Resume

For more details, you can download the PDF version of my resume 📄 here (updated May 2025).

Education 🎓

Rice University 2023 - 2025

Professional Masters in Data Science, Machine Learning & Computer Vision Specialisation

UK-US Fulbright Elsevier Data Analytics Award (2023) | IBM AI Fellowship Nominee (2024) | Women in AI NA Finalist (2025)

University of Warwick 2011 - 2014

BSc MORSE (Hons) Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics, Economics

2:1 honors

Experience 👨‍💼

Moshi Jun 2025 - Present

Founder & Lead ML Engineer

VC-backed. Building 24/7 agentic quant analysts for financial markets. Live with institutional, fund, and corporate pilot customers. Team of 5 in 6 months.
🌐 moshi.team

JewelVision Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

Founder & Lead AI Engineer

Selected as 1 of 8 startups for Rice's Liu Idea Lab Summer Venture Studio. Built 3D asset generation and AR virtual try-on tools using multimodal AI. Raised $18K in funding.
🌐 jewelvision.ai • 🎤 Accelerator Pitch Demo Day

ESKA International Jul 2021 - Apr 2023

Head of Strategy & Data Analytics

Led digital expansion and transformation across marketing, sales, customer experience, and financial systems 🌐 legemjewels.com

JP Morgan Jan 2017 - Jun 2021

Energy Derivatives Trader

Built proprietary forecasting models for European gas markets. Structured and executed complex energy derivatives. Automated real-time risk dashboards for 100+ clients and stakeholders.

JP Morgan Dec 2014 - Dec 2016

Commodity Analyst

Provided risk management solutions to corporate clients using Energy, Metals and Agricultural Derivatives Products.

JP Morgan Jun 2014 - Dec 2014

Emerging Markets Summer Intern

Rotated across EM Sales, Trading, ICM and Commodities.

RBS International Jul 2013 - Sep 2013

Summer Intern in Markets

CVA Trading, Prime Brokerage.

RBS International Apr 2013

Spring Intern

Research 👨‍💼

Rice University & NASA Jan 2025 - May 2025

AI/ML Engineer

Achieved 93% precision in spacecraft localization via a deep learning pipeline using Python and PyTorch. Designed and compared YOLO + Ellipse R-CNN vs. YOLO + geometry-based fitting. Delivered CPU-optimized models to NASA Houston.

Rice University & Stability AI Sep 2024 - May 2025

Computer Vision Researcher

Paper accepted at ICLR 2026: GIQ: Benchmarking 3D Geometric Reasoning of Vision Foundation Models. Built benchmark revealing vision models struggle with basic 3D geometric reasoning.

Projects 🌱

See more on my Projects page.

Skills 💻

Programming
- Experienced: Python, SQL
- Familiar: Spark, Bash
Frameworks & Tools
- Machine Learning: PyTorch, scikit-learn, OpenCV
- 3D Vision: NeRF, COLMAP, Gaussian Splatting
- Data Science: pandas, NumPy, SciPy
Cloud & Platforms
- Modal, Google Colab, AWS
Languages
- Fluent: English, French, Mauritian Creole
- Intermediate: Hindi
Certifications
- CISI: Securities, Derivatives and UK Regulations Papers (Oct 2014)

Academic Services 📚

Fulbright Leadership Committee
Rice University (Sep 2024 – May 2025) – Planned calendar of activities, coordinated events, and advised the GPS office on programming for 100+ international scholars
Participant
Women in Leadership Program, Doerr Institute, Rice University (2024) – Completed executive coaching and leadership development

J.P. Morgan International Virtual Service Corps Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

Consultant

Part of a team of 6 on J.P. Morgan's first International Virtual Service Corps program with Pyxera Global, developing a financial expansion plan for a South African social enterprise.

ThoughtWorks & HumanityX Oct 2017 - Dec 2017

Consultant

Collaborated on the 'Building an Equitable Tech Future' program, researching how tech trends can disrupt the charity sector to streamline charitable donations through transparency and cost-cutting.

Advisory 🤝

AI Advisor, Quicksilver AI Labs, Inc. Dec 2025 – Present
Providing strategic AI and technical guidance to an early-stage AI venture fund

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