Kanyin Oni
Winnipeg,MB
Summary
Pragmatic Data Scientist & AI Specialist with 3+ years of experience designing rigorous experimentation frameworks and scaling data infrastructure for complex, large-scale systems. Proven ability to translate ambiguous business needs into measurable, data-driven solutions, achieving quantifiable impact on operational efficiency and model performance.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SENIOR DATA ANALYST
Canada Life, AI Business Solutions
01.2025 - Current
- Architected data strategy for flagship AI solution, designing scalable data pipelines that processed 2M+ daily transactions from DB2Q, Mainframe, and Azure sources into structured MongoDB formats, reducing data preparation time for AI experiments by ~40%
- Pioneered a quasi-experimental validation framework for LLM performance, developing 40+ hours of annotated test cases to establish statistical ground truth against noisy production data, increasing model accuracy from 82% to 94% pre-deployment
- Translated ambiguous business requirements into measurable KPIs by partnering with Engineering and Product teams, defining data quality standards and success metrics for AI solutions serving the company’s 7 largest Group policies
- Operationalized end-to-end ML lifecycle using Azure Machine Learning Studio, implementing automated validation checks that reduced model training iteration time by 25%
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SENIOR DATA ANALYST
Canada Life, National Accounts
04.2022 - 01.2025
- Designed and deployed reporting automation as a large-scale efficiency experiment, creating reusable tooling that reduced report generation time from 15 minutes to 10 seconds while achieving 98% error reduction across 500+ quarterly client reports
- Led deep-dive statistical analysis on complex operational data covering 5M+ customer records, identifying root causes of data quality issues that informed executive strategy and improved data integrity by 30% across legacy platforms
- Mentored 2 junior analysts on statistical validation methods and ETL best practices, establishing new team standards for data documentation and quality assurance
PERFORMANCE ANALYST
24-7 Intouch
09.2021 - 03.2022
- Implemented a systematic performance monitoring framework using statistical analysis of operational data, identifying key drivers that led to a 20% productivity increase across customer service teams
- Automated metric reporting processes that reduced manual analysis time by 30% while improving data accuracy for leadership decision-making
Education
Bachelor of Science - Behavioral Psychology
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
Canada02.2021
Skills
- Languages & Tools: Python (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, Statsmodels), SQL, R, PySpark, JupyterLab, Git
- Core Competencies: Experimental Design & A/B Testing, Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, LLM Evaluation, Data Pipeline Architecture
- Cloud & Data Systems: Azure ML, AWS, Spark, MongoDB, DB2Q, Mainframe, Azure Data Factory
- Project & Collaboration: Agile/Scrum, JIRA, Stakeholder Management, Requirements Gathering, Cross-functional Leadership
- Process development
- Natural language processing
- Machine learning
Accomplishments
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Drove 97.8% reduction in data errors and 80% projected operational efficiency by deploying ML automation
• Increased LLM accuracy by 12% by pioneering quasi-experimental validation framework with 40+ test cases
• Accelerated data preparation by 40% by architecting scalable pipelines processing 2M+ daily transactions
• Eliminated 15+ hours of manual weekly work by creating automated reporting that reduced task time from 15min to 10sec
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Professional Working
Certification
• A/B Testing Specialization, Google via Coursera | In Progress
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate, Microsoft
Timeline
SENIOR DATA ANALYST
Canada Life, AI Business Solutions
01.2025 - Current
SENIOR DATA ANALYST
Canada Life, National Accounts
04.2022 - 01.2025
PERFORMANCE ANALYST
24-7 Intouch
09.2021 - 03.2022
Bachelor of Science - Behavioral Psychology
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA