Tshepo Chris Nokeri harnesses big data, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence to foster innovation and optimize business performance. In his functional work, he has delivered complex solutions to companies in the mining, petroleum, and manufacturing industries. He initially completed a bachelor’s degree in information management. He then graduated with an honors degree in business science at the University of the Witwatersrand on a TATA prestigious scholarship and a Wits Postgraduate Merit Award. They unanimously awarded him the Oxford University Press Prize. He has authored the Apress book Data Science Revealed and Implementing Machine Learning for Finance.