Branton Thuo

I am a detail-oriented AI Data Specialist and Data Engineer with over 3 years of experience working with datasets. My expertise includes data validation, annotation workflows and AI-supporting systems. I am experienced in collecting data preprocessing it ensuring data quality and preparing datasets for machine learning and forecasting workflows.

As a native Swahili speaker with English skills I excel in analytical, problem-solving and remote collaboration tasks. I am skilled in handling data tasks accurately and consistently even in deadline-driven environments.

Data Science & Web Development Intern at IZET Hub (2023-01 – 2024-12)

• Optimized SQL queries to support AI analytics and structured dataset workflows.
• Built ETL-style data cleaning and transformation pipelines for machine learning datasets.
• Performed data validation and quality assurance checks to improve consistency and reliability.
• Supported dataset ingestion and retrieval through backend API integration.
• Assisted in analytics model testing and dataset preparation processes for AI-focused projects.

ICT Support & Data Systems Intern at Kilimo Agricultural Centre (2022-01 – 2023-12)

• Supported the deployment of an ML-based agricultural forecasting system using multi-year datasets.
• Performed data preprocessing, normalization, deduplication and feature engineering tasks.
• Assisted in maintaining data consistency, reliability and reporting workflows.
• Developed batch-processing workflows supporting forecasting and analytics systems.

AI & DATA SPECIALIST

As an AI and data specialist I have experience performing data annotation, labeling, categorization and validation tasks across datasets. I am familiar with pairwise comparisons, response evaluation and quality-review workflows. I understand AI training data requirements, consistency standards and guideline-based evaluation. I am comfortable working with content and language-focused data tasks in Swahili and English.

Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering – Zetech University (2025-12)