra 20% without exceeding budget.
• Developed and updated tracking spreadsheets for process monitoring and reporting.

Master of Science : Health Data Science