Bio

Key: AI, CRM, NLP, SQL, PHP, Java, C++, Python, AI, Computational Linguistics, Big Data, BI, Cloud, SW, PM and Systems analysis and design. Completed - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computing and Creative Technologies, at Leeds Beckett University - August 2017. PhD title: A linguistically centred text-based conversational software agent. The linguistically text based conversational software agent (LING-CSA) framework investigates the integration, intersection and interface of the language, knowledge, and speech act constructions (SAC), with belief desires and intention (BDI) model and dialogue management (DM) for natural language processing (NLP). Currently, my role of Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, encompasses lecturing and research activities. A confident, competent, well organised and highly motivated female technology professional with over two decades of experience in digital systems and transformation, and an interest in the convergence of data and digital technologies for innovative solutions. The different hats I can wear are: programmer, research scientist, computer science academic, computational linguistic, software developer, database designer and developer, systems analyst, project manager, data science and consultant. I have a strong set of strategic and operational thinking, interpersonal and complex problem solving skills. My technical competence is derived from undergraduate and postgraduate lecturing and project supervision in subjects of computer science, business computing, software engineering, networks and games development over twenty years. My niche area of expertise is natural language processing (NLP) in artificial intelligence (AI) focusing on text based conversational software agents, customer relationship management (CRM), Chatbot development and conversational AI. I am a WeAreTech100 Women – Winners List 2019 awardee by J.P.Morgan, and am ambassador and speaker manager for AITechNorth. I have a multitude of technical skills across a range of technologies, applications, database/alternatives, tools, methodologies, programming languages, and artificial intelligence topics.